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The Trial Technologist's View

Trial Technologist's have different views of a trial than anyone in the courtroom. Here is my point of view of current and past trials I've been involved with. I'll also discuss software/hardware tips & tricks revolving around the legal industry.
By Blake Boyd

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Last Entry: September 29, 2012 at 17:35:59

Defense Win ? Wrongful Death (minor)

Posted on September 29, 2012
Jury is back on this heated trial in Bexar County. Find the news article here: Jury decides doctor not to blame for toddler’s death We helped prepare some of the trial exhibit boards and with the editing of videos in the trial portion of this case...

Jury Information Retention and Trial Technology

Posted on June 27, 2012
Have you ever heard that juries remember 10% of what they read, 20% of what they hear, 30% of what they see and 50% of what they hear and see? I have, and I’ve actually have used it many times while explaining why trial presentations are beneficial...

Jury Information Retention and Trial Technology

$544,000 Verdict ? Premises Liability

Posted on April 24, 2012
Congrats to Lawrence Morales of San Antonio for a well tried and long trial in Bexar County. This case sparked lots of emotions and hopefully will show other apartment managers to follow the rules and keep their unoccupied apartments locked and not allow random people to stay in them...

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$370,000 Verdict ? Car Accident

Posted on March 27, 2012
Congrats to Damon Garza and Desi Martinez (http://www.martinez-law.com/) on a well tried case in Laredo last week. $360,000 jury verdict in a week long trial against a police officer that was speeding without lights/sirens and hit their client. DLS provided all trial technology support throughout the trial.

$1.6 Million Verdict ? Wrongful Termination

Posted on March 13, 2012
Congratulations to Alex Katzman for obtaining a great verdict in Bexar county. We provided video deposition and Sanction DB support. NEWS COVERAGE (mysanantonio.com)

$75,000 Verdict ? Personal Injury

Posted on March 02, 2012
Led by Alex Begum in Brownsville, TX. DLS provided support for this case for 4 days. This trial was one of our first uses of an Ipad in the courtroom. The attorneys and witnesses were able to chose between our Trial Director database, ELMO, Ipad (wireless) or laptop at the witness stand...

$3.6 Million Verdict ? Trademark (Vuitton)

Posted on January 13, 2012
DLS provided production, video and 100% trial support for both parties in this lawsuit. Please take a look at the links below for more media coverage. Designer Louis Vuitton suing local flea market over fake handbags Luis Vuitton goes after San Antonio flea market for selling knockoffs Flea market ordered to pay Louis Vuitton millions

Defense Win Verdict ? Construction

Posted on May 21, 2011
Congratulations to Marcella De La Casa for an excellent tried trial against one of Texas’ top plaintiff attorneys Fred Hagans. She successfully defended a very serious claim against one of San Antonio’s highest ranked home builders over the past 3 weeks...

$15 Million Verdict ? Product Liability

Posted on April 21, 2011
After a week long bench trial the judge has returned a $15 million verdict in the 21 Rio scaffolding collapse trial. Thanks to to the team of plaintiff attorneys lead by John Tippit for trusting DLS with their presentation needs! A judge has found a construction company guilty of negligence in the deaths of three [...

Mast Climber Scaffold Collapse Trial

Posted on April 11, 2011
Last week I provided trial presentation services for a group of plaintiff firms in Austin, TX. This trial was different and interesting due to it being a bench trial. I’ve never been involved in a case where a judge was asked to award $50million in a wrongful death lawsuit...

The Perfect Low Cost Courtroom Document Camera (Elmo)

Posted on March 30, 2011
Two years ago we purchased a couple of these AVerMedia document cameras. We needed a very portable doc cam since we move in out and out courtrooms so often. They’ve been real troopers and have help present that evidence that wasn’t scanned in, or the attorney just wants to publish the exhibit in a different [...

The Perfect Low Cost Courtroom Document Camera (Elmo)

A Funny Animation Video of a Lawyer vs. Insurance Adjuster

Posted on March 08, 2011
We incorporated this youtube video into a PowerPoint presentations used at TTLA’s “Destination” CLE event in Las Vegas. Figured some of the readers here might enjoy a chuckle or two (after relating it to their own practice)!

eDiscovery and the Walmart Class Action Suit

Posted on March 02, 2011
Guest post by: Rudy Rouhana, Daegis In April the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the biggest class action employment discrimination case in U.S. history. The court will not hear the arguments of the case. Instead it will consider whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was right in allowing it to [...

Commercial Trucking Accident Mediation Presentation

Posted on February 23, 2011
Here’s a keynote presentation we put together for a mediation in west Texas involving an 18 wheeler driver that fell asleep and hit oncoming traffic. This PowerPoint was used in mediation to help the plaintiff’s attorney explain his stance on the case to the mediator and insurance adjuster...

Take Your Trial Tech on the Road ? We?re Worth It.

Posted on February 18, 2011
Sunday 2/3/11; I missed 2 calls on my cell phone. I was already asleep and didn’t hear the phone ringing at 1:30am cst. I always check my phone when I wake up and noticed the missed calls.. And a frantic voice mail from an attorney hoping we could make it out to New Mexico [...

Keynote Tutorial ? Adding Scrolling Bullet Points

Posted on February 16, 2011
Here’s a tutorial I created on how to use apple’s keynote to effectively use bullet points that could be displayed in a trial or mediation presentation. If you need to use bullet points (and it’s hard not to, but it can be done) his effect will hopefully help the jury or mediator follow along...

Criminal Defense Verdict ? Wining by the fear of technology?

Posted on February 11, 2011
Last week we were hired to provide litigation support and present evidence in a local criminal trial where the defendant was accused of tampering with a witness and false entry on a government record. You can read more about the trial from news reports here, here and here...

5 Courtroom Annoyances

Posted on February 04, 2011
The technology should be as transparent as possible, not a distraction, some others don’t seem to care. Here’s some annoyances that I have seen from “the other side” while sitting through trial. (note: these are tips for technologists and “hot seat” running attorneys...

Opening Statement Presentation ? NO BULLET POINTS ? $16 Million Verdict

Posted on February 01, 2011
Most attorneys, paralegals and litigation support staff don’t understand that Legal PowerPoint / Keynote presentations are supposed to be used to help support the story, not tell it. The attorney is Batman and the PowerPoint, Robin. I was excited to learn I was being given freedom to design the Opening Statement without a single [...

Top 10 Jury verdicts of 2010

Posted on January 31, 2011
I find it interesting to read about the massive verdicts that are awarded sometimes. Always makes me wish I was working on the trials to hear what the jury must have gotten so mad about. Average of $157 million! The more interesting list would be to see how much is actually collected on the top [...

Tort Reform PowerPoint CLE Presentation

Posted on January 27, 2011
Continuing legal education is an area of the legal systems that we feel is very important, so much so that we offer presentation creation and editing of existing presentations free of charge for certain CLE events (contact us for more information if you feel that your presentation could benefit from our charitable offers)...

Presentation for a Class Action Hearing

Posted on June 23, 2010
A while back we created this presentation in Keynote for use in a hearing where the attorneys were explaining to the Judge why this matter should be granted class action status. It’s difficult to explain the argument in text, but generally they were arguing that the fraud was occurring while using the US Postal service...

The Next Major Case?

Posted on June 09, 2010
This came up over dinner a few weeks ago, and I thought it deserved a few minutes of our time. US Ethernet Innovations was founded in East Texas. They purchased a portfolio of 35 Ethernet Patents coincedentaly called the “Ethernet Patent Portfolio” from 3com...

Ben Stevens shows us how to print handouts in Keynote

Posted on June 08, 2010
I was reading an article today on SBOT.org (which is the state bar of Texas’ Technology sections blog) about “story boarding” presentations for the courtroom. Pretty interesting article and I agree with the philosphy. But what caught my eye is this quote: “Practice Tip: If you?re using a Powerpoint (or Keynote) to persuade a [...

We?re not moving to ?Minority Report? brain scans.. yet

Posted on June 04, 2010
I’m a firm believer that eventually science will find a undeniable way to prove whether or not someone is lying. From everyone I’ve talked to that has any clue about the potential, they say we’re far from proving it scientifically...

Best Laser Pointer For Your Presentation

Posted on June 01, 2010
Laser pointers are very useful during presentations, allowing the speaker to point important areas on the display screen from across the room. Red laser pointers are the most common type and use a lower powered light, normally a 650nm wavelength. You can get a common red laser pointer for less than $20 today...

What you need to know about LCD Monitors in the Courtroom

Posted on May 04, 2010
Technology is cheap! Acquiring a full courtroom monitor setup (plaintiff, defense, witness, judge, dual display) would cost a fortune only a couple years ago. Now you can have a slick outfit for a relatively good price. But don?t let this confuse you? Take a quick look online and without much searching you can find a 22? [...

Voir Dire Exhibit Board ? Proximate Cause

Posted on April 28, 2010
A Trial Tech view reader from California saw our Negligence board example and had use create a similar board but with the definition of Proximate Cause. We mailed him the print and he had it mounted at Kinkos/Fedex. We printed an extra copy and mounted it, think it turned out pretty good...

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