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California Net Verdict Calculator for the iPad
One of my first posts on this blog discussed all the complications involved with calculating a verdict in California for personal injury cases, especially when a workers’ compensation lien and/or prior...
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iPhones and iPads, the Undisputed New Champions at Law Firms
I remember distinctly the day I got my first-generation iPhone in 2007. I was the first in my law office to get one, and when I figured out how the phone’s email system worked with our internal system,...
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Adding to Our Arsenal in IP and Business Litigation
I never expected to work with a former nuclear submarine officer in the litigation field, but it turns out that we’re bringing such a person “on board” at Cogent Legal. I’m pleased to announce that...
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Favorite Law Blogs and Most Useful Posts for Lawyers from 2012
One of my new year’s resolutions is to become a more thoughtful, consistent and “cogent” blogger. Not only do I want to write better posts for my audience’s sake, but I also hope to help my own...
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Go Beyond Google Maps: Powerful Ways to Illustrate Location in Your Case
One of the most common items attorneys will put into a brief or a case presentation is an overhead map of the relevant area. Since the dawn of Google, attorneys have grown accustomed to copying and...
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iBooks Author and the iBook Guide to Patent Litigation Graphics
One of the things I love about the work we do at Cogent Legal is having what I like to call “play time.” By that I mean time to sit and play with a new design-related app or product without any...
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A Graphics War Story: How a Big Board Showed Market Manipulation
In this blog, we occasionally like to share stories of how legal graphics can change the course of litigation. The following war story comes courtesy of Roger Mead, an accomplished litigator at Folger...
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What Litigators Can Learn From Some of the Coolest Graphics in Construction
I am constantly amazed at how the world of litigation has changed so much in such a short period of time since I started practicing almost 20 years ago. OK, I accept that some of you don’t think 20...
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How Interactive Timelines Build and Strengthen Opening Statements
Timelines are probably one of the most common things we create at Cogent Legal for clients in all types of cases. Employment, business and personal injury cases are ideally suited for laying out the...
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A “Recovering Lawyer” on Creating Good Presentations and Being a Good Attorney
In my continuing effort to point out effective presentations that attorneys can learn lessons from for case presentations, I came across one that teaches on two different fronts. I saw a Slideshare...
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A Few More Apps That Make My Life Easier
I’m getting ready to head to Vegas for the annual American Society of Trial Consultants conference. I appreciate networking with this group because their members are full of ideas and new information...
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My Log of Blogs: Recommendations for the ABA Top Blawg List
For the seventh year, the ABA Journal is compiling a list of the Top 100 Law Blogs, which they call “Blawgs.” Given the glut—probably thousands—of law-related blogs online, landing a spot in this Top...
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Going From “Start Up” to “Best Of”
I have some great news to announce that makes me very proud: Cogent Legal was voted “the best presentation provider” in Northern California for 2013 in The Recorder’s annual poll of law firms and legal...
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Navigating Your Courtroom Presentation
This article won the LitigationWorld Pick of the Week award. The editors of LitigationWorld, a free weekly email newsletter for litigators and others who work in litigation, give this award to one...
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The Value of Trial Graphics Recognized
As former trial attorneys here at Cogent Legal, we know the value of good trial graphics. Our clients appreciate and understand the need for high-quality in-court presentation too. Recently, a judge...
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Analogy, Illustration, Animation and Simplicity: A Lesson for Trial Graphics
Great graphics make difficult concepts understandable, and such graphics are what we aspire to each day at Cogent Legal. Today’s blog entry will dissect a graphic from the New York Times and think...
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How to Build the Visual Foundation of Your Case
We all know by now that we live in a world in which information is delivered visually, and that people learn best when they have visual aids. Attorneys who head to court with demonstratives to show as...
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An Infographic Lesson for Litigators
We recommend to our readers a recent New Yorker article by Gareth Cook entitled Why Abraham Lincoln Loved Infographics. Cook’s New Yorker article discusses Lincoln’s “slave map” as an early example of...
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Simplify and Emphasize in Litigation Graphics
In oral argument, a litigator has very limited time—she needs to hit the high points and move on. She must communicate enough information to convince the judge or jury of her argument, yet must avoid...
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A Great Opportunity to Learn Litigation Tech and Presentation Skills
If you’re reading this blog, chances are you have an interest in legal tech and litigation graphics. You likely know they’re important for any 21st-century case presentation. But you know less about...
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