Insider Advantage: 3 Strategies For Civil Litigation Success For State & Local Government Attorneys

Litigating attorneys in state and local government agencies and offices need current and accurate intelligence around the legal decision-makers in their jurisdictions to meet the challenges of today’s public law litigation. This “insider information” on judges, courts, attorneys and outside counsel can help state and local legal professionals better understand the factors impacting cases and build their best strategy. Explore more at https://LexisNexis.com/SLG.

Watch this webinar, Insider Advantage: Three Strategies to Accelerate Civil Litigation Success, to discover how accurate, data-driven litigation analytics can help ensure success in litigation, safeguard the quality of work, and allow you to more efficiently manage the litigation process.

Find out how to:

· Gain a better understanding of your judges and courts including caseload, time to key events, and damages for both judges and courts

· Evaluate outside and opposing counsel and check the track record of a law firm or attorney in federal and state courts

· Easily view law firm and attorney experience across case types, courts, and more.

Hear from state and local government legal advisors about how to get more in your litigation research with Lexis+™ Litigation Analytics—the new addition to the Lexis+™ ecosystem joining Legal Research, Practical Guidance and Brief Analysis as the industry’s only end-to-end litigation experience. What’s more, Litigation Analytics is included in the Lexis+ service at no additional charge.

Litigation Analytics

Added to the Lexis+ ecosystem in 2021, Litigation Analytics joins Legal Research, Practical Guidance and Brief Analysis as the industry’s only end-to-end litigation experience, providing the most accurate insights into judges, courts, attorneys, and law firms—so litigators can now ensure their success in litigation, and complete all their litigation tasks more efficiently, all in one place.

Litigation Analytics is powered by industry-leading Lex Machina® analytics and unrivaled Lexis® CourtLink® coverage. It helps you understand the factors that impact your matters most: your judge and court, based on past litigation history, damages, and trends; and your opposing counsel, via comparisons and insights into their experience.

Know your Judge and Court

· Understand the big picture background for a judge or court with insights into top practice areas, filings over time, overall timing and damages, and compare same with other courts and judges.

· Contextualize your understanding of the judge or court with views of the underlying list of cases.

· Get a tally of total cases for a judge or court for a specific area of law to approximate experience on a motion like yours.

· Level set expectations and price matters accordingly with insights into timing for milestones before specific judges and courts.

· Compare judge behavior and courtroom trends over time in federal district court with Courts & Judges Comparator.

o Plaintiffs’ attorneys can compare multiple districts prior to filing to propose the best venue that suits your needs.

o Defense counsel can make data-driven decisions about whether to pursue a transfer of venue and, if so, to which district.

Know Your Counsel

· Determine the firm’s experience level with a specific client base or industry by identifying the top 10 clients/parties represented by a firm.

· Evaluate opposing counsel and check the track record of a law firm or attorney in federal and state courts.

· Contextualize your understanding of the attorney or law firm with views of the underlying list of related cases

· Identify strategic advantages with comprehensive performance data on timing metrics and damages.

· Review how long it has taken the firm in the past to get to summary judgment, trial, dismissal and more.

· Compare law firm performance based on actual litigation results in federal district court with Counsel Comparator.

Lexis+ helps legal professionals in state Attorney General offices (AGO), district attorneys and prosecutors, court and judicial legal professionals and judges, public defenders, municipal attorneys, and others be more confident than ever in their work.

Expect more. Every day, you bring your personal best to serve your citizens, earn their trust and improve the administration of justice. LexisNexis® legal research and analytics solutions for state and local government professionals help uphold the rule of law and deliver the best possible outcomes. Gain higher confidence, efficiency and value from reliable and timely legal content, news and information to inform your decisions, motions and actions