AVAILABLE FOR SELECT ENGAGEMENTS
See the case before the jury does.
CaseLab helps test how people understand a case early enough to shape litigation strategy, not only prepare for trial.
Through a confidential virtual focus group, CaseLab provides an outside perspective on the facts, witnesses, liability themes, causation, and damages while there is still time to refine deposition strategy, expert strategy, witness preparation, valuation, settlement posture, and trial planning.
FOCUSED JURY RESEARCH
Use CaseLab while there is time to change the case.
Comparable exercises are often commissioned shortly before trial, after discovery has closed and many of the most important strategic decisions have already been made.
CaseLab can be used earlier. Participant reactions can identify what needs further development, which witnesses require greater attention, what expert issues should be tested, and which explanations are most likely to be understood and believed.
Early Assessment
Establish an informed foundation early in the case through focused research and strategic evaluation.
WHEN CASELAB FITS
When your team needs evidence, not another internal opinion.
Damages and exposure
Understand how participants discuss injury, reasonableness, value, and potential damages.
Liability and causation
See how participants assign responsibility and evaluate competing explanations.
Deposition strategy
Identify factual gaps, credibility issues, and subjects requiring further development.
Settlement and trial strategy
Use participant reactions to evaluate valuation, negotiation posture, mediation preparation, and trial themes.
Expert strategy
Test whether technical explanations are understandable, persuasive, and responsive to likely questions.
Witness strategy
Determine which witnesses matter most, what builds trust, and what creates doubt.
HOW CASELAB WORKS
Frame the question. Observe the reaction. Refine the decision.
CFI manages the research operation so the client and counsel can remain focused on the case and the decision in front of them.
FRAME
Define the decision and questions to test.
BUILD
Recruit and screen participants and prepare the session.
OBSERVE
Present the case, poll participants, and capture deliberation.
APPLY
Identify what mattered and what it means for the case strategy.
Each CaseLab engagement provides clients and counsel with organized findings and feedback they can use to evaluate their case and plan their next steps.
CaseLab design session with the client and counsel
Confidential virtual session with structured polling
Individual responses and damages assessments
Post-session strategy debrief
Venue-aligned participant recruiting and screening
Recorded participant discussion and deliberation
CaseLab Findings Report
Could CaseLab help inform your next case decision?
Connect with CFI to discuss your matter, the decisions you're evaluating, and whether a focused jury-research engagement would be appropriate.