MARC LAMBER and JAMES GOO
Craig PC, where they practice catas
litigation: http://lambergoodnow.com
Wearables, Google Glass,
Apple Watches and iPad Pros are all
the rage these days. But do they have
a place in your practice—particularly
when it comes to working with experts?
We believe the answer is yes.
We often joke that lawyers would
still be using quill pens if
they could. The legal profession can trace its origins back
thousands of years. Too often
it seems that precedent dominates not just case law, but
also the tools that lawyers use.
That’s not to say that
technology always makes the
practice or the presentation of
experts better. It doesn’t. For
all of the successes we’ve had
with technology, we’ve had
more than our fair share of
tech fails. By acting as a technology guinea pig and trying
new ways to innovate in our
practice, we’ve seen the good,
the bad and the ugly. The use
and presentation of expert
witnesses, however, is one area
in particular where we’ve seen
technology shine.
Moving From
Words to Action
For more than five years,
we’ve used iPad-based video
demand packages to reinvent
conventional demand letters.
With the iPad, we present
video settlement demands
that showcase our clients as well as case
documentation, exhibits and experts.
We send the tablets and Bose noise-
canceling headphones to opposing
lawyers and decision-makers in metal
briefcases.
We generally create these presenta-
tions in-house, combining video inter-
views, photos, diagrams, explanations
from our expert witnesses and com-
Experts 2.0
Using Tech
to Put Your
Witnesses
in the Spotl
BY MARK LAMBER & JAMES GO
