Complex Litigation

Complex Litigation

Excellence in litigation involves a number of skills:  intellect, diligence, aggressive pursuit of client objectives, understanding of the art of persuasion before different forums, and other talents.  When the litigation involved can be characterized as "complex," all of these skills remain important, but complex litigation typically requires additional skills and experience that many highly competent commercial litigators do not possess.

Litigation can be characterized as complex because it incorporates one or more of the following features:

• Massive document populations to be produced by or to the firm's client, and mastered as plaintiff or defendant;
• Very large numbers of potential deponents and witnesses;
• Issues involving complex calculations and large quantities of data;
•  Complexity and interrelationship of multiple issues;
• Extreme time pressures imposed by judges, opponents, or client imperatives;
• Class action claims;
• The need to present and defend, or cross-examine, expert witnesses in arcane and highly technical or otherwise complex subjects; and
• The need to persuade through the use of sophisticated graphics and technologically sophisticated courtroom persuasion techniques.