Does the following sequence of events sound familiar?
You get a new case and begin discovery and depositions. You attend settlement conferences, file motions and make a date with the mediator. Months pass. You head to mediation without visual aids because you’re confident the mediator and opposing counsel will “get it,” unlike jurors who need the facts and law explained more clearly. But the case doesn’t settle, so at the eleventh hour before arbitration or trial, you scramble to create some graphics and organize a mountain of material.
