How Attorneys Can Modernize Their Trial Presentations

Even though attorneys have many tools to choose from for their trial presentations, some of them are still using paper notes and relying too heavily on PowerPoint or Keynote slideshows, according to industry experts.

Tony Donofrio, chief technology officer at legal support company Veritext Legal Solutions, recently told Law360 Pulse that one reason lawyers are not using newer technologies in their trial presentations is a focus in the U.S. legal system on settling cases.

Donofrio said attorneys often push off trial presentation preparations and don’t realize they can use trial presentation tools for collecting evidence and settling their cases.

“If you put a compelling multimedia presentation in front of opposing counsel, showing the Facebook clips of somebody running a marathon while they just said that they were disabled that same day in their deposition, you’re settling pretty quickly,” he said.

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