On August 24, 2011 we finished a trial with the Cooney, Trybus, Kwavnick, Peets law firm. During the trial, attorney Bruce Trybus used our services to help present the evidence.
Using Visionary Professional 8.0, we scanned in all his documents and synchronized all the video depositions to the transcripts. Mr. Trybus had us barcode all the documents and pre-annotate all the documents with highlights and tear-outs. Doing this allowed for him to simply use the barcode reader to instantly bring up the documents onto the projector screen. Not only was he able to bring up the documents, but he could also use the barcodes to bring up the highlights and tear-outs we had made before the trial.
During the trial, we made video clips from the plaintiffs previous deposition for impeachment(also barcoded). This was very useful for the jury to be able to see the plaintiff during her deposition give a different answer to the proposed question in trial.
The true power of trial presentation lies in the ability to reach the jurors on multiple levels. Everyone retains information differently and for the jurors to be able to read, see and hear the evidence makes them a part of the presentation and keeps their attention exactly where Mr. Trybus wanted. The plaintiffs had made a dozen or so blow-up boards and had to constantly search through them and drag them out for the jury to see. They also had to point with their fingers to specific portions of the boards to draw attention to what they wanted, compared to our ability to draw the jurors attention onto a projector screen where the documents and images can be zoomed into, highlighted and even redacted at any given moment.
The case settled two days into trial, but not before Mr. Trybus was able to lay out a strong defense by having the evidence available at the push of button and keeping the jurors attention exactly where he wanted it.