We turn testimony and evidence into clear, persuasive settlement documentaries designed to strengthen negotiation leverage, and maximize financial recovery.
Tag: settlement documentaries
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How to Shoot Trial Videos That Survive A day-in-the-life video can do something a medical chart never will: make an adjuster, a mediator, or a juror feel what a diagnosis actually costs a person. That power is exactly why courts scrutinize these films so closely before letting a jury see them. A video that plays…
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You Shouldn’t Have to Choose Most plaintiff firms commission a settlement documentary for one moment: the mediation table. It’s built to move an adjuster or a defense panel, to turn a stack of medical records into something they can feel in the room. As we put it, the goal is a film that plays like…
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What Every Plaintiff Attorney Should Know Before Filming No — mediation privilege, on its own, almost never protects a settlement documentary. Mediation privilege statutes, influenced by the Uniform Mediation Act, shield communications during a mediation session. They do not protect evidence or media that existed before the parties walked into the room. The two doctrines…
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Which Cases Actually Need a Settlement Documentary (and Which Don’t) I turn down more cases than I take. That surprises attorneys when they hear it. They assume a filmmaker who makes a living producing settlement documentaries says yes to almost everything — more projects, more revenue, more portfolio pieces. It’s the opposite. A film built…
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Attorneys ask me this on almost every discovery call, usually a few minutes in, once they’ve stopped being polite: “Okay, but what does a settlement documentary actually cost?” Fair question. The Number Most Trial Preview Films™ — the full 35–45 minute settlement documentary, built from client and family interviews, medical or liability experts, and supporting…