IMS Insights Podcast

IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Trial Consultant Michelle Cooper, Esq., for a compelling conversation on how trial teams can use storytelling, visual advocacy, and analogies to make complex financial concepts more relatable in the courtroom. Drawing from their real-world litigation expertise, Chris and Michelle explore effective strategies for framing issues like business judgment and trust in ways tha...

A comprehensive, personalized life care plan can be a game-changer in the courtroom, whether you are advocating for fair compensation or challenging excessive claims.  

Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg sits down with Certified Life Care Planner and burn injury specialist Jennifer Wall, PA-C, CLCP, to discuss effective strategies for presenting a life care plan or challenging one. They explore how life care plans can enha...

Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg sits down with Chris Dominic, Senior Jury Consulting Advisor at IMS, to discuss insights from Chris’s upcoming CLE presentation, Command the Courtroom: Mastering Speech, Credibility, and Persuasion for the Modern Jury. 

This engaging conversation explores how today’s jurors differ from those of the past - and why trial attorneys must evolve their courtroom presence to remain effective. 

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IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisors Chris Dominic and Jill Leibold, PhD explore the growing influence of safetyism in litigation—a cultural mindset that significantly shapes how jurors evaluate risk, assign responsibility, and determine damages. Dr. Leibold shares findings from her groundbreaking research, revealing how safetyism contributes to the rise of high-dollar nuclear verdicts. The discussion offers critical insights into h...

Explore how safetyism drives high jury verdicts and how defense teams can effectively navigate this evolving mindset in the courtroom. In this episode, IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Dr. Jill Leibold and Senior Jury Consultant Dr. Nick Polavin join Thompson Coe Partner Zandra Foley to share expert strategies for identifying and addressing jurors' hyper-protective attitudes during voir dire. Understanding these beliefs can ...

Discover how advancements in jury research technology are giving trial teams a competitive advantage. This episode features IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic alongside clients Trent Webb and Lauren Douville, both partners at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Trent is also co-chair of the firm's intellectual property practice group. Whether you're navigating IP litigation or other complex matters, don’t miss their e...

In this episode, expert guests Dr. Charles Cowan and Dr. Gabriela Orsak explain how consumer and business surveys can inform legal strategies, specifically in intellectual property, deceptive sales, and class action disputes. They discuss the intricacies of survey design and provide compelling examples that reflect the power of data in the courtroom.

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Our podcast guests IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Dr. Jill Leibold and Senior Jury Consultant Dr. Nick Polavin share their newest safetyism research and how safetyist beliefs are driving high plaintiff verdicts—especially in medical malpractice, trucking, pharmaceutical, and toxic tort cases. They also explain how defense counsel can use strategic voir dire questions and trial themes to address safetyism in the courtroom. 

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In this episode, IMS Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg is joined by Professor Ian Cullimore, expert witness and patent inventor, and IMS Trial Consulting Lead Dan Martin to explain how to simplify sophisticated intellectual property into compelling presentations that judges, juries, and tribunals can comprehend. Our guests also discuss strategies for expert reports, requirements for Markman hearings and technology tutori...

Our podcast guests, Jill Leibold, PhD, IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor and Dave Poston, Esq., CEO, General Counsel, and Co-Managing Partner at Poston Communications explain how safetyism, social inflation, and the plaintiff media machine are impacting juror perspectives and driving damage awards. They also offer strategies for corporate defendants to navigate and overcome these trends.

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Our podcast guest, Clea Bigelow-Nuttall, is a partner at Pinsent Masons’ London office who specializes in commercial and investment arbitration, including the mining and energy sector. She joins IMS | Z-Axis Consultant & Advisor Cindy Buxton to discuss their work on a gold mine dispute and explain why it is so important to tell a visual story to the tribunal.

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Sidley Austin Partner Jennifer Saulino joins IMS Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor Dr. Christina Marinakis to discuss their work on a recent product liability case. They also share insights on the goals of jury research, voir dire and jury selection strategies, rural and metro venue considerations, cross-examination, and closing arguments.

Jennifer Saulino is a seasoned trial lawyer who specializes in complex commercial dispute...

Partner at Quinn Emanuel Mark McNeill and former legal and commercial director at Cairn Energy Duncan Holland join IMS | Z-Axis Global Consultant and Advisor Cindy Buxton to discuss the power of visuals in international arbitration and the importance of effectively communicating with the tribunal.

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Expert guests David Gannaway and Frank Weigand join IMS Client Success Advisor and podcast host Adam Bloomberg to discuss how the latest trends in digital asset regulation, cryptocurrency litigation, and tax compliance are shaping US financial markets. They will also cover recent SEC developments with Binance and Coinbase.

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Texas defense lawyer Scott Self and IMS jury consultants Dr. Jill Leibold and Dr. Nick Polavin join IMS Client Success Advisor and podcast host Adam Bloomberg to discuss the evolution of “safetyism” and its impact on jury trials and nuclear verdicts.

With nearly 50 total years of experience, our guests will share courtroom and research insights to explain why safetyism is dangerous for defense counsel, and then provide str...

Organizational psychologist and author Melissa Doman, MA joins IMS Client Success Advisor and podcast host Adam Bloomberg for a special series in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, they discuss employee assistance programs and balancing mental well-being with a stressful career. (Part 3 of 3)

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Organizational psychologist and author Melissa Doman, MA joins IMS Client Success Advisor and podcast host Adam Bloomberg for a special series in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, they discuss mental health in the legal field and how to focus on mental well-being during high-stress situations like trial. (Part 2 of 3)

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Organizational psychologist and author Melissa Doman, MA joins IMS Client Success Advisor and podcast host Adam Bloomberg for a special series in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, they discuss the importance of mental health conversations at work, how leaders can set the example, and why post-pandemic stress levels are so high. (Part 1 of 3)

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IMS Senior Jury Consultant Aref Jabbour, PhD and podcast host Adam Bloomberg discuss the importance of storytelling and effective trial graphics, online and onsite jury research, and mental health in the legal industry. (Part 2 of 2)

IMS has delivered strategic litigation consulting and expert witness services to leading global law firms and Fortune 500 companies for more than 30 years, in more than 45,000 cases. IMS consultants bec...