IMS Insights Podcast

In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg talks with Senior Advisor Chris Ritter about how early case strategy sessions can shape stronger outcomes in complex disputes. Their conversation highlights practical tools trial teams can use to build compelling narratives and prepare more effectively for high-stakes proceedings. 

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• Leveraging early strategy workshops to sharpen...

In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Lead Life Care Planning and Vocational Expert Kacy Turner, MS, CRC, CVE, CLCP, to discuss the valuable role vocational experts play in traumatic injury litigation. Kacy explains how vocational assessments, through testing, transferable skills analysis, and rehabilitation planning, help attorneys, juries, and judges understand an injured individu...

What really influences a jury’s final decision? In this IMS Insights Podcast, Senior Client Success Advisor Adam Bloomberg chats with Senior Jury Consulting & Strategy Advisor Chris Ritter to break down the psychology and strategy behind how jurors think—and how legal teams can use that knowledge to shape more persuasive case stories. 

Tune in as Adam and Chris dive into: 

• The impact of unanimous vs. supermajority verdict rul...

 How do elite trial teams transform complex legal disputes into courtroom strategies that resonate with decision-makers? In this episode, IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Jason Barnes, IMS Senior Strategy Advisor (Emeritus), to discuss the tactical frameworks and techniques behind successful litigation strategy.  

Drawing from more than three decades of experience, Jason shares insights into: 

• Why ear...

With skepticism toward corporations at an all-time high, defense teams face new hurdles in the courtroom. In this IMS Ignite Podcast episode, Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic is joined by Jury Consulting Advisor Keith Pounds, PhD, to explore how anti-corporate sentiment is reshaping modern jury trials and what litigators can do about it. 

Together, Chris and Keith dive into: 

• Storytelling tactics that resonate with to...

This IMS Insights Podcast episode explores Texas Rule of Evidence 702 and the high-stakes world of expert witness admissibility with veteran trial attorney Larry Cotten of Cotten Schmidt. As the first Texas litigator to successfully challenge an expert under the landmark Daubert/Robinson standard, Larry provides strategic insights on effectively preparing, defending, or challenging expert witnesses, including tips for using visuals...

 Craig A. Thompson is a partner at Venable LLP and a nationally recognized trial attorney known for his commanding courtroom presence and distinguished service across law, politics, and public leadership. In this IMS Insights Podcast episode, he joins IMS Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic for a compelling conversation on strategic advocacy in high-stakes litigation. Craig shares candid lessons from his decades-long caree...

Senior Jury Consulting Advisor Chris Dominic sits down with Senior Strategy Advisor Andrew “Andy” Spingler to discuss how thoughtful trial preparation can transform case outcomes. With decades of experience supporting top trial lawyers across the country, Andy shares his strategic approach that emphasizes collaboration and closing arguments.  

Throughout the conversation, Chris and Andy highlight how small shifts can create incremen...

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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