Litigating Your Case with Summation iBlaze®
   The Revolutionary Online/Offline Solution

Introduction

Phase I: Building the Case

Building Case Framework - Lookup Tables

Extremely important to establish a standard lexicon
Build once for common clients and matters
Ease of adding/editing
Building the Case Blueprint in the Case Organizer

The Core Database

Form & Column views and data entry features.
Report writing and Formats
Layouts
Code/Privilege/Production Reviews
Linking Hotspots

Transcript Management & Annotation

"Rapid-fire" digesting
Work-product Note creation
Note search screens
Notes/Transcript Citation Formats
Linking: Hypertext Links to Case Info

Interactive Realtime Depositions

Setting automarks
Setting Key Issues
Real-time annotations
Digest report
Update transcripts
Move transcripts to network

Phase II: Case Analysis & Winnowing

Search & Retrieval

Anytext/Quick Search
Search results Window
Vertical Continuity - no need to re-search next transcript
Horizontal Continuity - Zoom to evidence and back to results
Integration of Putative Evidence - edit database record then back to results
Standard vs. Fuzzy searching in Full Text

Analysis & Reporting

Drilling down from search results
Attaching images to notes
Hot Facts in the Database
Hot Fact notes

Phase III: The Online/Offline Solution

Companion Databases
Remote Databases
Briefcase Results for Later Review

Phase IV: Case Resolution

Final Review & Analysis

Unique String Coding - Depoq/MSJ/TrialQ/UAT
Hotfact searches
Trial Exhibit Format and Replace
Transcript Cites and Designations

Pushing information to the Case Organizer

Building Witness kits
Internal links
External links
Digital Video
Web interface

Using Summation & Trial Director at Trial

Link to Document Director
Trial Presentation Mode
Deposition Director

Conclusion

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