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THE INDUSTRY’S CHALLENGE       
The core competence and focus of attorneys is their ‘all-consuming’ legal research, case law argumentation, and strategically navigating court process. In the heat of battle against a fast moving clock, the subtler “minor” elements of persuasion are often overlooked—elements that are also time consumptive. In complex and close-call cases, such elements can mean the difference between a win or loss. COAP specializes in subtle, non-legal aspects of your argumentation to fill this gap.

OUR SERVICE FOR QUALIFIED CASES

After we review your case document at Case-On-A-Page, we will consider proposing any mix of the following services that we can offer to increase your chances of winning the case:

1.  Create a graphic that will capture the essence of your argument on a single page
2.  Summarize the graphic and your argument on a single page
3.  Create a powerful conclusion to your argument on a single page
4.  Provide three levels of editing service if needed or advisable

Upon review in some cases, we will conclude that our effort would NOT add enough simplicity, clarity and/or strength to make a significant difference to a judge in our opinion.

OUR 3-STEP INTAKE PROCESS

1. Three things must be true before we will review your case:

■      The law is on your side or somewhat gray
■      The case is complex, too close to call, or both
■      The client has case enhancement funds

2.  At team review, we discuss options and ask ONE question:

      “Will the efforts we just discussed improve this case significantly and by how much?”

3.  We then call you and tell you:

■     how much improvement you might expect
■     what work we’d recommend to gain the improvement
■     how much it will cost to get the job done

If you approve it, we go to work…

Our 5-Part Focus. At the outset, we review your near final document and develop a proposal we feel will yield a a significant improvement in case strength.

  1. Gyroscopic Strategic Graphics. This is our bread & butter (e.g., charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, flowscharts, timelines, etc). We always try to summarize the entire case in a single graphic. We put it on ONE-page (starting on page 2 of your document) to ensure early review by the judge. The effect is to focus, simplify, clarify, and highlight core arguments in the reader’s mind even before s/he reads your legal arguments.
  2. Gyroscopic One Page Summary. Is there also a more powerful way to summarize the entire case in a single page of text? Often there is. We put this on page 3 of your document and it pairs tightly with the strategic ONE-page graphic and should also pair well with the conclusion at the end. Some clients may further edit and extend (or shorten) this summary—that’s up to them—but we work toward ONE very strong page.
  3. Gyroscopic One Page Conclusion. Is the closing summary/conclusion as powerful as it can be? If not, we modify it or propose a swap out. Typically, this will also be ONE strong page that clients may or may not further edit or extend/shorten on their own.
  4. Gyroscopic Tactical Graphic. Is there a subcomponent of your case that could benefit by a clarifying graphic? If so, we design it, correctly place it and refer to it in the body.
  5. Gyroscopic Argument/Body Editing. There are times when “good” is not good enough and the original writer is simply and humanly “too close to the forest” to see strengthening opportunities that only an outsider can see. (Even great writers get too close to their own work. It’s quite normal). If the body text can be significantly edited, altered or restructured, COAP proposes it and performs it at any of three levels approved in advance by the client. Level 1 editing is basic proofing for spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. Level 2 is power editing and “minor/moderate” changes. Level 3 editing is major restructuring for strategic or tactical reasons and/or alternate stronger approaches.

Client Growth & Law Firm Expansion.  Case-On-A-Page is good at enhancing the power of your stories in both graphics and text on a single page. Therefore, COAP’s case augmentation service can aid in growing your law firm by increasing your win-to-loss ratio which leads to improving your reputation among colleagues (referrals), potential recruits, and clients–all of which adds to the bottom-line.