CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES

Since 1981, Kutner-Ross Associates has provided litigation support services specifically tailored to U.S. and international clients involved in the engineering and construction industry.

Kutner-Ross Associates provides personalized services to its clients in the following ways:

• Litigation Support for Attorneys
• Expert Witness Testimony
• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Kutner-Ross Associates can assemble and analyze technical data, help with discovery, assist in case preparation, and provide support during deposition and trial proceedings.

Kutner-Ross Associates experience, expertise and assistance can assist the construction litigator to prepare and present a thoroughly organized case. Kutner-Ross Associates can also help the construction litigator resolve the construction dispute outside the courtroom through mediation, arbitration, and negotiation.

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION SUPPORT SYSTEM

Kutner-Ross Associates provides counsel with an in-depth understanding of, and insight into, complex engineering and construction issues, problems, and practices. To do so, our expert consultants must use an efficient litigation support and document retrieval system to properly analyze all documentation relating to the case. Reviewing the documents requires a framework for analysis, trained personnel, organization, and effective administration. Kutner-Ross Associates has the experience in construction operations, as well as the fundamental understanding of a project's dynamics, to provide this framework to the litigation system. The particular type of litigation support system that counsel needs from Kutner-Ross Associates depends on the information available and the type of construction case.

The information that Kutner-Ross Associates obtains from reviewing the documents is usually used by counsel in the following ways:

• Analyzing issues
• Establishing what discovery should be done
• Propounding or answering interrogatories
• Preparing demands to inspect documents
• Drafting or responding to requests for admissions
• Preparing for depositions
• Evaluating information and documents received through discovery
• Developing trial notebooks
• Preparing for settlement negotiations
• Incorporating analysis and findings in pretrial trial, trial, post-trial, and appellate pleadings and briefs
• Developing graphics to be used at trial
  

DEVELOPING A CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION SUPPORT SYSTEM

Whenever Kutner-Ross Associates is contacted by a firm that already has a litigation support system intact, we work within that system. However, if there is no existing system, Kutner-Ross Associates can develop one.

In either situation, Kutner-Ross Associates will implement a system to organize the vast amount of documentation involved in a construction lawsuit. This system uses an integrated approach to attain the following goals:

• Uniformity
• Accuracy
• Versatility
• Economy
• Speed of Retrieval
• Ability to Prioritize Issues

When Kutner-Ross Associates develops a litigation support system for a client, determining the type of system is crucial. In many instances a manual system is appropriate when there are few issues and few documents. However, most construction cases involve complex issues and voluminous documents. In those cases, Kutner-Ross Associates will develop a more comprehensive system that uses computers and automation.

Kutner-Ross Associates has the personnel and the expertise to assist the client in determining what type of support system is needed and will be cost-effective.

EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY

Kutner-Ross Associates is available as an expert witness for counsel. Our consultants have been widely used by both plaintiff's and defendant's counsel, as their expert witness, on a variety of construction disputes. Kutner-Ross Associates can help counsel prepare other witnesses for their depositions, and will assist counsel in preparing for other expert witness depositions.

Kutner-Ross Associates also knows many leading experts in all technical areas of the engineering and construction industry. These experts are available to assist counsel with various technical aspects of the construction case.

Kutner-Ross Associates serves as the lead consultant on large complex cases to manage and coordinate multiple experts.