Supporting High-Stakes Litigation for More Than Thirty Years

Extensive Industry Roots

DecisionQuest has been in the litigation science business for more than 30 years. You could say we invented it. Although the first few years were under a different corporate umbrella, our team has both steadily grown and pioneered virtually every advance in the field. Beginning with research done with pencils and clipboards and moving forward to today’s online technologies, our growth and success have been entwined with that of our profession since our inception.

Through every stage of our evolution we have held fast to our core values. We believe they are the engine that drives our success. The most important thing is winning the case. Our role in that is to provide high quality research and strategy work with outstanding service in a timely fashion. In so doing, we aim to make a difference in the case’s outcome. We take enormous pride both in the quality of our work and in the outcome of the cases we support.

In the early days, we were a trial consulting firm and assisted courtroom lawyers in understanding how both the trier of fact and juries were likely to view their case. Our work centered around focus groups and in-person research. We would assemble 10-12 people, present information and data about a case, conduct interviews and prepare reports.

As we gained experience, innovations began to emerge, all in support of enhancing the value of our work for our clients. Increasingly sophisticated techniques were developed as the need for them became apparent and the value they provided became clear. We began, for example, asking attorneys to prepare opening statements and testing them. We then began to do the same with another piece of the trial puzzle – testimony from witnesses. Videotaping that testimony was our next step, as was preparing demonstrative exhibits.