Practice areas

Several thousand cases, civil and criminal, in state and federal courts across the country.

A side we stand on

In cases of individuals against institutions, such as personal injury, employment and civil rights, we work only for plaintiffs. In criminal cases, we work for the defense, including capital cases and court-appointed work. In commercial disputes, we work for either side. We never work both sides of the same case.

Asbestos and Talc

We have worked hundreds of asbestos cases for plaintiffs, from mesothelioma trials to take-home exposure claims. That experience now extends to talc, including trials against Johnson & Johnson over asbestos in baby powder.

Product Liability and Mass Torts

We work for plaintiffs in product liability cases and for class action and MDL steering committees in claims against pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers. From vehicle defect trials to multidistrict litigation, we help counsel see how jurors will weigh a company’s choices.

Personal Injury

We work only for plaintiffs in personal injury cases, including medical negligence, motor vehicle, premises liability, FELA and Jones Act claims, and wrongful death. We also prepare injured people to tell their own stories, among them fire survivors preparing for depositions and settlement presentations.

Employment and Civil Rights

We work for plaintiffs in discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge and whistleblower cases, and in police misconduct and Section 1983 actions. The Department of Justice retained us for the federal civil rights trial of the officers in the Rodney King beating.

Commercial and Antitrust

Our commercial work began in 1974 with the antitrust case Memorex v. IBM. We work either side of business disputes: antitrust, contract, insurance coverage, securities, construction, and defamation and libel.

Intellectual Property

We have a national practice in patent litigation, as well as trade secret, copyright and trademark cases, where much of the work is making a technical dispute make sense to lay jurors.

Criminal Defense

We work for the defense in homicide, white collar, RICO and federal cases, including many of the nation’s most highly publicized trials. A large share of our criminal work is court-appointed.

Capital Cases

We have done extensive death penalty defense work: jury selection, venue studies, and survey research on how death qualification shapes capital juries. Our consultants have testified as experts on these questions.

Tobacco

Tobacco grew into a large practice for us, with multiple rounds of mock jury research, expert witness preparation, jury selection and post-trial juror interviews in cases against the major tobacco companies.

Toxic Torts and Environmental

Groundwater pollution and toxic exposure cases have long been a major part of our practice, including mass toxic tort cases with thousands of plaintiffs.

From trial lawyers

“Whether white collar criminal cases or complex commercial litigation, we rely on the unique talents, skills and experience of the consultants at NJP to help us step back from the legal and technical issues to develop the human story so essential for trial.”

John Keker Keker & Van Nest LLP

“I wouldn’t pick a jury without them. Not only has my voir dire improved by orders of magnitude by working with them but so have my opening statements, closing arguments and identifying the best theme for the trial.”

David McClain Kazan, McClain, Lyons, Greenwood & Harley

Start with a conversation.

Most engagements begin with a short call about your case, your venue, and your trial date. No budget is too small to talk.

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