At Threadeo, we’ve always been exceptionally focused on what our clients (and their clients) truly need. In the court reporting, personal injury, and related fields, we often find that “what clients need” is substantially different from “how it’s always been done”. We’ve never been ones to shy away from prioritizing the delivery of exceptional value to our customers, even if that means doing things a little differently — as long as “different” means “markedly better”.
It’s been more than 6 months since we first released our revolutionary, class-leading deposition summaries. For all the court reporting firms and attorneys who have seen them, you’ll notice that they provide insights, richness, actionability, and structure in a way that others don’t. That’s because unlike those others, our deposition summaries are specifically designed keeping in mind what attorneys actually need out of their depositions: major admissions, contradictions, and other proprietary analyses that give attorneys the decisive edge in their case preparation. The numerous glowing reviews that we keep getting from attorneys validates this for us.
As we’ve been rolling out deposition summaries to the market over the past several months, we’ve also been developing summaries of other proceeding types with a view towards enabling the same level of insightfulness, richness, and actionability for our stakeholders as the deposition summaries that so many attorneys nationwide have come to love.
That’s why today, I’m proud to announce that we now offer arbitration summaries, trial summaries, and consolidated summaries of arbitrations and trials. All of which have been designed to provide the same exceptionally high level of value as our deposition summaries.
Arbitration Summaries
As anyone who’s been in an arbitration knows, they can be complex proceedings. You have multiple parties: claimants, respondents, arbitrators (one or more), witnesses, and experts. You have opening & closing arguments, evidence presentation, witness & expert testimonies, cross-examinations, arbitrator rulings, deliberations, and much more. As an attorney, you have to make sense of it all to present the best possible case for your client. And if you’re in a multi-day arbitration, you have to synthesize what you observed and learned at the end of a day’s worth of hearings, and weave it into your strategy for the next day’s hearings. This isn’t a trivial task.
As an attorney, you would find a high-quality summary of all of the above, delivered quickly, to be immensely valuable in your preparation. Add in proprietary insights around various aspects of the proceedings, and you now have a rich analysis that can give you the decisive edge for the next day.
That’s exactly what Threadeo Arbitration Summaries provide. You can access them right now. And we’re proud to share that, just like their Threadeo Deposition Summaries cousins, they’ve vaulted to the top of the class in terms of exceptionally positive initial impressions from those who’ve seen them.
Trial Summaries
Trials are the epitome for resolution of a matter. You have all the complexity of arbitrations, and then you layer in nuances such as jury selection, judge’s instructions, post-trial motions, deliberations, and all the other dynamics present when so many stakeholders interact with one another on a matter of great significance. As an attorney, the stakes are high for you to deliver a favorable outcome for your client. For trials that go for multiple days, you’d be very well served by a rich synthesis of the day’s proceedings so your evening preparations for the next day are the best they can be.
During crunch times like these, Threadeo Trial Summaries are your trusted assistant, teeing up all of the proceedings of the day: opening or closing arguments, evidence presentation, rebuttals, direct/cross/redirect/recross examinations, evidentiary issues, admissibility, deliberations, and more. They even go a step further with proprietary, high-quality intelligence around other elements from the day’s proceedings. Consider yourself better prepared — faster — for the next day of trial. Carpe diem.
And yes, just like Deposition Summaries and Arbitration Summaries, Threadeo Trial Summaries have also received exceptionally positive initial reviews for their comprehensiveness, insightful, and actionability. [See the pattern?]
Consolidated Summaries
Trials and arbitrations often span multiple days. Each day brings something new to the proceedings and shapes the progression of the case. Once the entire arbitration or trial is complete, attorneys can find it helpful to have a comprehensive summary that spans the entire sweep of the proceedings. They can use this for many reasons: e.g., for arbitrations, to determine if there is still a need to go to trial; and for trials, to determine whether and how to appeal.
For situations like these, nothing less than a high-quality summary & analysis of the complete, multi-day arbitration or trial will do. Threadeo Consolidated Summaries for trials & arbitrations offer just that. Consolidated Summaries are an add-on to the Arbitration Summaries and Trial Summaries offerings. Every Consolidated Summary comes with the Trial Summaries or Arbitration Summaries for its constituent days. So attorneys can start with the Consolidated Summaries for the high-level overview, move to individual Trial or Arbitration Summaries for understanding the nuances of proceedings on specific days, and then of course refer to the transcript for specific citations.
Consolidated Summaries will be available within the coming weeks for self-service. If you have a need for a consolidated summary right now, reach out and we should be able to help.
Parting Thoughts
Today marks a big day for us, as we release the largest-ever update to the Threadeo Summaries platform since we started on this journey in Summer 2024. We’re excited by how these offerings will enhance and accelerate case, arbitration, and trial preparation for attorneys, and how it will truly differentiate the court reporting firms who offer them.