Litigation Support

Lack of documentation is seldom an issue in litigation. Instead the challenge is finding the most important needles in the haystack. Keys to doing this effectively include extensive planning before diving in, using reviewers with experience in the underlying subject matter, and aggregating the most important information in forensically usable form.

Fact development

• Assisting with preparation of discovery materials

• Gathering materials for discovery is a time consuming and obtrusive task for company personnel. In twenty years of litigation, Mike has extensive experience identifying, organizing and copying responsive documentation in a manner that is as cost effective, unobtrusive and compliant as possible. Further, through Keliher Consulting’s network, teams of highly talented, reasonably priced reviewers can be assembled to assist with voluminous productions.

• Working with outside counsel to identify material financial information

• In many financial cases, a mountain of documentation must be narrowed first to the relevant, then to the material and finally into the understandable for the trier of fact. Mike Keliher has considerable experience at each phase of this process. In particular, the ability to focus on the important materials allows maximum use of time allocated for discovery.

Experts

• Consulting

• Mike is an expert in business valuation, forensic accounting, fraud examination and securities issues. In many instances Mike can be retained to perform analysis of the documents and other evidence related to financial issues embedded in most cases. Because of his legal career, he is very experienced in working with testifying experts and preparing cross examinations ideas for opposing experts.

• Testifying

• Just as there is a need to filter the documentation haystack into the critical needles, there is similarly a need to wade through the swamp of “experts” seeking lucrative litigation assignments.

• Planning is key. First, utilize your consulting experts to identify the actual areas of your case needing expert testimony. Once identified, sifting through the morass of professional testifiers and others advertising.

• Keliher Consulting has access to hidden gems and the ability to help sort through possibilities to assist you in finding testifying experts with not only credentials, but the ability to communicate complex material to the ultimate trier of fact.

Books and reading material of interest

• Circle of Greed: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of the Lawyer Who Brought Corporate America to Its Knees by Patrick Dillon


• Tournament of Lawyers: The Transformation of the Big Law Firm by Marc Galanter


• Double Billing: A Young Lawyer's Tale Of Greed, Sex, Lies, And The Pursuit Of A Swivel Chair by Cameron Stracher


• Skadden: Power, Money, and the Rise of a Legal Empire by Lincoln Caplan


• Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer


• Masters of the Game: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Firm by Kim Eisler