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Chart 4: Civil Litigation Services

Potential areas of involvement by a practitioner, organized by the previously defined “phases” of the
typical civil litigation matter:

Dispute
• Damages quantification

• Dispute development and preparation

• Early dispute resolution

• Fact finding

• Investigations

• Causation analysis

Precomplaint
• Complaint preparation

• Damages quantification

• Early case assessment and budgeting

• Fact finding

• Liability assessment (limited)

Complaint
• Case management

• Case strategy (consulting only)

• Class action certification

• Motion support

Answer
• Response preparation

• Counterclaim preparation

Discovery
• Case strategy (consulting only)

• Damages quantification and expert report
issuance

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