Trial Readiness FAQs
The initial conversation should clarify the presentation challenge and determine whether the matter is a fit, without requiring privileged or confidential detail.
Is this legal advice or legal representation?
No. Giovanni does not replace counsel or provide legal representation. The work supports the presentation system around counsel's legal strategy and the evidentiary record.
When should a trial team engage Giovanni?
Earlier is better when evidence structure, experts, demonstratives, review, technology, and sequencing need to be coordinated. As a general guide, 60 to 90 days before trial allows a full readiness review. Support can begin later, but the closer the team is to trial, the fewer upstream problems can be corrected economically.
How is support priced?
Each matter is scoped and priced in writing before work begins, typically as a readiness review followed by defined phases or an agreed budget. Cost depends on complexity, the number of witnesses and experts, the volume of demonstratives and media, the presentation environment, and the time remaining.
What happens after we reach out?
I reply within one business day to schedule a 30-minute introductory conversation using general information only. If the matter is a fit, you receive a proposed scope and fee. Confidentiality arrangements are completed before any case detail is shared.
Do you produce the graphics yourself?
Depending on the matter, I design selected demonstratives directly or direct your existing graphics and video resources against the presentation plan. Either way, every visual is tied to its source evidence and moves through one review process.
Can you work with our existing graphics, video, trial-technology, experts, or internal teams?
Yes. The objective is not to displace competent resources. It is to connect the presentation requirements, evidence, review, production, and technology around one controlled plan and improve the handoffs among the people already involved.
Do you support mediation, arbitration, and hearings as well as trial?
Yes. The same presentation discipline applies wherever complex information has to be understood by a decision-maker under time pressure.
Are you available on-site during trial?
Yes, where explicitly agreed in the engagement scope.
Can you help determine what demonstratives are needed?
Yes, from a presentation-strategy perspective. The work begins with what counsel needs the audience to understand, which evidence supports that point, what relationship is difficult to see, and where visual reinforcement can improve comprehension. Final legal and evidentiary decisions remain with counsel and the court.
What information should we submit through the initial inquiry?
Only non-privileged, non-confidential introductory information. General matter type, timing, presentation challenge, broad evidence or testimony characteristics, current presentation environment, and the scope of support being considered are enough to begin.
Do you guarantee admissibility, persuasion, or a particular trial outcome?
No. Final admissibility remains subject to counsel, objections, applicable evidentiary rules, the court, and the facts of the individual matter. No verdict, persuasive effect, or litigation outcome is guaranteed.