Trial Support Consulting · Dallas, TX
We handle
the chaos.
You handle the case.
Founded and led by experienced trial attorneys — so the team beside you doesn't just run the technology. They understand the case, anticipate the courtroom, and know exactly what you need before you ask.
What We Do
We don't just support the trial.
We've tried them.
2nd Chair was founded and is led by experienced trial attorneys with hundreds of jury trials between them. That background changes everything. Our team doesn't just run technology — they read the room, anticipate the next move, and understand the stakes at every moment. When the exhibit order shifts mid-cross, when the judge wants that case on screen right now, when a witness opens the door and you need a cite before they step down — we're already there.
2nd Chair was built by lawyers who have stood at that table — which means we design every service around what actually happens in a courtroom, not what looks good on a spec sheet.
No explaining, no translating. Our leadership has tried complex cases — personal injury, commercial, product liability — so when you say "impeach with the prior," we're already pulling it up.
Most support companies hand you a technician. We bring a team that understands litigation strategy — and executes it flawlessly, from first day of trial through verdict.
Trial Consulting Services
We take the stress out of trial so you can focus on winning.
Our highly trained hot-seaters handle the operational load at trial — giving you the freedom to concentrate on strategy and execution. We provide full-scale support or targeted assistance, embedding with your team and running every detail so nothing falls through the cracks.
We supply and manage all courtroom technology — TV screens, projectors, and visual aids — and handle every logistical detail including seating, signage, and court compliance. Our team assists during voir dire, conducts real-time Westlaw research from the courtroom, manages all exhibit prep (including Bates-stamps and video deposition sync), and delivers strategic feedback throughout the case.
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eBrief Service
Hyperlinked eBriefs. The brief you worked weeks on — finally gets read.
Judges are buried under 1,000-page e-filings, and the case that wins your motion is easy to miss. Our interactive eBriefs put every authority, transcript, and exhibit one click away — so the court actually reads what you wrote.
Our experienced attorneys pull every cited case from Westlaw, Shepardize and verify your authorities, audit every pinpoint cite, and hyperlink all of it down to the page. E-file-ready within court size limits, compatible with iPad, PC, and Mac. Need a change at 11 p.m. the night before filing? That's a normal Tuesday for us.
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Legal Research & Trial Briefing
The legal firepower your trial team needs — when you need it.
Trial moves fast. Legal issues arise without warning — from unexpected evidentiary rulings to mid-trial motions that demand an immediate, well-researched response. Our experienced attorney/researchers research legal issues in advance of and during trial, and prepare motions and briefs — including in-trial briefs — so your team can stay focused on the courtroom.
Pre-trial, we dive deep into the applicable law, relevant precedent, and jurisdiction-specific nuance so your team walks in fully prepared. And when issues emerge mid-trial, we pivot instantly — conducting real-time legal research from the courtroom and delivering concise, usable analysis directly to the trial team. No lag. No scrambling. Just the right answer, right when you need it.
Need the brief filed by morning? We draft motions in limine, motions to strike, proposed jury instructions, and fully drafted in-trial briefs — citation-accurate, properly formatted, and ready to file. Pair with our eBrief service for maximum impact on the bench.
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Trial Graphics & 3D Animations
If you can describe it, we can put it in front of the jury.
Juries decide what they understand. Complex facts — an accident sequence, a medical mechanism, an industrial process — lose people fast when they live only in documents and testimony. 2nd Chair turns them into clear, accurate exhibits a jury grasps in seconds and remembers in deliberation.
We build the full range: 3D accident reconstructions, medical illustrations, interactive exhibits, maps and aerial imagery, timelines, charts and graphs, and document enlargements — all engineered to the facts of your case.
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"If the lawyer can think of it, if the lawyer can dream it up, and communicate it to 2nd Chair, 2nd Chair can make it come to life in the courtroom."
— Dick Wiles, Partner, Mayer LLP · 200+ Jury Trials
Custom Viewers
Custom-built viewers that make your evidence impossible to misread.
Some evidence only becomes persuasive when the jury can see it side by side — the MRI before and after, the tire from new to bald, the fetal heart-rate strip changing minute by minute. 2nd Chair builds custom, interactive viewers that let you compare, analyze, and reveal exactly that — live, in the courtroom or in mediation.
These aren't off-the-shelf tools. We code each viewer to the facts of your case, then put intuitive controls in your hands so the jury follows every move and the judge sees precisely what you want them to see.
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Your next trial is too important to leave anything to chance.
Let's talk through your case — no charge, no obligation.
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