Capability I
AHEAD
You know what's running against your case before you file.
At a Glance
The Problem
Kirkland retains FTI before the complaint is filed. FTI’s war room is running scenario analysis on your case before you have a client list. By the time you file, the defense narrative is built, the third parties are positioned, and the jury pool research is complete. You are filing into an ambush you cannot see.
In Practice
Case Reference
In 1996, VIS was engaged by counsel representing workers at 70 nuclear contractor sites before a single complaint was filed. The pre-filing intelligence brief identified the federal agency’s communications strategy, its third-party science allies, and its narrative architecture. Counsel filed with a counter-narrative already built. The cases resolved without the public record ever being controlled by the defense.
What VIS Does
Before you file, VIS builds a complete intelligence picture of the opposition’s communications posture — which defense communications firms have been retained, what narrative they are preparing, which third parties they are positioning, and what the digital record currently looks like for your case.
- Defense communications firm identification and capability assessment
- Current digital record audit — what exists, what is missing, what the defense will use
- Third-party landscape — who the defense is likely to activate and why
- Narrative forecast — the story the defense will tell and how they will tell it
- Plaintiff communications opportunity map — where you can enter the record first