Many clients often wrongly assume that if a case
does not involve spectacular events that can easily be depicted graphically,
such as a crashing airplane or negligently performed surgical procedure,
that demonstrative evidence is not useful. However, Animators has extensive
experience working on cases in the Banking, Securities and Labor industries,
which typically involve massive amounts of documents, and where the
issues and conflicts are found within the documents themselves.
Among the unique problems facing the trial team in these types of cases
is the difficulty posed by effectively presenting the massive amount
of information in a clear and concise form. Invariably, these types
of cases typically involve millions of documents, spanning decades.
Moreover, although the issues are not usually as technically complex
as in a patent litigation case, they are often so factually dense that
without the aid of persuasive visual exhibits and a coordinated presentation
strategy, many of these cases can be virtually impenetrable for the
average juror.
To overcome these challenges, Animators has developed a variety of techniques.
For example, in order to accommodate the trial team’s need to call
up any one of millions of documents “on the fly”, Animators
routinely outfits courtroom with the latest in trial technology, which
allows for a seamless presentation of documentary evidence.
Banking
Over the past decade, Animators has gathered extensive experience in
the Banking Industry. 
In
one particularly noteworthy example, Animators represented the defrauded
plaintiffs who successfully won a 1.2 billion dollar recovery in one
of the largest banking fraud cases in history, the BCCI matter. Animators’
exhibits served to make highly complex money laundering schemes and
also highly technical damage calculations easy to understand. Animators
also developed a judge-oriented deposition CD-ROM, which was apparently
found so convenient to use by the US District Court judge, that she
commented about it in her Opinion.
Labor
Animators has significant experience working on cases involving labor
disputes, discrimination and other related matters. Animators’
diverse work in this field includes: sexual harassment litigation brought
by a government contractor’s employee, an ethnic discrimination
suit brought by the EEOC, and a wrongful dismissal case brought by pilots
of a major international airline.
In one noteworthy case that has garnered national attention, Animators
worked on behalf of former government
attorneys seeking to recover lost overtime payments in a class action
suit against the Department of Justice. The opt-in class action website
was the first of its kind and is estimated to have increased the size
of the class by a factor of three.
