Employment Defense — Mediation Brief Case Study
How a defense team built a mediator-ready brief from a 1,550-page record with every fact linked to its source.
Outcome Snapshot
Full mediation-brief workflow. 1,550 pages of record, every fact sourced.
A defense team preparing for mediation needed a brief that read as advocacy and held up to scrutiny. Using Inquisita to pull verified facts from a 1,550-page record, the attorney ran targeted queries across the depositions and medical chronology, built the damages exposure range with actual arithmetic, and produced a mediator-ready brief in which every factual assertion linked back to its source.
How it was done — 4-step workflow
Query the record through Inquisita
Targeted semantic and keyword searches pulled the employment history, medical chronology, interactive-process timeline, and termination facts from the record, capturing an Inquisita in-line citation hyperlink for each.
1,550 pages · in-line citations capturedBuild the factual background
The facts were assembled chronologically with every assertion cited to its document, and contradictions between workers'-compensation and civil testimony were flagged as impeachment points.
Impeachment contradictions flaggedAnalyze each cause of action
For every claim, the brief stated the elements, identified where the plaintiff could not meet them, and laid out the defense's affirmative case with controlling California authority.
Elements · evidence gaps · authorityQuantify exposure and assemble exhibits
Economic, non-economic, punitive, and fee exposure were calculated into a low, mid, and high range, and Exhibits A through C were assembled and tied to the brief for the mediator. Inquisita placed the finished brief on the firm's branded letterhead.
Low/mid/high range · 3 exhibits