ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
What if you could predict your verdict before stepping into the courtroom?
The Fred Files pulls back the curtain on jury thinking and trial preparation, giving plaintiffs' lawyers and mediators unprecedented insights into what makes jurors tick.
Hosted by trial lawyer and trial scientist, Alicia Campbell, and empirical legal scholar, Nick Schweitzer, this podcast explores how online focus groups can revolutionize case preparation.
Each episode tackles the questions keeping plaintiffs’ lawyers up at night: Should I go to trial or settle? What's my case really worth? Is a 75-person sample reliable? With rotating hosts offering legal, statistical, and technical perspectives, The Fred Files is a unique resource for anyone wanting to break free from the echo chamber and transform their approach to trial preparation. Perfect for plaintiffs' lawyers handling cases of any size and mediators tired of making proposals without knowing the true value.
Data-driven insights are no longer just for blockbuster cases. Fight for Justice with Fred. To learn more about how Fred can help you in your next case, visit us at https://www.focuswithfred.com.
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The Fred Files pulls back the curtain on jury thinking and trial preparation, giving plaintiffs' lawyers and mediators unprecedented insights into what makes jurors tick.
Hosted by trial lawyer and trial scientist, Alicia Campbell, and empirical legal scholar, Nick Schweitzer, this podcast explores how online focus groups can revolutionize case preparation.
Each episode tackles the questions keeping plaintiffs’ lawyers up at night: Should I go to trial or settle? What's my case really worth? Is a 75-person sample reliable? With rotating hosts offering legal, statistical, and technical perspectives, The Fred Files is a unique resource for anyone wanting to break free from the echo chamber and transform their approach to trial preparation. Perfect for plaintiffs' lawyers handling cases of any size and mediators tired of making proposals without knowing the true value.
Data-driven insights are no longer just for blockbuster cases. Fight for Justice with Fred. To learn more about how Fred can help you in your next case, visit us at https://www.focuswithfred.com.
Produced and Powered by LawPods, podcast marketing that converts prospects and drives revenue. https://www.lawpods.com
Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
50 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United States
15 episodes
since April 18, 2025
episodic
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Real people backed a Florida case 97% of the time and valued it at $25 million, while AI jurors predicted 60% and roughly $10 million. At trial, the plaintiff won $25 million. John Campbell joins Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer to examine why synthetic jurors can dangerously mislead trial lawye…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
When Nick Schweitzer counted the sessions at a major psychology and law conference a couple of years ago, less than 1% involved civil litigation. As co-founder and COO of Focus with Fred, he’s out to change that. Usually behind the mic as co-host, Nick takes the guest seat as trial scientist Alicia…
Antoinette (Toni) Schlapprizzi turned to data for guidance on a complex trucking injury case. Her client was seriously injured when he was unstrapping a load of heavy pipe and the telehandler operator began lifting before her client was clear of the fall zone. Toni wrote in substantial context abou…
Monte Tynes and Courtney Wilson have fallen in love with “big data” and big data’s “little brother,” called Fred. Why? Because big data reveals the things that shouldn’t worry you and the things you should. Fred, on the other hand, guides you when “you don’t know everything” and when you can’t abso…
"I think this is coming to a place near you," warns Tom Dickerson, trial attorney leading the fight against sweeping tort reform in Kansas. A bill would prohibit plaintiff lawyers from requesting any dollar amount for non-economic damages. With hosts Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer, Tom describ…
"There's nothing nuclear about a verdict that's predictable." Sean Claggett, trial lawyer and co-author of “Jury Ball,” the groundbreaking book on big data, has made it his mission to help plaintiffs’ lawyers predict verdicts. In this episode, he visits hosts Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer jus…
From an individual’s spinal injury to an entire town’s polluted landscape, Focus Graphics designs demonstratives that pop – and persuade. CEO Seton Claggett visits hosts Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer to explain the value of visuals and the return on investment. “You can get a colorization of …
When Brian Aleinikoff represented a 16-year-old girl who was paralyzed after falling from a chairlift, he leveraged a big data report that made it clear: He had to reframe the case to focus on the true “bad actor” – not the chairlift operator but the “multi-gajillion-dollar corporation” itself. As …
He’s known as the “data beater.” He’s secured $91 million for a convenience store robbery victim and $42 million for a young woman who was “betrayed” by Child Protective Services. He’s Eric Fong, and he stops by “The Fred Files” to reveal how he uses data to beat the defense. With hosts Alicia Camp…
Is there evidence that giving attorneys more time to ask more detailed questions would better predict juror bias? “We found a resounding ‘yes,’” says Valerie Hans, who joins Jessica Salerno and John Campbell to discuss their groundbreaking research. Valerie, of Cornell Law School and a leading auth…
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