Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC.:
Pioneering Human Factors in Litigation
Based in Memphis, Tennessee, Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC. is a distinguished litigation support consulting firm specializing in high-exposure case litigation. Our expertise lies in the application of Human Factors, making us a driving force in both plaintiff and defense contexts.
Meet Jan Sawyer: Your Senior Human Factors Expert
Jan Sawyer, a trailblazer in litigation, heads our team as the senior human factors expert. With a laser focus on case development within the human factors model, Jan offers comprehensive case consultation services. Collaborating with our dedicated team, Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC. Orchestrates research-backed focus groups, crafts impactful case frames and themes, refines witness preparation, tailors discovery based on focus group insights, and seamlessly integrates human factors into jury selection and trial storytelling.
Jan Sawyer, Senior Human Factors Litigation Consultant and CEO
FAA CFII/MEI, PART 107 DRONE PILOT, TENNESSE COURT RULE 31 TRAINED MEDIATOR
Innovative Approaches, Measurable Success
Experience our groundbreaking EAPCS Program™ (Error Assessment Profile and Coding System) designed for after-action reviews. This proprietary program dissects trial outcomes, precisely dissecting nuclear and super-nuclear verdict causation.
Aviation Expertise Meets Litigation Strategy
Jan's exceptional journey spans over 8000 flight hours as a Corporate Chief Pilot for Memphis-based franchises. Her background includes instructing in single and multi-engine aircraft, with a specialization in human factors and crash avoidance techniques. Leveraging her pioneering Brain Domain Rhythm Analysis (BDRA) platform, Jan developed neuroscience-based decision-making insights. Her accelerated instructional models, tailored for high-pressure environments, have yielded consistent success.
Shaping the Landscape
Jan transitioned aviation human factors science into litigation and trial strategies, reaping early triumphs. She played a pivotal role in launching Law Media Productions, a Memphis-based litigation support enterprise, before founding Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC. Her mission: infuse human factors science into litigation. Jan and her associates are now synonymous with top-tier trial consulting, excelling in products liability, long-term care, mass tort, and catastrophic damage accident litigation.
Choose Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC. for a future where Human Factors drive litigation success.
“The cases she consults have a high plaintiff success rate,
and I recommend Jan as a highly and uniquely skilled professional in the field of litigation consulting.”
LISA A. BLUE, PH.D.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Senior Litigation Strategist Specializing in Human Factors, Litigation Focus Groups, PLLC.
Strategist in over $100,000,000.00 in courtroom verdicts/jury trials with three State record verdicts and a super-nuclear verdict.
Over 8,000 hours Pilot in Command, FAA Certified Flight Single/Multi-Engine Commercial Instructor Pilot
Tennessee Rule 31 Trained Legal Mediator (inactive)
Developed and implemented the EAPCS Program (tm) (Error Assessment Profile and Coding System) for application of after-action reviews of case voir dire, openings and closings
Developed and teaches a functional course in the human factors of failure including threat-error management, fundamentals of human failure, risk reduction, etiology of human failure, and threat mitigation
Developed and implemented the F E P r System (Fundamental Elements for Presentations System) for Voir Dire, Opening and Closing presentations
Developed the BDRA (tm) Brain Domain Rhythm Analysis model of opening and closing structure
Developed the L-CERT Litigation Communications Educational Retreat/Training program (tm)
Developed the Triune Litigation Model™, a trial model designed to provide anchor processes for case management.
Developed the MCM (mass casualty model) of neuroscience escalation
Developer of the CDV ™ (collateral damage victim model)
KEY RESULTS:
Developed and trademarked the unique Triune Litigation Model ™, a highly successful and comprehensive litigation model for case development, implemented in key result cases. Utilizes neuroscience (also known as the reptilian complex), fundamentals of instruction, and axioms of the brain science of retention. The model directs focus group data mining, correlates the results to the human story in frame development, and manages implementation.
American Bar Association Faculty Instructor, “Refining Rules of the Road and Winning Graphics”, Scottsdale, Arizona
Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association Instructor, “Chickens and Pigs and Other Pavers on the Pathway to a Superverdict”, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Wrote and produced a teaching documentary, “Focus Groups – Why You Should Not Try A Case Without Them”, with curriculum emphasis on the neuropsychology of decision-making, culture codes driving decision-making, fundamentals of instruction, and developing persuasion techniques meeting juror needs.
Wrote and produced a 36-week presentation, “Plaintiff’s Guide to Giving Jurors What They Need – Human Factors At Work in the Courtroom”.
Taught private “Basic Fundamental Neuroscience Applied with a Dose of Rules of the Road” courses to local counsel, enhancing understanding and applying both trial tools.
Wrote and produced a symposium entitled the “Neuropsychological Forces In Decision-Making, Crash Analysis” with emphasis on human factors contributory and causative, developed on Flight 052 Avianca New York; Flight 1420 American Airlines Little Rock Crash, and Flight 1478 Federal Express Tallahassee, and John F. Kennedy, Jr. crash.
Taught “Avoiding Crashes in Acute Medical Settings” - Toledo Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio
Taught “Avoiding Crashes in the Courtroom” - Toledo Bar Association, Toledo, Ohio
Conceptualized, designed and implemented The Sunshine Project (tm), an accelerated litigation training and testing/development project featuring virtual focus groups and mock trial processes.