We help clients in complex litigation
get better results at lower cost.

Litigation is more expensive and frustrating than it needs to be.
Too many clients have had the same experience in litigation. Outside counsel at first give optimistic assessments of the client's case. Over time the litigation budget balloons beyond initial estimates. Everything takes longer than expected. Unanticipated problems arise -- the judge makes a "wrong" ruling, a key witness performs poorly in deposition. As trial approaches risks that once seemed manageable loom larger, and outside counsel's optimism wanes. The case settles, often on terms less favorable than the client expected at the beginning of the process.

Why?
Many times the answer is that outside counsel’s initial predictions about the timeframe, cost and likely outcome of the case were unrealistic. Outside counsel do not intentionally underestimate the cost of litigation or overstate the client's prospects, but there are undeniable pressures on counsel to be optimistic when trying to win a client's business. Clients want a zealous advocate in litigation, and every rainmaker knows this instinctively. The fact is that business litigation generates enormous legal fees. Lawyers are only human, and it is difficult for anyone with a large personal financial stake in the client’s decisions to give completely unbiased advice.

Rethink LLP can help.
Rethink LLP is a different kind of law firm. We are highly experienced litigators, but we do not appear as counsel of record in your case. Our role is solely to provide independent litigation advice to you, the client. Here is how you benefit:

• Our interests are fully aligned with yours. Since we do not act as counsel of record, we have no financial stake in whether you choose to settle your case or take it to trial -- or for that matter, whether you file (or fight) a lawsuit in the first place.

• You get independent advice early. When a dispute first arises Rethink can help you analyze the risks, costs and benefits of litigation. Where appropriate, Rethink can also help you negotiate an early and favorable resolution of the dispute.

• You get the margin of safety that an independent second opinion provides. Rethink provides an independent check and a fresh perspective on outside counsel's legal strategy. This is standard practice in medicine and other professions where second opinions and independent checks on professional work are recognized as a prudent safeguard against error.

• If your case takes a bad turn, Rethink gives you objective advice about what went wrong -- and how to fix it. When a case takes an unexpected turn, it puts outside counsel in an awkward position. While it is true that judges sometimes make "wrong" rulings, sometimes it is the lawyer who has lost objectivity. In these situations Rethink can provide objective, independent advice, because our sole function is to determine what course of action will best serve your interests.

Rethink LLP can help in other ways as well. For a more detailed description of our services, click here.