DOAR Supports Victory for Marsh McLennan Executives

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Thu Oct 29, 2009 3:06pm EDT

Provides expert support for the legal defense teams throughout People v.
Doherty et al.






LYNBROOK, N.Y., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- DOAR Litigation Consulting LLC has
supported the legal defense teams which obtained the acquittal of three former
Marsh McLennan executives during their 11-month trial before Judge James Yates
in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.  The law firms representing
the 3 defendants were Blank Rome LLP, Hinshaw & Culberson, and Driscoll &
Redlich.

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On October 26, 2009, following an eleven month trial, New York State Supreme
Court Judge James Yates acquitted three former Marsh executives of felony
charges stemming from alleged bid-rigging, price-fixing, and collusion
activities.  Defendants Greg Doherty, Kathleen Drake & Joseph Peiser were
indicted in 2005.  They were among eight former Marsh executives charged with
colluding with brokers at insurance carriers such as American International
Group (AIG), Zurich, and others to obtain intentionally, non-competitive or
fake quotes for other corporate clients to suppress competition.

DOAR was initially retained four years ago to assist the defense teams in
receiving, managing and reviewing over 22 million pages of electronic
documents produced by the New York Attorney General's office.  This included
analyzing and organizing the government's productions and the use of an
analytics-based document review system, Inference Data, to allow the defense
firms to categorize the document productions and significantly streamline the
review of the relevant categories of documents.  As the trial, which began on
December 1, 2008, approached opening statements, DOAR worked with the defense
lawyers to prepare their trial exhibits, develop graphic presentations,
configure Judge Yates' courtroom with presentation technology and present
evidence on a nearly daily basis over the course of the past 11 months.  Prior
to summation, DOAR's graphics consulting team, led by Director John Hicks,
coordinated with attorneys from the three law firms to develop concepts that
would form the backbone of a 1,000 slide graphics presentation.

DOAR's trial consulting team was led by Raymond McLeod, a Director at DOAR,
who has spent the better part of the past three years in Judge Yates'
courtroom including a prior nine-month trial that began in April 2007 of two
other Marsh executives who were represented by Proskauer Rose LLP and Cooley
Godward. Commenting on the trial, Ray states, "I am extremely privileged to
have worked so closely with all of the defense teams and am very happy that
the judge ruled in our clients' favor."


Jerry Bernstein, a partner with Blank Rome and one of the lead trial lawyers,
states, "The
DOAR team worked relentlessly to support our efforts and was simply
magnificent."


About DOAR Litigation Consulting LLC

DOAR Litigation Consulting, the nation's preeminent litigation services
company, provides Discovery Management and Trial Consulting services at the
highest standards in the industry. DOAR supports its clients at every level in
any aspect of an engagement from discreet consulting assignments to
full-scale, long-term engagements. DOAR provides the scale and leverage sought
by small and mid-tier law firms as well as the resources and expertise to
support the largest law firms and corporations.


For more information about DOAR, visit our website at www.DOAR.com





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Anna Diolosa, adiolosa@doar.com, +1-516-823-3919
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