gotoverdict.com

What It Is

GoToVerdict is a web-based application for trial lawyers and litigation teams. Its core goal is to quickly provide comprehensive data and research on prospective jurors during jury selection. The system was founded by attorneys with trial experience, and emphasizes replacing intuition-based juror assessment with information drawn from public records, commercial databases, and private sources.

Core Features and Collaboration

Its main capability is returning research results—usually within about 10 minutes—after receiving a prospective juror’s name, city of residence, and age. Coverage may include political leanings, voting history, social media, property, vehicles, judgments, tax liens, bankruptcies, businesses, professional licenses, criminal records, employment, education, and more. Within the app, users can comment on and rate prospective jurors; the candidate list appears on the left, while live updates, team comments, and ratings are shown on the right. Once authorized by the attorney, clients, claims representatives, jury consultants, co-counsel, paralegals, and others can remotely view information in real time and participate in support work. After selection ends, the system can also automatically generate a jury summary and post-selection report.

Pricing and Deployment

The main materials do not disclose specific plans, pricing, or payment methods. They only state that the service is more cost-effective than manual research and jury consultants, and that a free demo is available. Deployment is as a web/internet application accessible from connected computers, tablets, or phones. There is no mention of self-hosting, APIs, third-party integrations, or developer support.

Pros and Cons

The strengths are its highly specific vertical use case and design around high-pressure courtroom decision-making; rich data dimensions and fast delivery; support for unlimited remote users to observe and collaborate; and staff support during each jury selection. The drawbacks are opaque pricing, and a lack of disclosed details on security, privacy, compliance certifications, data retention, and permissions. The product also depends heavily on the U.S. jury system and related data sources, making it less adaptable to other jurisdictions.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is best suited to U.S. litigation law firms, insurance claims litigation teams, trial consultants, and large case-support teams. China does not have a comparable jury-selection process, so the product has very limited business applicability there. Network accessibility and payment methods from China are not specified, so they should be considered unknown. If looking for alternatives in China, users should focus more on local legal research, due diligence, litigation support, and case management systems rather than direct jury-selection tools.