The Fred Files

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 Ca...

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May 12, 2026

Reframe, Refocus, Win: A $2M Verdict Story with Toni Schlapprizzi

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 about the case, right down to her client’s trip from Louisiana to Illinois, where the accident occured. The first data report put the winnable rate in the 60s. But when she reframed the case to focus on th

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April 15, 2026

Big Data and Its Little Brother: Separated at Birth, Powerful Together, with Monte Tynes and Courtney Wilson

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 absorb the expense of a big data study. In this visit with Fred’s creators, Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer, the partners at Tynes Law Firm describe how they use both platforms in their Mississippi pra

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April 1, 2026

Kansas Wants to Stop Anchoring - Will Your State Do the Same? With Tom Dickerson

"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 describes his effort to fight it. And Nick describes his research that counters the argument of the bill’s supporters: “Anchoring isn't really a big deal, and it doesn't really happen, and jurors aren't just

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March 12, 2026

“All Human Beings Are Willing to Return a Big Verdict,” with Sean Claggett

"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 just days before picking a jury in Provo, Utah – a city where jurors don’t give big verdicts, according to conventional wisdom. Sean is unbowed: “Provided the right facts and the right story, I think all

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Dec. 8, 2025

Strategic Visuals That Turn Cases Around, with Seton Claggett

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 an MRI or something, get a couple of them, and be out of the door for less than a grand, and they are extremely impactful,” he says. Tune in as Seton walks through the Focus Graphics origin story, proc

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Nov. 21, 2025

When Data Shows You the Real “Bad Actor,” with Brian Aleinikoff

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 explains in this case breakdown with hosts Alicia Campbell and Nick Schweitzer, skiers who enjoy expensive resorts don’t want to believe that a lift operator isn’t paying attention. “They want to be

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