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Winning at Litigation through Decision Analysis

Creating and Executing Winning Strategies in any Litigation or Dispute

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  • Numerous step-by-step tutorials help the reader to learn quickly
  • Problems included at the end of each chapter
  • Includes complete examples of how to structure most common legal questions

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
  2. Introduction

    • John Celona
    Pages 1-9
  3. Why Should You Do a Decision Analysis?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. The Nature of the Beast

      • John Celona
      Pages 13-29
  4. How To Do a Decision Analysis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Structure the Problem

      • John Celona
      Pages 55-120
    3. Elicit Probabilities

      • John Celona
      Pages 121-159
    4. Analyze the Results

      • John Celona
      Pages 183-236
  5. Advanced Decision Analysis Topics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
    2. Difficult Questions to Structure

      • John Celona
      Pages 239-305
    3. Special Probability Approaches

      • John Celona
      Pages 307-373
    4. Multiple Parties and Claims

      • John Celona
      Pages 375-397
    5. Pretrial and Trial Strategy Planning

      • John Celona
      Pages 399-427
    6. Review and Communication

      • John Celona
      Pages 429-446
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 447-456

About this book

This book is the first in-depth guide to applying the philosophy, theory, and methods of decision analysis to creating and executing winning legal strategies. With  explanations that progress from introductory to advanced and practice problems at the end of each chapter, this is a book the reader will want to use and refer to for years to come. Practicing decision analysts, operations research and management science students, attorneys and law students will find this book an invaluable addition to their knowledge and skills. 

John Celona has over three decades of experience in teaching and applying decision analysis. John lectures in the School of Engineering at Stanford University and is on faculty at The Stanford Center for Professional Development, the American Course on Drug Development and Regulatory Sciences, and the Academy of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management.

Reviews

“It is a nice example of plain application of simple mathematics to decision analysis. The book is divided into three parts. … the reviewed book is a very good handbook for MBA students.” (Krzysztof Piasecki, zbMATH 1360.90002, 2017)                        

Authors and Affiliations

  • San Carlos, USA

    John Celona

About the author

John Celona is the Founder and President of Decision Analysis Associates. He has over three decades of experience as a management consultant in risk analysis and management and strategy development for senior executives in Fortune 500 companies.      

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eBook USD 54.99
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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Hardcover Book USD 99.99
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