About Wilson Turner Kosmo
Wilson Turner Kosmo is the largest certified women-owned law firm in San Diego, and one of the largest in California. Founded in 1991, the 60+ attorney firm represents the litigation and counseling needs of companies on a local, statewide and national level.
The firm focuses on employment litigation matters, with a healthy dose of product liability / warranty / business litigation / other practice area cases in its portfolio – all with Fortune 50 clients.
The Challenge
When the firm’s previous legal data provider abruptly went out of business mid-2022, it was put in a bind. The firm needed robust access to state court data for insights into judges, cases and opposing counsel on a consistent basis to best serve their clients. A search for a replacement solution commenced.
The Solution
The firm found Trellis in 2023 and decided to kick the tires on a pilot. The firm liked Trellis from the start as it contained some familiar features to their prior platform, but there was more. Pilot users appreciated Trellis’ deep dashboard functionality while commenting that the UI was simple and easy to use. The trial run was a success.
Wilson Turner Kosmo then decided to bring in Trellis firm-wide citing reasons, including:
- Sheer Amounts of Accessible Data: The firm was impressed with the +200M searchable state trial court documents across 1000s of state trial courts available to it on Trellis. The more information they surfaced, the better decisions the firm was able to make.
- Hard Analytics to Vet Judges: Trellis enables the firm to view ruling grant rate analyses on important pre-trial motions. The firm is able to see a judge’s average case duration broken down by matter. Visibility into a judge’s caseload and experience help the firm set client expectations.
- Critical Intel on Opposing Counsel: With Trellis, the firm routinely dives deep into their opposing counsel’s documents and cases when setting or executing litigation strategy. In particular the firm appreciates the ability to see on Trellis if an opposing lawyer has been unsuccessful on a particular motion, and surface rulings against opposing counsel, to leverage in both instances for their client’s benefit.
- Searchable Database: With employment litigation top of mind, it was especially important for the firm to benefit from Trellis by being able to research PAGA and wage & hours cases (and Tentative Rulings) filed across CA superior courts. Trellis allows the firm to keyword search the body of filed court documents in wage and hour cases, while seeing Judge-approved Class Action & PAGA settlement amounts.
About Trellis
Trellis is an AI-driven, state trial court research and analytics platform. We make the fragmented U.S. state trial court system searchable through a single interface, offering comprehensive insights into judges, cases, and opposing counsel. Effortlessly track lawsuits across states and stay updated with ongoing litigation documents. To learn how Trellis can help your team succeed, visit www.trellis.law or request a demo today.
