IMS

What IMS does

IMS Legal Strategies (legal entity Intelligent Management Solutions LLC) is a US-headquartered, privately held litigation support and consulting firm founded in 1990 and operating from Dallas, San Antonio, and a London regional office. The company sells professional services to law firms — including 96 of the Am Law 100 — and to in-house corporate legal departments, helping clients across the full litigation lifecycle from early discovery through trial.

Its service portfolio is organized around four pillars: Expert Advisory & Analysis (litigation surveys, advertising claim substantiation, economics, and statistics), Expert Witness Search (technology, medical, and testifying experts), Litigation Consulting (jury research, strategy and theme development, voir dire, mock trials, and trial graphics), and Medical Legal Consulting (life care planning, vocational assessments, economic damages, and medical expert services). On top of these professional services, IMS sells a branded technology stack — The Advantage® interactive juror insights application, Chronos® Interactive Timelines, TrialLink® Virtual Technology, and the IMS Tutorial Player — as productivity and presentation tooling. The Ignite program extends the offering into firm retreats, strategy workshops, CLEs, and productivity training.

IMS generates revenue through customized, project-based professional services engagements priced per case rather than via disclosed tiered SaaS pricing; the company uses direct enterprise sales supported by a content-driven demand engine (IMS Elevate webinars, case studies, and CLE programming). The firm cites 6,500+ completed trials, 65,000+ cases, and a 95% repeat client firm business rate as core commercial signals. AI is referenced in the context of juror education and analytics tooling but is not positioned as a foundation-model or AI-native capability.

Name

IMS

Legal name

Intelligent Management Solutions LLC

Website

https://expertservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IMS Legal Strategies is a US-founded, privately held litigation support and consulting firm serving Am Law 100 law firms and corporate legal departments with expert witness sourcing, jury research, trial graphics, and medical-legal consulting across 16+ practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Litigation Support & Legal Consulting Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199), Other Legal Services (54119), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

eDiscovery, Litigation Support & Legal Hold (BPAEAPAE), Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB), Business Valuation & Litigation Support (BPAHABAK)

Keywords

• Litigation consulting services
• Expert witness search
• Jury research consulting
• Trial graphics support
• Medical legal consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Pensacola

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Litigation Consulting Services: IMS generates revenue through professional services fees charged to law firms and corporations for litigation support, including jury consulting, expert witness sourcing, trial graphics, and strategic advisory services. The engagement model is project-based with customized solutions for each case.
2. Expert Witness Services: Revenue is generated through the placement and engagement of expert witnesses in legal proceedings, including custom expert witness search services for technology, medical, and specialized industry experts.
3. Expert Advisory & Analysis: Fees for litigation surveys, advertising claim substantiation, economics and finance analysis, marketing research, and statistical/econometric services.
4. Medical Legal Consulting: Services including life care planning, cost estimates, vocational assessments, economic damages analysis, and medical expert witness services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

IMS Legal Strategies delivers integrated litigation support and consulting to law firms and corporate legal departments across the full litigation lifecycle. Its core offerings include Expert Witness Search (technology, medical, and custom testifying experts), Expert Advisory & Analysis (litigation surveys, advertising claim substantiation, economics/finance, marketing research, and statistics/sampling/econometrics), Litigation Consulting (jury consulting, strategy and theme development, mock trials, voir dire and jury selection, trial graphics and multimedia, and presentation technology), and Medical Legal Consulting (life care planning, cost estimates, vocational assessments, economic damages, and medical expert witness services).

Product overview

IMS Legal Strategies is a litigation support and consulting firm that offers a platform of integrated legal services rather than a single software product. The core offerings include Expert Advisory & Analysis (survey research and economic analysis), Expert Witness Search (connecting law firms with qualified experts), Litigation Consulting (jury research, strategy, and trial support), and Medical Legal Consulting. The portfolio includes proprietary technology tools: The Advantage® (interactive juror insights application), Chronos® Interactive Timelines (visual chronology tools), TrialLink® Virtual Technology (virtual trial/mock trial platform), and IMS Tutorial Player (training resources). Additional services include Ignite (professional development and training programs) covering firm retreats, strategy workshops, and CLEs. Together, these services support the full litigation lifecycle from early discovery through trial.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Advantage®: An Interactive Juror Insights Application providing strategic juror insights and data analytics for litigation cases
• Chronos® Interactive Timelines
• TrialLink® Virtual Technology
• IMS Tutorial Player

Products and services

• Litigation Consulting Comprehensive litigation support service for law firms and corporations covering jury consulting, strategy and theme development, jury research and mock trials, voir dire and jury selection, trial graphics and multimedia, and presentation technology across complex commercial disputes.
• Expert Witness Search Custom expert witness search services that match qualified technology, medical, and specialized testifying experts with law firm case requirements across practice areas including IP, medical, and technology litigation.
• Expert Advisory & Analysis Expert advisory and analytics service covering litigation surveys and rebuttals (likelihood of confusion, false advertising, secondary meaning, genericness, fame surveys), advertising claim substantiation, economics and finance analysis, marketing research, and statistics/sampling/econometrics for IP and commercial disputes.
• Medical Legal Consulting Medical-legal consulting service for injury, healthcare, and life sciences litigation, including life care planning and rebuttals, cost estimates, vocational assessments, economic damages, medical expert witness search, medical billing/coding analysis, radiology reviews, medical examinations, and medical demonstratives.
• The Advantage® Interactive Juror Insights Application Proprietary interactive juror insights application that delivers strategic information about jurors, enabling legal teams to understand juror backgrounds, attitudes, and likely behavior during trials.
• Chronos® Interactive Timelines Interactive timeline visualization tool used for trial presentations to clearly communicate case chronology and sequences of events to juries in an engaging, easy-to-understand format.
• TrialLink® Virtual Technology Virtual technology platform that enables remote trial preparation, virtual mock trials, and remote collaboration for legal teams during litigation proceedings.
• Ignite Professional Development Program Professional development program providing firm retreat programming, strategy workshops, CLEs, and productivity tools covering modern jury dynamics, speech and credibility, witness preparation, and case story development for legal professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% repeat client firm business rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TrialGraphix: TrialGraphix specializes in trial presentation technology, trial graphics, and courtroom animations for complex litigation. It is a direct peer to IMS's Trial Graphics & Multimedia and Presentation Technology services, serving similar Am Law and corporate clients.
• JuryScope: JuryScope is a jury research and trial consulting firm providing mock trials, juror profiling, and trial strategy services to law firms and corporate counsel — directly overlapping with IMS's jury consulting and litigation consulting core offering.
• A2L Consulting: A2L Consulting provides trial presentation, jury consulting, and litigation graphics services to litigators nationwide. It competes head-to-head with IMS on trial graphics, mock trials, and jury research, particularly for mid-size and large law firm clients.
• Persuasion Strategies: Persuasion Strategies offers jury consulting, mock trials, and trial strategy services, closely matching IMS's jury research, voir dire, and theme development offerings for complex civil litigation.
• DecisionQuest: DecisionQuest provides jury research, mock trials, and trial consulting services to plaintiff and defense law firms. It is a long-standing direct competitor to IMS in jury selection and trial strategy.
• Magna Legal Services: Magna Legal Services is an end-to-end litigation support company offering court reporting, record retrieval, trial presentation, and expert sourcing. It overlaps with IMS on expert witness search, trial graphics, and managed litigation services for large law firm and insurance clients.
• Courtroom Sciences Inc. Courtroom Sciences provides litigation psychology, jury consulting, and trial strategy services to attorneys nationwide. It competes with IMS in jury research, mock trials, and trial consulting for high-stakes matters.
• Bates Group: Bates Group provides expert witness services, economic and financial analysis, and litigation consulting, directly mirroring IMS's Expert Advisory & Analysis and Expert Witness Search offerings across banking, finance, and accounting matters.

Broad incumbents

• Epiq: Epiq is a large, established legal and business services platform offering eDiscovery, managed document review, and litigation support. It is a broader incumbent that overlaps with IMS's litigation support and eDiscovery-adjacent capabilities as part of a wider services portfolio.

Emerging players

• Jury Research Institute: Jury Research Institute is a niche jury research and trial consulting firm focused on community attitude surveys and voir dire preparation. It is an emerging competitor with meaningful but partial overlap to IMS's jury research and selection services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@imslegalstrategies
• Facebookfacebook.com/imsexpertservices
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ims-expert-services
• Xx.com/ExpertServices

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about IMS