Hot-seat trial presentation services · Los Angeles · Orange County · San Diego · Nationwide“Ms. Zajac —
Exhibit 14, please.”
It’s already up. Trial presentation for litigation partners who cannot afford a fumble: exhibits, deposition video, demonstratives and courtroom tech — prepped and presented by one named specialist, with mirrored equipment on site.
Trial starting inside 14 days? Call (949) 619-7006 — direct line to the specialist.
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The record — verified
Since 2018
100+
Trials nationwide
100,000+
Exhibits presented
1,000+
Depo video clips
50+
Courthouses served
That is the entire record — and every number on it can be checked. No win rates, no self-awarded titles, no borrowed logos.
Opening statement
Twelve jurors. One screen. We run it.
The work — a demonstration
Watch Exhibit 14 go to the jury.
This is the job, compressed to five moments. Scroll at your own pace — or take the hot seat yourself: the amber cues are live. Hover, tap or tab to one and the screen obeys. In court, it happens at the speed of the question.
Illustrative demonstration — the matter, exhibit and testimony are fictional. Real matters stay under NDA.
09:41:55 · Direct examination
The call
Counsel says It is on the jury screen before the sentence ends. No binder shuffle. No “one moment, Your Honor.”
09:42:07 · Direct examination
The highlight
The clause that decides the motion is buried in nine pages of boilerplate. One sweep of , and it is the only thing in the room.
09:42:11 · Direct examination
The callout
— “within forty-eight hours,” at poster size. Twelve people just read the same clause at the same moment. You cannot get that alignment by talking.
09:46:30 · Cross-examination
The impeachment
The witness just contradicted his deposition. — page 141, line 12 — is playing, synced to the transcript, before he finishes the sentence.
09:47:12 · Cross-examination
Published
Contract on one side, admission on the other — . Nobody in the box is looking anywhere else. That is the whole job: the right pixels, at the right second, without drama.
Exhibit AThe difference
The specialist you meet is the specialist in your hot seat.
Big vendors sell you a bench. Then trial week arrives, and you get whoever is free. We built this firm to end that lottery.
The vendor lottery
- You meet a salesperson. Trial week, a stranger walks into your war room.
- The tech who built your exhibit database hands it off — and the context leaks out in the handoff.
- Your questions route through a project manager, on office hours.
- One assigned operator, and no straight answer about what happens if they go down.
The Zajac model
- One named senior specialist preps your case and sits your hot seat. Same hands, end to end.
- The person who built the database is the person who calls it up under fire — nothing is lost in a handoff, because there is no handoff.
- Direct line to the specialist, not a call center. Response within 24 hours.
- Mirrored equipment and a vetted backup specialist behind every engagement.
Exhibit BThe specialist
Jola Zajac
Founder · Trial Presentation Specialist
In the courtroom since 2018. Jola preps cases and sits the hot seat herself — the exhibits, the depo cuts, the run of show, and then the trial itself. She set the firm’s standard in 100+ trials, and she holds every matter to it.
- CertificationOnCue Certified Specialist
- PlatformsOnCue · TrialDirector · Sanction
- In court since2018 — 100+ trials, nationwide
- Home groundLos Angeles · Orange County · San Diego
The bench. Behind the founder stands a team of expert trial presentation specialists, held to the same standard. Every matter runs under one named specialist, start to finish — and Jola takes the hot seat herself whenever the calendar allows.
“One of our most trusted, veteran traveling trial technicians… trusted by colleagues and clients alike to deliver flawless support when the stakes are highest.”
“She commands courtroom technology seamlessly… even when facing tight deadlines or sudden, mid-trial shifts.”
— Published industry team profile of Jola Zajac, 2026
The scopeFive disciplines, one chair
Everything between your case file and the jury’s eyes.
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Hot-seat trial presentation
Live exhibit display in open court — callouts, highlights, side-by-sides and clip playback, cued to the examination in real time. Counsel asks; the jury sees it.
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Exhibit prep & management
The exhibit database, built for trial speed: Bates-keyed, deduplicated, organized around your order of proof — so nothing takes longer than the question that called for it.
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Deposition video
Video synced to transcript, designation runs cut and countered, impeachment clips ready by page and line — playable the moment the witness strays.
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Demonstratives & graphics coordination
Timelines, boards and demonstratives built presentation-ready — or coordinated with your graphics vendor so every asset behaves on the courtroom screen.
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Courtroom & war-room tech
Courtroom walkthrough, displays, switching and audio checked in advance; a war room stood up near the courthouse and torn down when the verdict is in.
The protocolHow an engagement runs
By the first morning of trial, the room holds no surprises.
Inspect
We walk the courtroom before you do — screens, sight lines, connections, the clerk’s preferences.
Stage
War room near the courthouse; the mirrored rig built, tested and loaded with your matter.
Build
Exhibit database, depo designations and clips, demonstratives — rehearsed against your order of proof.
Present
The specialist in your hot seat, opening to verdict. Overnight changes absorbed before the morning session.
The engagementRetained → files → trial
One engagement. Everything a trial needs.
There are no tiers and no “database-only” shortcut. Every matter runs the same proven sequence — because even a finished database gets verified, rebuilt and rehearsed by the specialist who will present it.
Step 1 · Retained
The engagement
One signature locks the date. Everything after it is our responsibility.
- Conflict check cleared
- Engagement signed — NDA before we see a document
- Your trial date reserved on the calendar
- The specialist’s direct line opens
Step 2 · Files
The intake — five things
In whatever state they’re in — folders, vendor exports, a paralegal’s binder. We take it from there.
- Exhibits — documents, photos, video
- Exhibit list
- Witness list
- Deposition designations
- Deposition transcripts & video
Step 3 · Trial
Build, verify, rehearse, present
Inherited a database from a prior vendor? It still gets verified and brought to trial standard — trust is rebuilt, not assumed.
- Trial database built — or yours verified & rebuilt
- Depo video synced; impeachment clips cut
- Rehearsed against your order of proof
- Courtroom checked; mirrored rig staged
- The hot seat, opening to verdict
One engagement · one quote · starts with your trial date and the five files
Standing option — Priority Retainer
A live trial calendar that cannot gamble on vendor availability? First call on the specialist’s calendar, standing NDA and file protocols, matter after matter.
Closing
Someone is going to sit your hot seat. Make it Zajac.
Check availability
One specialist. One calendar. Check the date.
Send your trial date and we come back within 24 hours — with a straight yes or no.
- Response within 24 hours
- Direct line to the specialist, not a call center
- Fully insured (E&O)
- Every matter under NDA
- Mirrored equipment + vetted backup specialist on every engagement
Skip the form. Call (949) 619-7006 — you will reach the specialist, not a queue.
Cross-examinationFair questions
Ask us the hard ones.
What does the hot-seat operator actually do during trial?
The hot seat runs the courtroom screen in real time: exhibits called and published on demand, callouts and highlights built live, deposition clips played for impeachment, demonstratives cued to the examination. Counsel asks; the jury sees it. That is the whole job.
Who exactly will sit our hot seat?
One named senior specialist, assigned when the engagement is scoped and introduced to your team before trial prep begins — the same person from the first war-room session to the verdict. Jola leads the firm’s bench and takes the hot seat herself whenever the calendar allows.
What happens if your specialist can’t continue mid-trial?
Every engagement carries mirrored equipment and a vetted backup from the firm’s bench of senior specialists. Your exhibit database, clips and run of show exist in duplicate, so the trial goes on. That redundancy stands behind every matter we take.
Which presentation software do you run?
OnCue — Jola Zajac is an OnCue Certified Specialist — plus TrialDirector and Sanction. We can work inside your existing case database or build one from scratch.
Do you work outside Southern California?
Yes. We are based across Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, and we travel nationwide — 100+ trials in 50+ courthouses so far. Travel terms are set out in the engagement.
Trial starts in two weeks — is it too late?
Call (949) 619-7006. Late engagements are a known quantity in this work: we triage the exhibit set, cut the critical depo clips first, and get the specialist into your war room. You reach the specialist directly, and you have an answer within 24 hours.
How is confidentiality handled?
Every matter is under NDA before we see a single document, and the firm carries full insurance, including E&O.