Practice Ready Litigation Research

To get there, from the homepage of Westlaw, click "Browse -- Tools" and then scroll down to find "Profiler". 

Westlaw Profiler provides biographical information about attorneys, judges, experts, arbitrators and intellectual property professionals. You can search by names, organization name, location, practice area/area of expertise or keywords. It also generates reports that reflect their work histories. 

• Expert Challenge Report (expert witness and judge search)
  • Provides information from litigation where the expert witness was challenged for admissibility.
• Expert Evaluator Report (expert witness search)
  • Analysis of an expert witness's litigation history.
• Litigation History Report (attorney and judge search)
  • Analyzes attorney or judge's historical caseload, such as case types, participating parties, and industries.
• Judicial Reversal Report (trial court judge search)
  • Information on a trial court judge's record on appeal 
• Judicial Motion Report (judge search) 
  • Information on judge's record in disposing of motions (information from criminal and bankruptcy dockets is excluded)

Westlaw also has a database designated for expert materials. 

• The following material types are available for search:
  • Expert Witness Curricula Vitae and Resumes
  • Expert Depositions
  • Expert Directories
  • Expert Profiles
  • Expert Questions & Answers
  • Expert Reports & Affidavits
  • Expert Trial Transcripts 

To get there, go to the homepage of Lexis Advance and click on the drop-down menu from the top left corner. 

Lexis Litigation Profile Suite allows you to search profiles of expert witnesses, judges, and attorneys. You can also find relevant detailed information such as ruling histories (judges), practice histories (attorneys), case involvement (expert witnesses), publications, and news of that person. You can search by name and further refine it by locations (attorneys and expert witnesses), jurisdictions (judges) or area of expertise (expert witnesses). 

Here are what you can find under each profile (if applicable):

Judges -- Ruling History: 

• Dockets, Jury Verdicts & Settlements, Cases, Administrative Materials, Briefs, Pleadings and Motions, Jury Instructions, Expert Witness Analysis. 

Attorneys -- Practice History

• Dockets, Jury Verdicts & Settlements, Cases, Administrative Materials, Briefs, Pleadings and Motions, Jury Instructions, Expert Witness Analysis. 

Expert Witnesses -- Case Involvement

• Jury Verdicts & Settlements, Expert Witness Analysis (Testimony and Reports, Resumes, and Expert Witness Challenges), Cases, Briefs, Pleadings and Motions