Trial execution, strategic pressure, and control of the surrounding system — by the person who designed the strategy.
Snyder steps in as first-chair trial counsel when prior strategy has not produced resolution and the case is heading to verdict. He integrates jury strategy, witness execution, and settlement dynamics under a single command.
When the case is at the moment of decision.
Some cases are decided long before trial. Others are decided in the final weeks — and sometimes the final days. In high-stakes matters, the outcome turns on performance under pressure and the ability to control both the courtroom and the surrounding environment.
Snyder is brought in when prior strategy has failed to produce resolution, when settlement dynamics are intensifying under trial pressure, and when multiple dimensions — legal, financial, and human — must be managed simultaneously.
Three integrated functions. Separating them is how outcomes are lost.
- Full record immersion and decisive issue identification
- Jury strategy and narrative architecture
- Witness preparation built for cross-examination pressure
- Motions in limine and evidentiary positioning
- Settlement leverage calibration
- Opening statement and narrative control
- Direct and cross-examination execution
- Real-time adaptation as facts develop
- Jury reading and argument calibration
- Closing with precision, not theatrics
- Client and board communication under pressure
- Settlement dynamics managed alongside trial posture
- Capital, corporate, and regulatory coordination
- Post-verdict enforcement or appeal positioning
What Snyder controls at each stage.
First-chair execution by the person who designed the strategy.
25+ years of federal trial practice. Former Proskauer Rose litigator. Federal judicial clerk. Known for command presence, unusual clarity under pressure, and sustained force in situations that would overwhelm most teams.
Founder and CEO of Agnes Intelligence, which placed 4th among more than 1,000 entries in the IBM Watson Build competition.
Selective engagements. Based on where intervention will materially change the result.
Initial discussions focus on trial posture, timeline, and whether engagement at this stage changes what is possible. Engagement begins immediately upon confirmation. There is no onboarding period.
Costs Nothing.
We engage selectively in matters where first-chair intervention will materially affect the outcome. Briefly describe the case, the current posture, and the timeline to trial. Do not send privileged or confidential information.