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Following Hurricane Katrina, GCR has become a leading source of population data and recovery indicators for the New Orleans metropolitan area. Our figures are regularly cited by local and national media reports as well as by public officials and institutional leaders.
As part of our recovery work, GCR has successfully provided clients with the statistical and analytical clarity required to resolve critical questions in the areas of criminal justice and civil litigation. Using advanced technical and data management tools, GCR’s reports have been used to focus on critical issues relevant to our clients’ cases, providing thorough analyses of market trends, population trends, and other issues relating to shifting demographic matters. GCR’s established expertise and extensive experience in these areas have resulted in successful outcomes in every matter for which we have been retained.
Through its expert advisory services, GCR has prepared presentations and reports for the following cases:
- Provided testimony on behalf of the Louisiana Secretary of State regarding the validity of the
Orleans Parish municipal elections in Spring 2006
- Retained by the U.S. Attorney to evaluate alleged disparities in the post-Katrina jury system
- Composed and presented reports on behalf of the Orleans Parish Criminal and Civil District
Courts to substantiate maintaining the current structure and composition of the courts’ services and personnel
- Conducted litigation-related market analyses for a number of major health care providers,
retirement facilities, hotels, and big-box retail establishments
- Presented recovery indicators to bond rating agencies on behalf of the Louisiana Superdome
Commission
- Analyzed demographic scenarios to the New Orleans Hornets based on comparisons of
pre-Katrina and post-Katrina ticket sales trends
GCR provides the information and analysis necessary to formulate winning strategies. Our conclusions and testimony are based on objective and quantifiable measures and presented in an effective and meaningful manner to target audiences. We document our findings with in-depth, comprehensive reports complemented with professional graphics to demonstrate pertinent facts in an intelligent format. GCR’s institutional knowledge and professional and technological resources have often been the differentiator in difficult cases. We use technology as a tool of the intellect to document the facts, convey the message, and influence opinion in complex litigation.