BENCHMARK LITIGATION CONSULTING & TRIAL ADVISORY
Strategic Judgment for Complex Litigation, Institutional Risk, and High-Exposure Matters
Dr. Sunnetta “Sunny” Slaughter provides litigation consulting and expert advisory services to law firms, institutions, and public entities navigating complex, high-stakes matters involving investigative scrutiny, institutional exposure, and public trust risk.
Her work supports counsel before filing, during active litigation, and alongside parallel proceedings, offering disciplined analysis at the intersection of behavior, trauma, investigations, systems failure, and organizational decision-making.
Engagements are selective, discreet, and structured to strengthen case theory, reduce risk, and support defensible outcomes.
Advisory Focus
Dr. Slaughter is engaged where cases present heightened complexity, including:
- Parallel criminal, civil, regulatory, or administrative proceedings
- Institutional misconduct, organizational exposure, oversight, and accountability
- Investigative integrity challenges
- Public-facing or media-sensitive matters
- Trauma-informed evidentiary issues
- Allegations involving abuse of authority, coercive control, or systemic failure
- Policy, leadership, and oversight evaluation
- Decision-making under scrutiny analysis
Her role is not advocacy. It is independent analytical support grounded in professional judgment, investigative experience, and systems-level review.
Pre-Charge & Pre-Filing Risk Analysis
Early-stage evaluation to stress-test case theory and exposure before positions harden.
- Behavioral and evidentiary plausibility analysis
- Investigative decision-point review
- Foreseeability and risk assessment
- Early narrative vulnerability identification
- Settlement and leverage considerations
- Review of investigative practices and decision points
- Evaluation of policies, training, and supervision
- Systems and organizational assessment
Case Concentration and Subject Matter Expertise
Advisory support where litigation unfolds alongside regulatory, criminal, or public scrutiny.
- Domestic & Sexual Violence (Assault)
- Human Trafficking & Exploitation (Civil Liability/Criminal Offenses)
- Crimes Against Children and Vulnerable Persons
- Wrongful Injury and Death
- Workplace Violence and Facility Liability
- Hospital and Medical Facility Liability
- School & University Liability (Title IX adjacent matters)
- Corporate Neglience and Misconduct
- Civil Rights, OIS, Excessive Force
- Public safety and duty-of-care issues
Engagement Model
- Partner-directed engagements
- Discreet, conflict-screened matters
- Advisory or expert roles
- Short-term evaluations or ongoing consultation
- No contingency-based work
Dr. Slaughter does not serve as a generalized expert-for-hire and does not accept engagements that compromise independence or analytical integrity.