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Charleston-specific plaintiff market intelligence: tri-county respondent panels, local firm recognition data, juror sentiment baselines, and damages anchoring research. Built for Charleston PI firms, mediators, and plaintiff-side litigation teams.

Tri-county coverage 100+ respondent panels per study 24–48 hour delivery Built for plaintiff-side litigation teams in Charleston Tri-county coverage 100+ respondent panels per study 24–48 hour delivery Built for plaintiff-side litigation teams in Charleston

Six chapters live. Growing weekly.

Charleston subscribers get full access to our local intelligence library. Each chapter is fielded with verified Charleston-tri-county respondents and updated as new data lands.

Just published
Q2 2026

Charleston PI Marketing Intelligence

Brand recognition (aided and unaided), firm trust scores, "who would you call first" data, advertising-effectiveness analysis, and competitive positioning across 11 Charleston PI firms.

Public preview · Subscribers see firm-by-firm sentiment with verbatim quotes
Just published
Charleston Juror Attitudes Baseline

Charleston Juror Attitudes Baseline

Tort reform sentiment, insurance attitudes, default plaintiff/defendant lean, attitudes toward damages awards, jury duty attitudes, and demographic predictors of plaintiff sympathy.

Public top-line · Subscribers see full demographic crosstabs
Just published
Charleston Damages Anchoring Baseline

Charleston Damages Anchoring Baseline

How Charleston respondents anchor on dollar amounts in the abstract — open-ended damages valuations across injury types, anchored evaluations at multiple price points, ceiling sensitivity for verdict size.

Public top-line · Subscribers see full anchor distributions and demographic cuts
Just published
Defendant Identity Effects

Defendant Identity Effects

How Charleston respondents react to defendant type — local business vs. national chain vs. government entity vs. hospital — across identical fact patterns.

Public top-line · Subscribers see full multiplier table by defendant type
Just published
Plaintiff Sympathy Variables

Plaintiff Sympathy Variables

How Charleston respondents react to plaintiff demographics and characteristics — age, occupation, prior claims history, family structure — across identical fact patterns.

Public top-line · Subscribers see full multiplier table by plaintiff profile
Published
Reference Study

Premises Liability — Slip & Fall

Full case-pattern study including liability lean, decisive facts, damages anchoring (open-ended and anchored to medicals), and verdict spread by liability lean. The reference engagement that established Fast Focus methodology.

11-page Strategy-tier deliverable summary · Subscribers see full deliverable with crosstabs

Charleston firm recognition isn't the same
as Charleston firm preference.

Our Q2 2026 Charleston PI Marketing poll reveals a meaningful gap between which firms Charleston residents recognize and which firms they would actually call if they needed a personal injury attorney tomorrow.

— Aided recognition · Top 6 firms · n=43 (interim)
George Sink
86%
Morgan & Morgan
81%
Joye Law Firm
81%
Shelly Leeke
79%
Anastopoulo
74%
Thumbs Up Guys
74%
From the Charleston PI Marketing Intelligence Report Q2 2026

Aided recognition is broad. But unaided recall — the firms respondents named without prompting — and "who would you call first" data tells a different story. The full report includes:

Subscribe to access the full Charleston PI Marketing Intelligence Report →

A 9× spread in awarded damages —
based on liability lean alone.

Our Charleston Premises Liability reference study tested a contested slip-and-fall fact pattern with 100 verified Charleston-tri-county respondents. The findings demonstrate why liability lean matters as much for damages as it does for verdict.

— Contested liability
41%leaned "about equal"
32%leaned plaintiff
22%leaned defense
5%undecided
— Decisive facts
40%cited phone use as most decisive
39%cited misplaced wet floor sign
Two competing theories of decisive fact split nearly evenly
— Damages spread by liability lean
plaintiff-leaners awarded vs. defense-leaners (median)
$7,750open-ended damages median
$15,000anchored to $42K medicals (median)

The full reference study (11 pages) is available to subscribers and includes complete demographic crosstabs, verbatim respondent quotes by liability lean, fact-by-fact sentiment analysis, and strategic implications for similar fact patterns.

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The Panel — Charleston
$299/mo
Charleston PI market intelligence for any firm size
  • Full Charleston Panel library access (all current and future chapters)
  • New Charleston chapters added monthly
  • Quarterly State of Charleston PI report
  • Annual State of Charleston PI report
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Test your case. Test your ad.
Test anything.

Fast Focus per-engagement custom research is available to any Charleston firm — no subscription required. Same pricing for everyone.

Pulse
$295
— 24-hour delivery

Quick reads on a single question.

Test a fact pattern at intake. Anchor a damages range. Get juror reaction to your demand framing.

A/B
$595
— 24-hour delivery

Compare two options head-to-head.

Test new ad creative against your current spot. Compare two liability theories. A/B competing intake scripts.

Strategy
$1,495
— 48–72 hour delivery

Deep analysis with a strategist.

Larger sample, demographic crosstabs, jury archetype profiles. Mediation prep, brand positioning, voir dire planning.

Trial Prep
From $3,500
— Custom timeline

Built for cases going to trial.

Multi-survey programs. Voir dire profiling, opening statement testing, demonstrative testing.

Tri-county. Specifically.

Charleston is our first live market because we know it. Sean Hall, J.D., is a Charleston-based legal researcher and Charleston School of Law graduate (May 2026). Our respondent panels target Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties — not generic Lowcountry, not statewide South Carolina. The Charleston jury pool. The Charleston market. The Charleston PI ecosystem.

Geographic precision

Tri-county targeting (Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester) ensures respondents reflect the actual jury pool composition for Charleston-area cases.

Local knowledge

Built by someone who has worked in the Charleston PI marketing ecosystem and graduated from Charleston School of Law. Familiar with the local firm landscape, judges, mediators, and case dynamics.

Continuous research

Charleston library updated monthly. Quarterly State of Charleston PI reports synthesize trends, brand tracker updates, and market dynamics.

Charleston, specifically.

What counties does the Charleston Panel cover?
Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties — the tri-county area that comprises the Charleston metropolitan jury pool.
How are respondents sourced and verified?
Through Pollfish, a verified consumer panel platform. Respondents are filtered to the Charleston tri-county area at the time of fielding. Each study fields with n=100 standard, with larger samples available for Strategy and Trial Prep engagements.
How current is the Charleston Panel data?
Library chapters refresh annually at minimum. The brand recognition tracker (Charleston PI Marketing Intelligence) refreshes quarterly. Custom chapters can be commissioned anytime via Fast Focus per-engagement.
Do you name specific firms in the public report?
Yes — Charleston firms named in our research are publicly identified in aggregate findings (e.g., aided recognition data, brand awareness rankings). Specific negative-sentiment data, verbatim respondent quotes about firms, and firm-by-firm advertising effectiveness are subscriber-only.
Can I test my own firm's brand recall, ad creative, or competitive positioning?
Yes — that's a primary use case for Fast Focus per-engagement work. Subscribers can also commission custom polls focused on their specific firm or competitive context.