Winning Research Skills - Westlaw

Chapter 9
Using Westlaw Profiler
Available exclusively on Westlaw, Westlaw Profiler provides a direct link between a document
you are viewing on Westlaw (such as a case, a jury verdict, a settlement summary, or an article)
and profiles of attorneys, judges, and expert witnesses who appeared in the case or authored the
article. The profiles include links to cases, jury trials, and settlements in which an attorney,
judge, or expert witness has participated; articles the individual has written; and other
information.
To access the profile of an attorney, judge, or expert witness from a document you are viewing,
click the name of the individual in the document text. (When a profile is available for an
individual, that person’s name is underlined and displayed in a color different from that of the
surrounding text, as shown in Figure 9.12.) The individual’s profile is displayed (Figure 9.13).
You can also search for the profile of an attorney, judge, or expert witness from many tabbed
custom pages. Type a person’s name (e.g., peter wright) in the Profiler–Attorney or Judge or the
Profiler–Expert text box in the left frame, select a state from the drop-down list (optional), and
click Go. A result list is displayed. To view the profile for an individual, click the retrieval
number next to that person’s name in the list.
Figure 9.12: Link to profile of an attorney
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