Tyson & Mendes Launches Apex Defense Consulting to Combat Rising Nuclear Verdicts®

New consulting firm offers training, expert consulting, and collaborative resources to help insurers and defense counsel reduce risk and stop Nuclear Verdicts^®

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- National insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes, LLP, announced today the launch of Apex Defense Consulting, a groundbreaking, new consulting firm developed in partnership with the law firm to address the insurance industry's biggest concerns: Nuclear Verdicts^® and social inflation. The announcement comes on the heels of the announcement of the new book, Nuclear Verdicts^®: The Apex – Break the Pattern, authored by Founding Partner Robert F. Tyson, Jr., and National Managing Partner Cayce E. Lynch.

Apex Defense Consulting is a spinoff consulting firm and the first of its kind in insurance defense, offering a comprehensive suite of services designed to equip claims teams and defense counsel with the proven strategies and tools necessary to reduce risk and achieve better outcomes in even the most high-stakes litigation.

The launch comes at a critical time in the industry, as Nuclear Verdicts^® (disproportionate awards often more than $10 million) reach unprecedented heights across the country and drive social inflation. Apex Defense Consulting provides three categories of services: education, consulting, and community. Leveraging on-demand education designed to provide needed training to claims teams on their schedules, Apex Defense Consulting also houses an ever-expanding library of resources and virtual community platform to encourage collaboration between members and experts. Apex Defense Consultants also provide pretrial, trial, and post-trial consultation services designed to deliver targeted expertise on high exposure matters to better support carriers and their counsel to defeat and defend against Nuclear Verdicts^®.

At the helm are expert trial lawyers from Tyson & Mendes, the firm that trademarked the term, "Nuclear Verdicts^®" and has now authored two books on the subject, as well as developed The Apex, a data-backed and trial-tested blueprint for the defense to employ at every stage of pre-litigation, litigation, and trial.

Founder Robert F. Tyson, Jr. stated, "We are thrilled to bring these unparalleled tools and expertise to the whole of the insurance industry through Apex Defense Consulting. We are proud to leverage our experience and analysis for our consulting firm clients and remain committed to improving the insurance defense industry."

Ashley Paige Fetyko, another founder of the consulting firm added, "We believe in delivering justice – for all. Apex Defense Consulting will help the insurance defense industry do just that, while protecting everyday Americans from paying the price for outsized and unjust awards."

Coauthor of the new book and fellow founder Cayce Lynch agreed, "For too long, the plaintiffs' bar has collaborated to deploy psychological tactics in jury trial, and the defense has stayed stagnant. This move annunciates a new era for the defense, and for American businesses."

The consulting firm will immediately begin servicing new insurance and defense counsel clients in addition to those clients who have already signed on for their educational, community, and consulting services. For more information, visit www.apexdefenseconsulting.com.

About Tyson & Mendes LLP

Tyson & Mendes LLP is a nationwide, AV-rated litigation and trial firm specializing in insurance defense and protecting its clients from Nuclear Verdicts^®. Founded in 2002 by Robert Tyson and Patrick Mendes, the firm has experienced tremendous growth, with offices across the United States. Tyson & Mendes is known for its expertise in defending corporations, insurance companies, and their clients against Nuclear Verdicts^®.

Serving 21 states nationwide, Tyson & Mendes is one of the fastest-growing civil defense firms in the U.S. and is proud to offer one of the fastest and clearest paths to partnership for its attorneys of any mid-sized law firm in the U.S. The firm is honored to be recognized as a 2024 Best Law Firm by Best Lawyers, named a 2024 Best Company to Work For: Law Firms edition by U.S. News & World Report, awarded the 2023 Liberty Mutual Insurance External Law Firm Partner of the Year Award, awarded the No. 1 "Ceiling Smasher" in Law360's 2022 Glass Ceiling Report for female equity partnership, and shortlisted for Financial Times' 2022 Innovative Lawyers North America Award.

For more information, visit www.tysonmendes.com

About Apex Defense Consulting

Apex Defense Consulting is a specialized insurance defense consulting firm, offering educational, community, and consulting services via a slate of experienced trial lawyers and Nuclear Verdict^® experts. Founded in 2025, Apex Defense Consulting is the first of its kind within the insurance defense industry and is poised to revolutionize the industry with The Apex, the first and only data-backed and trial-tested blueprint for the defense to stop outsized and unjust Nuclear Verdicts^®.

For more information, visit www.apexdefenseconsulting.com.

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