A settlement is an agreement reached between the parties involved, typically negotiated before a case goes to trial. A verdict, on the other hand, is a decision made by a judge or jury in a courtroom after evaluating the evidence presented during the trial. Fewer and fewer attorneys and law firms have the training, experience and skill to bring a case before a jury. Barnes Trial Group and its founder, Stephen Barnes, have been successfully trying cases to verdict for over 30 years.