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Electronic discovery (e-discovery) is a constantly evolving area of the law. While technology is part and parcel to all e-discovery projects, the success of those projects require attention to and an understanding of far more than technology itself. It is imperative that e-discovery professionals understand thoroughly each stage of the process in order to incorporate best practices and comply with legal requirements. All key players from the business units involved with a legal matter, IT, records management, compliance, and legal departments must work together as a team to ensure corporate policies and legal obligations are being met and to minimize risk to the organization during the discovery phase of litigation or an investigation. From preservation to production, there are numerous critical steps that must be managed throughout the discovery process. Therefore policies, procedures, and guidelines must be established, understood, and followed by all key players involved in the matter.
The above graphic, known as the Electronic Discovery Reference Model, depicts the key areas of the e-discovery process. DW Legal's team of full-time attorney project managers and experts assist clients with every stage of this lifecycle. From custodian identification to metadata preservation, backup tape analysis to social media content collection, chain of custody policies to document review guidelines, our team of experts has encountered and consulted on it all. Clients leverage our expertise to efficiently and effectively manage a case with reasonable and defensible actions while simultaneously remaining conscious of cost containment.
In order for DW Legal to understand the needs of the client, we have to gain an in-depth understanding of the case subject matter, the company's technological architecture and organizational structure, including IT, as well as outside counsel and strategic legal relationships. Our consulting success is due to efficient and effective integration of people, processes, and technology.
We have been in the people business for nearly 30 years: recruiting and staffing is in our DNA. We understand how to staff and manage a project with the appropriate people and work effectively with inside and outside counsel to create efficiencies throughout a project. We pride ourselves in utilizing industry experts at every stage of the e-discovery lifecycle, and all of our lead project manager team members are experienced DW Legal employees and licensed attorneys.
Our EVP of E-Discovery Services and General Counsel, David Moncure, oversees each consulting project. David has practiced as both outside and inside counsel, focusing on e-discovery, data privacy, and records management. We provide a full-time DW attorney project management team to run each project and serve as the main point of contact for the client throughout the entire process. This team serves as a liaison for all parties involved (e.g. inside counsel, outside counsel, and outside litigation support vendors) so the team can uniformly advance the matter through the discovery process.
DW Legal plays an ongoing key role in some of the largest litigation and investigatory matters in U.S. history. Our team members have been recognized for their leadership and have consulted on e-discovery projects for three of the top four Global Fortune 100 companies. Our in-depth knowledge of both the e-discovery and litigation lifecycle allows us to help clients ensure compliance with all corporate policies and legal obligations and reduce risk and costs through process efficiencies and experienced team alignment. We provide expert e-discovery consulting services and work hand-in-hand with our clients so that best practices are followed during each step of an e-discovery project and that the work is delivered by committed and responsive team members.
Our consulting team has assisted clients with best practices related to:
One of the key differences between DW Legal and the competition is that our team remains agnostic when it comes to review technology. We do not require or pressure our clients to use any specific processing or review programs or platforms. Our team includes experts and power users in all of the leading platforms and technologies. Clients often engage us to provide unbiased advice as to which tool best suits the client and project.
Contact DW Legal to help you with your e-discovery needs.
DW Legal is extremely lucky to have such responsive and highly capable project management staff. The team's intelligence, open-mindedness and dedication to collaboration elevates this team to superstar status in our book. – Xerox Litigation Services
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