"Preparing for a document review in the electronic
discovery era requires selecting, putting into place, and then using appropriate review tools to manage the review process."
- Electronic Discovery Reference Model,
Socha Consulting LLC and
Gelbmann & Associates
The discovery process is familiar to any litigation professional. These reviews can be extremely labor intensive. In many cases, each individual document is evaluated for relevance to the case, privilege, legal issues, and responsiveness to interrogatories. This is frequently the source of significant attorney time and expense.
Litigation document collections are rapidly expanding, driven by the exponential growth of electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation matters. ESI includes e-mail systems, office files, accounting data – any information used in the course of business. Sophisticated search tools are emerging that reduce the amount of time needed for document review. However, these tools cannot replace the frequent requirement that each document be reviewed and catalogued by a qualified professional. With document collections today routinely containing millions of pages, the model of law firms performing these services in-house is under strain.
Miralex offers comprehensive attorney document review services in support of litigation, pre-litigation and compliance matters. At the heart of our service is trained teams of admitted attorney reviewers that use our streamlined litigation document review process to perform “first cut” document reviews. Typically, we are reviewing for relevance, privilege, and hot documents, as well as coding each relevant document for central case issues. Our clients remain in complete control of the direction of the review efforts while we handle all of the details of the review process, from conversion of electronic documents to database design to project staffing and reporting. The result is an efficient and economical solution for the handling of litigation documents.
Miralex is not a replacement for legal counsel. Miralex can help your legal team win in litigation by giving you the ability to organize and understand your document collections more efficiently and more cost-effectively.
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