The sweeping changes and increasingly complex nature of litigation have left many firms and attorneys struggling to deal with the legal, technological, and operational challenges of effectively incorporating eDiscovery into their practice.

A case that was once argued with a dozen banker’s boxes of evidence may now encompass dozens of workstations and servers, not to mention cell phones and PDAs, resulting in Gigabytes of ESI (Electronically Storable Information).

Collecting, preserving, filtering, and reviewing ESI are just some of the many challenges facing today’s litigator. A successful outcome requires the mastering both the letter of the law as well as the bits-and-bytes of eDiscovery.

Legal Advantage’s experienced legal and IT teams understand these challenges and in response, offer a comprehensive selection of effective offerings. We monitor, understand, and implement the latest developments in eDiscovery so that you are free to focus on building the strongest case for your client.

As you know, many service providers started as photocopy vendors and then added eDiscovery as an additional service. Our approach is different in that we first focused on mastering the complexities of handling ESI, then turned our expertise to the relative simplicity of managing a traditional paper discovery.

Beyond the basics
Contrary to popular opinion, the scope of eDiscovery is much broader than just the litigation stage. Your clients need to review their ESI and document handling procedures as far in advance of any possible court action. The consequences of being ill prepared can be devastating.

We go beyond a basic level of service as we perform a thorough IT analysis and establish proven delivery methods and procedures that will prepare you and your clients for any unexpected event.

Electronic Discovery

The recently amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, combined with the exponential growth in newly created electronic data that could be discoverable, has altered the way discovery is currently performed. An overwhelming array of electronic data has now become discoverable-- from the simple emails, word documents, and spreadsheets; to cell phones, PDAs, back- up servers, databases and other storage devices. The effort it takes to maintain current is beyond the scope and skill sets of most organizations.

Your Legal Advantage team will be comprised of skilled experts located throughout the country that are prepared to assist you in this effort. As a result of our team’s experience with government agencies (White House, Department of Justice), Fortune 500 companies and some of the most respected law firms, you can rest assured that your Electronic Discovery project will be completed successfully.

Your team can assist you in all phases of ediscovery from the preparation, collection, processing, and review, to the final production.

Our suite of services includes:

• Collection
  We can perform data collection from any media; PCs, servers, and back-up tapes. Our proven approach to preservation of data, ensures that your project will be completed in the most safe and secure manner possible.

• Restoration
  Our subject matter expertise in retrieving and restoring data from a wide variety of software and hardware formats, allow us to shorten the time required to begin your project.

• Filtering
  By reducing the potentially relevant and responsive documents that need to be processed and reviewed, we can help reduce your costs while simultaneously shorting the time required to complete your project.

• Processing
  We can create a secure and unified database that allows for the fast reviewing and production of your project. Our processing capabilities include the ability to handle over 500 file types that may comprise many terabytes of data.


• Convert
  We have the ability to convert a wide variety of file types. Examples include; Native File to TIFF Image or PDF. This unified file format approach will enhance your ability to review a variety of file types and increase your ability to sort, search and identify relevant documents within a very large data collection. .
  
  
• Extract
  We can perform a full-text extraction that includes emails and attachments that also maintains their links. Our service offering also includes the detection and isolation of virus files and the ability to resolve password protected files. In addition, we can convert foreign language characters as well as capture Metadata and other relevant data.

• Review
  Legal Advantage can create a secure database that will allow you to identify relevant documents though the use of our on-line review application. This easy to use yet powerful and flexible tool will allow you to quickly tag responsive and privileged documents and search terms based on user definable keywords and concepts.


• Production
  We can produce relevant and responsive data in an almost endless selection of formats. For example, we can produce and deliver via electronic load files, native files, a variety of electronic formats, and/or printed documents.

• Project Management
  Our experienced managers will provide you with the professional project supervision and management that is needed to successfully support complex assignments. The first step in the process is to obtain a thorough understanding of your needs and objectives. A tailored project plan will be designed to meet the unique needs and requirements of your project. Your assigned project team has experience with numerous complex litigations that have ranged from from 1 million pages to 100 million pages, 1 gigabyte to several terabytes, and from one location to several dozen locations. Your project management team will also provide you with timely and relevant updates so you can better understand the status of your project.