Project Management - Do you have a plan?

Docusource manages all aspects of litigation support tasks by providing Litigation Support professionals on a contract basis. When your case heats up we are there. Your law firm can have access to a sophisticated management team on an as needed basis. This ensures that you are applying best practices to your litigation effort.

MAKING YOU MORE COMPETITIVE

Attorneys are reassured and have confidence of knowing that their technology is being managed properly by experienced people which will produce invaluable results. The results being accurate and timely discovery responses, instant access to information, file management and trial support. See how we have sucessfully managed cases with millions of pages and e discovery for complex litigation servicing both plaintiff and defendant.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR FIRM'S LITIGATION SUPPORT STAFF?

1. Do you have the expertise?
2. What happens when a case requires technology?
3. Where do you start?
4. Does your paralegal know Summation? Any database?
5. Does your IT department support litigation efforts?
6. What software do you use?
7. How do we scan? How do we process email?
8. Do you know how to digitally produce documents?
9. Who communicates technology with your corporate clients?
10. Is there someone in-house that you can call upon to be accountable?
11. There is if you use Docusource!

BUILDING BLOCK METHOD

We know that litigation happens in phases and requires accurate timely delivery of all services. Experienced professionals are assigned to support each phase of the litigation as it arises. When the task is finished the employee is reassigned.

The annual salaries for this team are in the upward of $500.000. Your firm can have the range of expertise needed 'as needed' while you are actually realizing profits from those activities.

BECOMING PART OF THE TEAM!

We bill directly into your time and billing system as contract labor becoming part of the litigation team. Our fees are reduced while your fees are billed out at standard market rates resultng in firm profits. The consulting staff consists of the following:

• MBA- 18 years+ experience
• C.P.A. 30+ years experience - Law Firm Administrator
• Attorney Project Manger- Prior Litigation support manager at law firm
• Attorney Cite manager working at your firm
• Senior litigation Certified paralegal(s) working on site 15+ years experience
• Support personnel - paralegals and scan operators
• Certified Summation Trainer
• Attorney - Certified Trial Consultants

LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE

What's more? Each and every Docusource professional has worked for years in law firms before joining our consulting team. We have a full understanding of the dynamics at play while working in-house. We execute confidentiality agreements for all engagements.

Our consulting division specializes in supporting complex commercial cases with emphasis on class action and toxic tort matters. We work for both law firms and corporate clients.

TYPICAL MANAGEMENT PLAN

Current management matters relate to the levee breach cases at the 17th and London Street Canal as well as the oil spill in St. Bernard parish. Docusource provided the following services in those cases:

1. Technology Plan
2. FTP site for experts to have instant access to documents
3. Meetings with attorneys to communicate status to underwriters, Insurance companies and clients
4. Set up office in law firm to facilitate and coordinate all activities
5. In-house scanning of discovery by Docusource personnel
6. Downloaded all pleadings from Pacer
7. Process all evidentiary information for computer access
8. Created database containing all evidentiary information
9. Managed documents and efiles
10. Uploaded all to Summation
11. Set up review Stations for attorneys to tag for responsive documents
12. Summarize hot docs
13. Set up review Stations for attorneys to tag for privilege
14. Summarize Privilege documents to create privilege log
15. Trained Attorneys/Paralegals - Docusource Certified Summation Trainer trained all members of litigation team
16. Docusource paralegal conducts queries on responsive and renumbers collection to eliminate gaps when documents have been tagged
17. Docusource paralegal produces digital files to opponents
18. Docusource attorney prepares for upcoming depositions by running document and issue reports prior to witness depositions
19. Mock Trial
20. Trial Preparation - Docusource assist with identifying key documents for trial; blows back bench books, configures courtroom, communicates with opposing counsel and courtroom personnel
21. Docusource hands over case to Trial Consulting division and works in conjunction with trial consultant to move to trial phase
22. Appellate Arguments - Create links to image files for briefs and attend oral arguments.

References
See articles written by consultant, Connie Nichols - member of Law Technology News Editorial Advisory board and contributing author.