Legal Projects Staffing and Management
Contract Attorney Staffing and Review Services
Case Study No. 1: ITC Litigation – Telecommunications
SUMMARY
A Fortune 500 company involved in a high-stakes patent dispute in front of the International Trade Commission needed assistance with a privilege review of technical documents.
PROBLEM: Tight Deadline for Deliverables to the ITC with Insufficient Resources
Client needed to review more than 500,000 technical documents under tight deadlines mandated by the ITC. The client required a turnkey solution for review that included licensed attorneys, confidential war room space and full computer and IT support.
SOLUTION: Identify Skilled Contractors, Project Managers and Set Up War Room
Exclusively Legal consulted with the client and outside counsel and determined San Diego and San Francisco would be the best markets to identify the needed talent. The Exclusively Legal recruiters tapped into its national database of professionals looking for contract attorney jobs and identified the required 50 attorneys with technical backgrounds requested.
Exclusively Legal set up a secure war room space in San Francisco and San Diego with computers, including project e-mail accounts and ongoing IT support. Exclusively Legal also provided two senior-level project managers in each market.
RESULTS
Project commenced within 72 hours of inception and law firm and corporate client successfully met ITC deadline through a dedicated review of more than 50 GB of data during a six-week period.
Case Study No.2: Bilingual Patent Litigation – Electronics
SUMMARY
An Am Law 100 law firm representing an original equipment manufacturer involved in patent litigation against 25 companies headquartered in China needed immediate review of high-volume Chinese documents.
PROBLEM: Specialized Attorneys Needed with Scheduling Flexibility
Project required United States-licensed attorneys fluent in Mandarin to review and prepare English summaries of all relevant documents in the collection. Document production from opposing counsel was sporadic and recruiting efforts involved identifying professionals for contract employment with ongoing on-call availability.
SOLUTION: Access Extensive Database of Attorneys with Specialized Skill Sets
Exclusively Legal used its extensive database and network of bilingual attorneys to source a team of Mandarin-fluent attorneys who were licensed in the U.S. and had flexibility to work on- and off-site.
RESULTS
The Exclusively Legal recruiters sourced and provided a team of on-call attorneys with ongoing availability over the course of a year. Client avoided the high cost typically associated with full translation of Chinese documents by working with the Exclusively Legal staffing team. The flexibility of those under contract employment was key and retraining was unnecessary during the ebb and flow of the document review.
Case Study No. 3: Product Liability Litigation – Law Firm
SUMMARY
An Exclusively Legal client law firm worked with a highly cost-conscious client on their end on a matter that required immediate review and coding of specialized documents in product liability litigation.
PROBLEM: Cost-Constraints and No War Room
A tight deadline combined with a very cost-sensitive client company and a lack of space and computer support left a mid-sized law firm feeling the strain of accomplishing the task. The firm turned to the Exclusively Legal recruiters and contract attorney teams specialists for creative ideas and possible legal staffing solutions.
SOLUTION: Minimize Costs by Using Paralegals, Manage Secure Off-Site Review
After meeting with client and determining full scope of the project, they found cost savings with the use of paralegals instead of contract attorneys, as the documents to review were more technical than legal in nature. Exclusively Legal provided a 24/7 off-site secure space with full high-speed data lines, computer equipment and 24/7 project management of 45 paralegals, staffed in three round-the-clock shifts to review and code more than 1 million documents.
RESULTS
The review was successfully completed ahead of schedule with a high level of accuracy.
Case Study No. 4: Multidistrict Patent Litigation – Telecommunications
SUMMARY
An Am Law 100 law firm needed assistance with the technical analysis of approximately 1.5 million documents produced from more than 200 corporate defendants.
PROBLEM: Review Team Needed is Highly Specialized and Matter is Complex
Extremely specialized and rare talent is required to review highly technical documents and engineering schematics. Potential conflicts in the matter are robust, which adds complexity to the legal staffing process and requires in-depth screening and keen attention to detail.
SOLUTION: Thoroughly Screen Candidates with Necessary Skill Set Across the Country
The Exclusively Legal staffing team utilized its national network of candidates to identify analysts and engineers in 10 separate markets with the specific expertise necessary to work on the two-year project. Thorough conflicts and reference processes were instituted along with the successful engagement of professional under contract employment who were committed to work on-site in client offices across the country.
RESULTS
Utilization of contract specialists significantly reduced client costs while providing flexible technical expertise needed to realize positive results against more than 80% of defendants sued. Many contract employment engagements were extended due to the high level of value and expertise provided to the client by Exclusively Legal.
Case Study No. 5: Compliance and Internal Audit - In-House Corporate Counsel
SUMMARY
In-house corporate client with technology emphasis needed a temporary corporate paralegal to assist with a compliance and internal audit project.
PROBLEM: Growing Review Project Demands Nationwide and International Management
The scope of the project grew into the need for a large-scale document collection in multiple locations across the United States and involved the use of contract attorneys on- and off-site. In addition to the project spanning several U.S. states, requirements also included both the collection and review of foreign documents in facilities outside the country.
SOLUTION: Staff Bilingual Attorneys and Manage All International Travel and Document Collection
The Exclusively Legal recruiters effectively staffed the in-house corporate counsel client with a paralegal and a team of attorneys to assist with the client’s on-site document collection and review. Exclusively Legal also staffed bilingual attorneys under contract employment to travel domestically to the company’s remote offices for document review and collection, and also handled travel requirements for the international collection portion of the project.
RESULTS
The corporate paralegal worked successfully with corporate general counsel and outside counsel to help maintain proper oversight of the project. The paralegal was hired for a full-time position at the end of the project. The bilingual team of attorneys worked well with the client’s international employees to ensure the company’s standards for collection were met. Client realized large cost savings.
Case Study No. 6: Marketing Database Integration - International Law Firm
SUMMARY
A San Diego-based law firm merged with an international law firm and required review and entry of contact information into the firm’s contact relationship management (CRM) database over a period of two-and-a-half years.
PROBLEM: Long-Term Engagement of Detail-Oriented Contractors to Merge Database
The project required candidates with a very high attention to detail and a willingness to maintain contract employment for an ongoing, lengthy commitment. The client needed focused candidates able to consistently review tedious yet critical information by identifying and merging duplicate entries and verifying and standardizing client information.
SOLUTION: Identify Crucial Requirements for Eligible Candidates and Maximize Retention Through Benefits
Exclusively Legal formulated the ideal candidate profile for this type of work and successfully identified 10 candidates with marketing, law library and IT experience to focus intently on this time-intensive database management project. Exclusively Legal's comprehensive benefits package for professionals under contract employment was offered for maximum engagement during the long-term project.
RESULTS
Law firm receives top-level candidates with the appropriate profile for the job who merge the database project successfully. Exclusively Legal maximizes retention of the contractors by keeping them committed to the long-term project through a competitive contract employment benefits program.
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