As lawyer technologists, each with over 20 years experience as a
litigator and expert in computers and digital data issues, our services
to lawyers include the following:
• Electronic Discovery consulting services to law firms, corporate legal departments and government agencies.
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Drafting discovery motions, e-discovery production protocols and
protective orders for the delivery and exchange of electronic files
from computer hard drives, backup tapes and other storage media.
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Assisting in the implementation, strategy and monitoring of discovery
of the technical people: asking the right questions, getting the
responsive answers.
• Devising strategies to organize, index, store, annotate and analyze paper and electronic evidence efficiently.
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Digital data monitoring and audits of a litigant’s production(s) of
e-data made pursuant to discovery requests; compliance with the newly
amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure regarding electronically
stored information; Rule 26(g) certifications of completeness and
accuracy of e-discovery responses
• Working with court and counsel on Rule 26 disclosures and Rule 16 discovery plans.
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Working as Special Master or court-appointed officer of the court to to
identify and sample only the most likely relevant electronically stored
information. Using best practices and in conformance with the amended
federal rules regarding e-discovery, we also work with all counsel to
devise a fair Discovery Plan as envisioned in Rules 16 and 27. We help
you devise electronic discovery protocols; recommend search criteria
and perform searches; provide advice on technology implementation
choices (e.g., data sampling; native file format production; rolling
productions; imaging protocols); establish criteria for a Web-hosted
document repository for court and counsel; propose rulings or advise
the court on electronic discovery motions and cost-sharing issues; and
assist in the selection of qualified third-party vendors as needed.
As
trial lawyers, we understand the litigation process. In a recent
article entitled "E-Discovery Attorneys: Hot or Not?" that appeared in
findlaw.com and published by Law Firm Inc., Seth Davis, an attorney and
recruiter for Major, Lindsey & Africa, considered Tom Howe and
Larry Johnson to be among "capable e-discovery attorneys" that number
only "around 200 worldwide."
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