Even though there is a large focus on electronic discovery in the litigation support industry, we can’t forget about the hardcopy documents that are collected during the discovery process. We usually end up scanning and OCRing the hardcopy documents and then loading the corresponding data into a review database. The attorneys can then search the OCR text and view…
I was thinking the other day about how well things are going at LitigationSupportGuru.com. A smile came to my face as I thought about the people from all over the world that have reached out to me since launching the website. The internet can bring people together that never would have met otherwise. In fact,…
Name: Â Todd Haley Location: Washington, DC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? For over 10 years, I was focused more on the information technology solutions within the legal industry. I started as a Database Analyst and handled IT for lawyers as a Director and CTO. How did you get…
Name: Â Shawn Huston Location: Quincy, MA What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I was in college as an architecture major in Boston and needed a job at night to pay the bills. I had also done some construction work in the family business growing up. All things that would…
This Concordance CPL was launched on February 22, 2012, and I know that many of us in litigation support will find it useful. I have already used it several times. During one of my positions on the vendor side, I met Valentina Brum. We didn’t get to work together very long because she left the…
I know that I may be the exception with regard to this topic, but since I am in a position to mentor newbies in the litigation support industry, I will share my perspective. 😉 I have heard over and over again from litigation support colleagues that they prefer to “just fix it” when there are…
This topic is very important in the litigation support world. I am only touching on a few examples right now to get you started thinking about the concepts. Everything we do with naming conventions in litigation support has a database mindset even if the scenario is outside of a database. You can begin using these…
One of the terms we use when working with electronic discovery is the term “custodian”. To those outside of our industry, it can sound like a misleading formal word which can sometimes confuse a newbie. At the beginning of an electronic discovery matter, the attorneys will work closely with the client to identify key witnesses…
Name:  Tania Mabrey Location: Washington, DC What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I feel like I have always been doing litigation support work since graduating from college – I just didn’t realize it at the time. My first job after college was working as an honors paralegal for the…
On leap day, February 29, 2012, I attended my first Supreme Court Argument. Working in Washington DC does have it benefits. There are so many historical buildings in our midst. The law firm where I work has a well respected appellate practice in addition to many impressive litigators. About 4 months ago, I was talking…
I have many pet peeves working in the litigation support field, and this is one of them. When working with vendors, we are frequently sending data back and forth via FTP (File Transfer Protocol). When a vendor initially creates a new account for my firm, there are some steps that need to be taken before…
One of the frustrations or constant struggles in our litigation support role is copying data from one source to another in the quickest way possible. We each have our little tricks and we are often trying different methods to see what works best in a given situation. As I mentioned in the article about Data,…
Name: Â Andrew Davison Location: New York, NY What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? I was a business student at McGill university, I’m probably one of the few people who came to this industry straight out of college. How did you get the opportunity to join the litigation support community?…
One of the resources that many of us in the litigation support industry follow is Ralph Losey. He is very knowledgeable about our world of litigation support and how we fit into the process of a litigation matter with electronic discovery. Ralph provides education about electronic discovery to attorneys and law students. He is an…
When working with electronic discovery, there are a few terms that may seem very similar in name that we use in Litigation Support to describe electronic documents. They may also appear to overlap with each other because they actually do overlap in some ways. As I’ve mentioned before, in order to keep conversations about the data…
Name: Â Kimberly Peterson Location: Seattle, WA What kind of work were you doing before litigation support found you? When I finished paralegal school in 1992, the market in San Diego was flooded with newbie paralegals and I ended up taking a job as a legal secretary. Generally speaking, legal secretaries in San Diego are very…
In working with people new to electronic discovery, one of my favorite questions I always get asked is “what is an e-mail family?” When I hear the question, I chuckle and realize (once again) that it has been so long since I first started using the term that I don’t think much about it when…
For those of you interested in a career in litigation support, below is a homework assignment that will allow you to learn important information about the recruiting process for a litigation support position. When you are ready to begin applying for available positions, you will be reading job descriptions that each have a slightly different…
There are many terms that we use when working with electronic discovery. This term relates to the e-mail data. A conversation that takes place within an e-mail application is referred to as an “e-mail chain” or an “e-mail string” or an “e-mail thread”. The very first e-mail in a conversation is the beginning of the…
In a law firm environment with multiple offices, there is one office that is referred to as the main office (or something similar) and then the other offices are referred to as satellite offices. If you are part of any team within a law firm and you work in a satellite office, you probably have…
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