As litigation support professionals, we were challenged to find solutions to keep track of all the moving pieces involved in project, task and billing management in this fast - moving environment.
Our company was founded by legal and
litigation support professionals who understand the unique challenges of law firms, corporate legal departments, and litigation support providers.
Litigation Support Today reaches a nationwide audience of top - level
Litigation Support Professionals at major law firms, corporations, government agencies, and other locations throughout the nation.
The question posed by
many litigation support professionals and staff at that time was, «Why not ask for the production in TIFF format, with Summation load files up front instead of going to all of this expense after the fact?»
Relativity is a platform that
allows litigation support professionals, independent consultants, and third - party software providers to design, build, and integrate applications to extend its functionality.
Putting yourself in a real - life scenario, following a designed workflow or process, completing the tasks one way and then again in a slightly different way, having a
seasoned litigation support professional nearby to help you if you get stuck, being able to mess things up and easily repeat the process or workflow without feeling the pressure of «breaking things» are all excellent ways of learning litigation support.
After all, discovery in Canada is not the same as discovery in the US, and a certification that requires knowledge of the US FRCP is not going to be helpful in determining the ability of
Canadian litigation support professionals.
Litigation support professionals often work in a management role, supervising IT staff, vendors, litigation support staff, paralegals, junior attorneys and teams of document coders, abstractors, and data entry personnel.
In some cases the team has spent countless hours creating this work and
as litigation support professionals, it is our obligation to ensure that none of this work is lost and that the transition takes place as quickly as possible.
• All EDRM members and project team participants • E-discovery and information governance practitioners and experts who want to share their expertise and contribute to the advancement of e-discovery practices • Attorneys and
litigation support professionals who want to stay abreast of e-discovery
«Information on project management that is targeted to lawyers, paralegals, and
litigation support professionals.»
From a service provider's point of view, the client might be
a litigation support professional.
The litigation support professional should be consulted regarding the technical requests described in the specifications section and the litigation support professional should work closely with the service provider preparing the productions to make sure the specifications are agreed upon, prepared for and followed.
As a result of the elevated automation of legal processes, skyrocketing volumes of electronic data and also the development of large - scale, complex litigation, a brand new occupation in their field has emerged:
the litigation support professional.
While everyone who uses cloud computing should be alert to security and privacy issues, lawyers and
litigation support professionals have a special responsibility in that regard.
A litigation support professional should always request a copy of these documents and read through them.
I would dare to say that this is probably the most difficult part of the job for
a litigation support professional.
In response to the market demand for
litigation support professionals, paralegal programs are beefing up their instruction in this area.
The Masters Conference events provide practical CLE education for lawyers and
litigation support professionals that is delivered by experts with front - line experience.
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Sometimes the decision is related to a client who doesn't want to spend the money on a consultant, but even then,
a litigation support professional should try to follow best practices in forensic oriented tasks.
Our team comprises both computer forensic experts and
litigation support professionals, bringing together forensic data handling principles and multi-jurisdictional electronic disclosure experience.
As a rule,
litigation support professionals should not take chances with forensic mishaps, but there are always exceptions in our field and we should be able to make informed decisions.
A litigation support professional is responsible for requesting an exceptions list for every dataset that is processed.
In a recent survey, conducted by Litigation Support Today magazine (source: Litigation Support Today May / July 2011 «2nd Annual Salary Survey»), the average salary for
a litigation support professional is around $ 70,000 per year.