Legal Operations
We help corporate legal departments reduce outside counsel and service provider spend, contain the risks associated with litigation, and align operations with contemporary legal practice, including:
Our Services
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Legal Operations Services
For more than twenty years we have been examining legal operations, litigation and technology solutions across the legal industry, at law firms and corporate legal departments. eDPM Advisory Services can help build a world-class legal support operation, implement sound project management processes and technology solutions that meet your business needs. We evaluate existing operations, help develop and implement process improvement plans, and help put the personnel and technologies in place to enhance your operation.
- Preparation of outside counsel billing guidelines
- Development of matter-based budgets and matter management plans
- Identification and tracking of internal metrics and reporting on KPIs
- Alignment and governance of billing practices with billing guidelines
- Establishment of a preferred provider network through use of RFPs
- Evaluation of internal, outside counsel and third-party provider expenses
- Implementation of legal project management processes
- Development of alternative or incentive-based fee arrangements
Information Governance & E-Discovery
Having worked with corporate legal departments for many years, we have learned the resources and processes necessary to effective IG and records programs and what it takes to execute and contain cost on data-driven projects, including:
- Design and implementation of an information governance program
- Assessment of information management and technology operations
- Legal hold and ESI preservation strategies aligned to the organization
- Development of an e-discovery playbook, including best practices in the collection, processing, review and production of ESI
- The best use of advanced analytics and forensic technologies
- Leveraging AI/machine learning in document and contract review
- Analysis of procurement, outsourcing and vendor expenses
- Evaluation and selection of project management solutions
- Assessment of current and long-term technology roadmap
Training & Workshops
In-House counsel and corporate legal operations teams should be up to date on developments in information governance, e-discovery and legal technology. eDPM provides training and workshops on:
- Project Management in Electronic Discovery (includes book)
- Developing an information governance program
- Best Practices in E-Discovery: Preservation, Collection & Processing
- Best Practices in E-Discovery: Document Review
- Integrating and implementing technology solutions
- Identifying, vetting and managing outside vendors and alternative and managed services providers