Our team brings deep experience representing Fortune 500 clients in discovery matters. This experience includes case-specific representation on litigation and investigation-related matters, including those involving civil and criminal litigation, internal investigations, governmental investigations and white collar defense.  In addition, we also provide counsel on global subject matters and undertake coordinating counsel roles on issues involving electronically stored information and discovery. We work collaboratively with our clients and other outside counsel during all phases of discovery, including discovery planning, data collection, electronic review database design, electronic document review and production of documents. We also work on various areas of proactive strategy and planning, such as technology selection and process implementation.

Litigation Representation

• Discovery planning (including all aspects of electronic discovery issues)
• Ensuring consistent approaches to discovery issues across cases
• Early case assessment
• Litigation holds and collection protocols
• Appearing at Rule 26(f) conferences and similar meet-and-confer sessions to negotiate discovery protocols, which include preservation, search and retrieval, privilege and confidentiality orders and protocols
• Taking and defending discovery and information management-related depositions
• Defense of process development and support
• Working with vendors to assure the highest level of responsiveness and service for the benefit of clients

Comprehensive Litigation Response Planning

• Performing litigation readiness and defensibility assessments
• Assisting with the development and implementation of defensible and consistent litigation response approaches
• Documenting litigation response plans and associated template materials (preservation, collections, processing, review, as well as accessibility determinations)
• Best practice approaches to search methodologies and privilege review – maximizing cost-efficiency and defensibility
• International data preservation and collection considerations

Integrated Discovery Management Services

• Advice, counsel and coordination with respect to accessing, collecting, processing, evaluating and organizing electronically stored information from servers, hard drives, home computers and hand-held devices
• Advice regarding identifying, preserving and restoring data unobtainable by conventional methods; avoiding spoliation; maintaining chain of custody

eDiscovery Vendor Selection and Management

• Collaborative relationships with several leading electronic discovery solution providers
• Assisting with the location and selection of the vendor(s) which best suit our clients’ specific needs
• Work with vendors to implement cost-effective, defensible electronic discovery approaches