Inside the SFL - Electronic Discovery Edition, March 2010

New VP of Client Services Brings Legal Expertise to E-discovery Project Management
Chris Kitterman is leveraging his 13 years of AmLaw 100 law firm IT management experience in his new role as SF Legal’s VP of Client Services. Chris oversees SF Legal’s litigation support services and provides attorneys with strategic guidance on handling electronically stored information (ESI) in litigation. With his background, Chris is well equipped to help clients control cost and reduce risk - all while ensuring their projects run smoothly. It’s part of SF Legal’s CPR method designed to relieve the stress often caused by e-discovery. Have a question for Chris? Email him at Chris@sanfranciscolegal.com.

Hot Topic: Litigation Landscape Transforms During Economic Downturn
The Strategic Legal Technology Blog recently featured a post about how law firms are adjusting to the economic downturn. The author, Ron Friedmann, raises some interesting points. It wasn’t long ago that firms were able to hire a plethora of associates, many of whom focused on document review as their primary task. Today, with widespread downsizing and conservative recruitment, document review is a headache for many law firms. A cost-effective solution to this issue is for law firms to partner with an e-discovery provider, such as SF Legal. SF Legal’s experts help lawyers build defensible and efficient review strategies without losing time over technical issues.

Build a Witness Kit on Your Watch
Well-prepared witness kits are critical during deposition. These kits affect a witness’s ability to accurately respond to questions and help reduce his/her pre-trial anxiety. Witness kit preparation can be time-consuming. kCura’s Relativity enables attorneys to rapidly build witness kits with simple, cost-effective steps - even at the last minute.

Dave Swider Receives Rare Relativity Certification
SF Legal’s “Relativity Evangelist,” Dave Swider, is now one of only two Relativity Certified Sales Professionals (RCSP) on the West Coast. Earning this title is a rare and well-deserved honor. Dave has in-depth knowledge of Relativity, which he uses to assist clients in planning and implementing reviews. Dave assists SF Legal’s clients to:

• Increase document decisions-per-hour using search analytics
• Train reviewers on best practices using Relativity
• Set up a web-based hosting platform capable of digesting millions of documents
• Discuss sliding-scale pricing for cases of all sizes

Custom Decoding Software Culls Down Data
Nonstandard ESI is, well, pretty standard these days. Due to the rise of cloud computing, proliferation of open source software and massive volumes of ESI in scope in litigation, most cases involve unusual data formats. Clients come to us to handle “nonstandard” ESI in litigation. Our programmers regularly write custom software to effectively cull, process and review information. Attorneys can then easily and cost-effectively pinpoint only the most relevant files.

We Have a Secret, But We’re Not Telling…Yet.
In the next few weeks, we will announce some very exciting changes. We can’t tell you exactly what they are yet, but they will enable us to extend the reach of our litigation support team, and better serve our corporate and law firm clients. In the meantime, we’re open to any feedback you would like to share with us. Call us any time at (415) 392-2900 or email info@sanfranciscolegal.com.