The Bar Association of the City of Richmond
Continuing Legal Education Seminars 2009 – 2010
“E-Discovery for Small and Mid-Sized Firms”
Defining a Legal Strategy ….
The Value in Early Case Assessment
Pr e s e n te d b y
Aubrey L. Owens, Jr.
October 14, 2009
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Electronic Discovery Reference Model www.edrm.net
VOLUME RELEVANCE
Superior Document Services utilizes the Industries Best Practice Methods illustrated above in our Litigation Lifecycle Management process.
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Identification of Evidence
•Custodian Interview
•Data Mapping
•eScoping
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Preservation and
Collection of Evidence
•Forensic Preservation and Collection
•Active Preservation and Collection
•Network Appliance Preservation
and Collection
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Search & Analysis
of Evidence
•De-duplication
•Proximity Filter
•Keyword Generation
and Analysis
Video Courtesy of Findlaw.com
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Relevance Review
of Evidence
•Latent Semantic
•Categorization
•Conceptual
•Clustering
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Linear Review of Evidence
In-house Relational Database Hosted Document Repository
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Defining a Legal Strategy …. The Value in Early Case Assessment
Production of Evidence
Native Image Metadata
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