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DOCUMENT REVIEW

Who: Fortune 100 corporation facing major litigation

What:  Accurately process over 700 boxes of documents

Challenge: Review of the thousands of documents had to be completed in a 10-week period to meet an aggressive court date. The corporation’s outside counsel lacked the resources to quickly assemble a review team. The remote location of the project required contractors willing to travel and remain on site five days and four nights per week.

Solution:  Within seven days of receiving the assignment, Lumen Legal identified, interviewed, referenced and deployed 12 attorney contractors who worked under the direction of the outside counsel. This effort was completed before the scheduled court date. Outside counsel was fully prepared to defend the case and the client saved over $350,000, because Lumen Legal delivered the talent at less than half the cost quoted by others.

CONTRACT STAFFING

Who: Corporation with multistate operations

What: Need for a senior-level paralegal

Challenge:  Corporation could not add permanent staff due to a company-wide hiring freeze

Solution:  The Lumen Legal database was leveraged to quickly identify dozens of experienced legal professionals in the work-site area. Three were interviewed and reference-checked, and their profiles submitted to the client. After six months on the assignment, the chosen interim paralegal was notified of the corporation’s intention to make her a permanent employee once the hiring freeze was lifted.

DIRECT HIRE SEARCH

Who: Global medical device company

What: Needed an attorney with six to nine years of corporate transactional experience at a large firm (merger and acquisition, securities, government relations, employment and labor relations). Past academic achievement was also important. 

Challenge: In addition to meeting the qualifications, the structure of the department mandated that new employees remain satisfied with the position for which they were hired, because rapid upward mobility was not probable.

Solution: Lumen Legal undertook a nationwide search, evaluating hundreds of experienced attorneys. Four viable job candidates each spent a day on site with the legal department. They chose a trilingual attorney who had worked for a top-tier firm serving Fortune 500 clients, both domestically and internationally. Having earned an undergraduate degree with honors and a law degree with high distinction, this Order of the Coif member was not only highly intelligent, but also very approachable and genuine. The company was delighted to find a seasoned and skillful performer whose selfless attitude made him a valued team member.

E-DISCOVERY

Who: A Fortune 50 Corporation

What: Governmental investigation of several unrelated matters

Challenge: To comply with the inquiries, an electronic review of over one million documents was needed. Through past experience, the litigation management team realized that this undertaking would be budget breaking.

Solution: The head of the litigation team was price-point focused. He resolved to realign the company's purchase of outside legal services at the associate attorney skill level; he selected to have associate-level work completed by licensed attorneys working on a contract basis under the supervision of outside counsel managers.

Lumen Legal was asked to work collaboratively with outside counsel to establish, launch and maintain two e-discovery teams located in two diverse labor markets. Particular consideration was given to providing attorney team members with workplace incentives and benefits meant to reduce turnover and enhance daily productivity. Lumen Legal and outside counsel managers maintained a high-level of personal contact and planned communication to ensure that productivity targets were being attained.

During the first nine months of the investigations, six distinct e-discovery projects were systematically produced by the integrated attorney teams. Through the realignment of associate-level legal spend, $1.8 million in savings was realized during the same nine-month period. Corporate litigation managers are now working to expand the collaborative, integrated team model with their other law firm providers.