Litigation Support Department

The Budget Spreadsheet is great for outlining both required and potential estimated costs to the attorney and client. Because the estimate is in a spreadsheet, the attorney can try different collection assumptions and see how cost changes along with the scale of discovery. It is critical that the attorney be able to compare the cost to litigate the case against the stakes to the client.

The budget spreadsheet should be a staple of every litigation. At the start of the law suit, Litigation Support can help the attorney estimate all litigation technology costs. The attorney can use the budget spreadsheet to explain potential costs to the client. As the case moves forward the legal team can track actual expenses and compare them to estimates.

Lieb’s book, Litigation Support Department shows how to use the spreadsheet along with other supporting documents to provide the team and client with the best possible product with the least number of surprises.

Budget Spreadsheet Accommodates…

• Electronic Discovery
• Paper Discovery
• Recurring Fees such as Hosting Fees
• Legal Video
• Court Reporting
• Media Creation
• …More!

Electronic Discovery, As Example

Electronic Discovery is notoriously expensive. The book shows Litigation Support how to aid the attorney in culling, separating privileged documents and producing. The Budget Spreadsheet provides litigation support with a way to outline potential expenses. It is far better for the attorney to know all potential costs sooner rather than later in a case. The spreadsheet is broken down into services and “line-item” expenses that the case may face.

Computer Forensics is the latest child of the electronic discovery revolution. It is no longer enough to gather the emails, word processing and other files, now the attorney must pay greater attention, and greater cost, to gathering that electronic discovery. The law firms with a strong litigation support department is able to provide the attorney with both strategic advice about gathering the electronic discovery and when computer forensics is warranted. The Budget Estimator Spreadsheet accommodates these new costs to litigating the case.

Operations Manual

The Operations Manual contains strategies and tools such as the Budget Estimator spreadsheet to help the Litigation Support department provide consistent and expert services. Along with the Budget Estimator comes a case lifecycle MS Project flowchart. It shows when to use this tool throughout the case.

The Operations Manual is complete solution that will save your client money while speeding up review and production. Slam the other side with a production that beats traditional expectations. There are Litigation Support services that can benefit every case. At the same time the structured Litigation Support department will provide profit to the firm.