Nineteen and Nine: The 2020 Chambers Litigation Support Guide
The 2020 Chambers Litigation Support Guide is a comprehensive guide to the leading professional services providers in key markets worldwide. Compiled annually by Chambers and Partners, this year’s guide recognizes nineteen U.S. eDiscovery litigation support providers and nine U.S. eDiscovery lawyers.
The 2020 Chambers Litigation Support Guide is a comprehensive guide to the leading professional services providers in key markets worldwide. Compiled by researchers and supported by more than 500 in-depth interviews with senior market leaders around the world, the guide rates organizations and lawyers on key qualities to include:
Technical Legal Ability
Professional Conduct
Client Service
Commercial Astuteness
Diligence
Commitment
Additional Qualities as Highlighted By Clients
The rating system for the litigation support guide consists of banded rankings for organizations and lawyers. These banded rankings are based on surveys and significant achievements, with an aggregate rating band assigned by Chambers to those being recognized as worthy of inclusion in the guide. The bands range from Band 1 (highest) through Band 6 (lowest). However, being ranked in any band is considered a significant achievement.
Within the 2020 Chambers Litigation Support Guide, only 19 U.S. eDiscovery providers were selected and ranked by Chambers. Those providers were:
BAND 1
EY
FTI Consulting
H5
BAND 2
BDO USA
Deloitte
iDiscovery Solutions, Inc.
KPMG
Stroz Friedberg
BAND 3
AlixPartners
Consilio
Driven
HaystackID
Lighthouse
Meta-e Discovery LLC
PWC
BAND 4
Epiq
Forensic Risk Alliance
KLDiscovery
NightOwl Discovery
Additionally, only nine lawyers were highlighted by Chambers as ranked lawyers in the field of eDiscovery litigation support. Those lawyers being:
BAND 1
Ashish Prasad – HaystackID
Daniel Regard – iDiscovery Solutions
Eric Schwartz – EY
BAND 2
Tara Emory – Driven
Philip Favro – Driven
Paul McVoy – Meta-eDiscovery LLC
George Socha – BDO
BAND 3
Matthew Cohen – AlixPartners
Warren G Kruse II – Consilio
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A (Brand) New Approach? Considering the Framework and Structure of eDiscovery Offerings
Today’s eDiscovery providers may benefit from the lessons learned in the creation of the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album by creating a concept for branding and packaging their offerings within that brand in a connected, theme-based way that represents the offerings’ promise and capability in a way that is easy to understand and remember.
This fictionalized branding approach was developed from the intellectual exercise of trying to figure out a reasonable and memorable way to descriptively highlight the promise and capabilities of offerings typically delivered by full-service eDiscovery providers. It may not be completely comprehensive or fully normalized. However, the hope of sharing this branding example is that it might help those involved in the branding and communication of eDiscovery provider services and solutions.
