The Most Popular Providers? A Running eDiscovery Aggregation from ALM Reader Ranking Surveys

Extract from ALM “Best Of” Surveys

The “Best Of” reader ranking surveys were developed by ALM, an information and intelligence company, to help lawyers to identify the finest legal products and service providers and to showcase the top selections in an annual edition of one of fourteen surveys. Each survey has multiple categories of products and services presented for consideration, with a subset of categories (survey questions) from each survey that directly or indirectly pertain to the eDiscovery ecosystem.

Provided below is an aggregation of results from these reader ranking surveys as highlighted in leading ALM magazines ranging from Corporate Counsel to Texas Lawyer administered to online audiences and published as special supplements between September 2017 and today.

The purpose of the aggregation is to highlight leading providers in the realm of eDiscovery as determined by online voting in these ALM “Best Of” Surveys.

Updated: December 30, 2019

“Best Of” Surveys considered and time frame for results publication.

• New Jersey Law Journal – September 2017 (1)
• Legal Times – November 2017 (2)
• Daily Business Review – November 2017 (3)
• National Law Journal – February 2018 (4)
• Corporate Counsel – April 2018 (5)
• Daily Report – May 2018 (6)
• Midwest – June 2018 (7)
• The Recorder – July 2018 (8)
• Legal Intelligencer – August 2018 (9)
• Connecticut Law Tribune – August 2018 (10)
• Texas Lawyer (Austin, Dallas, and Houston) – September 2018 (Three Surveys) (11)
• New York Law Journal – September 2018 (12)
• New Jersey Law Journal – October 2018 (13)
• Legal Times – November 2018 (14)
• Daily Business Review – November 2018 (15)
• National Law Journal – March 2019 (16)
• Corporate Counsel – April 2019 (17)
• Daily Report – May 2019 (18)
• The Recorder – June 2019 (19)
• Midwest – July 2019 (20)
• The Legal Intelligencer – August 2019 (21)
• Connecticut Law Tribune – August 2019 (22)
• New York Law Journal – October 2019 (23)
• New Jersey Law Journal – October 2019 (24)
• Texas Lawyer (Austin, Dallas, and Houston) – October/November 2019 (Three Surveys) (25)
• Legal Times – November 2019 (26)
• Daily Business Review – November 2019 (27)

An overview of seventeen key eDiscovery-centric survey categories.

• Computer Forensics
• Corporate Investigations
• Data and Technology Management eDiscovery Provider
• Document Review Staffing Agency
• eDiscovery Company/Provider
• eDiscovery Mobile Application
• End-To-End eDiscovery Provider
• End-To-End Litigation Consulting Firm/Services
• Information Governance Solution
• Legal and Litigation Support Staffing Agency
• Legal Hold Solution
• Legal Process Outsourcing
• Managed Document Review Services
• Managed eDiscovery and Litigation Support Provider
• Online Review Platform (Document Review)
• Predictive Coding eDiscovery Solution
• Technology-Assisted Review E-Discovery Solution

An alphabetical listing of providers receiving at least one top-three finish in at least one key eDiscovery-centric survey category in ALM reader ranking (“Best Of”) surveys administered since September of 2017.

1. Accenture
2. AccessData
3. ACT Litigation Services
4. Alix Partners
5. Alliance Legal Staffing
6. Atlanta Legal Services
7. Aptara
8. Attorney Resource
9. Ave Point
10. Axiom Law
11. BCG Search
12. BDO Consulting
13. Bederson LLP
14. Berkeley Research Group
15. BlueStar Case Solutions
16. BlumShapiro
17. Business Intelligence Associates (BIA)
18. BVA Group
19. Cambridge Professional Group
20. Canon
21. Casefleet
22. Casepoint
23. Citrin Cooperman Valuation and Forensic Services
24. CloudNine Discovery (LexisNexis Litigation Solutions)
25. Complete Discovery Source
26. Complete Legal
27. Conduent
28. Consilio (Advanced Discovery – DiscoverReady)
29. Control Risks
30. Corodata
31. Cornerstone Discovery
32. Corporate Investigations, Inc.
33. DataNovo, Inc.
34. Decisionquest
35. Deloitte Discovery
36. DiGabriele, McNulty, Campanella & Co.
37. Digital Verdict
38. Disco
39. Discovery Litigation Services
40. Diversified Legal Services
41. Diversified Risk Management
42. Doar Litigation Consulting
43. Duff & Phelps
44. Eisner Amper LLP
45. Elite Document Technology
46. Epiq (DTI)
47. Ernst & Young LLP (Pangea)
48. Esquire Solutions
49. First Legal Investigations
50. Forensic Data Services
51. Fronteo
52. FTI Consulting/Technology
53. Gibson Arnold & Associates
54. GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC
55. Guidepost Solutions LLC
56. H5
57. Haley Stuart, LLC
58. Hancock Firm
59. HaystackID (Inspired Review)
60. Hire Counsel
61. HP (Autonomy)
62. HR Legal Search
63. HSSK
64. IBM
65. iDiscovery Solutions (iDS)
66. iManage
67. IMS Expert Services
68. Integreon (Huron Consulting)
69. JND eDiscovery
70. K2 Intelligence
71. KLDiscovery
72. KLR Staffing
73. KPMG
74. Kroll
75. Legal E Employment Partners
76. Legal Hold Pro by Zapproved
77. LegalPeople
78. Legal Search Solutions
79. LexisNexis CounselLink Legal Hold
80. LexisNexis Legal Process Outsourcing
81. Level2Legal Solutions
82. Lighthouse (Discovia)
83. Liquid Litigation Management
84. LITeGATION
85. Magna Legal Services
86. Major Lindsey & Africa
87. Maragell, LLC
88. Marcum
89. Merrill Corp.
90. Mindcrest
91. Mimecast
92. Momentum Search Partners
93. Nardello & Co. LLC
94. Nathan Associates
95. NightOwl Discovery
96. New Jersey Legal
97. Novus Law
98. Nuix (Ringtail)
99. OpenText (Catalyst, Daegis)
100. Pathway Forensics
101. Precise Inc.
102. PwC
103. Pye Legal Group
104. QuisLex
105. R3 Digitial Forensics
106. Relativity (kCura)
107. Reveal Data
108. Ricoh Legal
109. Rimkus Consulting Group
110. Robert Half Legal
111. RVM
112. Smith & Carson
113. Special Counsel (D4)
114. Sterling Legal Search, Inc
115. Symantec eDiscovery Exchange
116. The Chaflin Group, Inc.
117. The Intelligence Group
118. The MCS Group
119. The Partners Group
120. Thomson Reuters (eDiscovery Point, Concourse Legal Hold)
121. Tower Legal Staffing
122. TransPerfect Legal Solutions
123. Trask Consulting
124. TR Grace
125. TrialWorks
126. Troutman Sanders eMerge
127. TRU Staffing Partners
128. TrustPoint.One
129. U.S. Legal Support
130. Veris Consulting
131. Veritas
132. Wegman Partners

A listing of the top twenty-two providers based on the number of times mentioned as a top-three provider in the aggregate of all survey results. All top twenty-two providers had at least ten mentions in surveys since September of 2017.

1. CloudNine Discovery (LexisNexis Litigation Solutions)
2. FTI Consulting/Technology
3. HaystackID (Inspired Review)
4. Epiq (DTI)
5. Ernst & Young LLP (Pangea 3)
6. Elite Discovery (Elite Document Technology)
7. Thomson Reuters (eDiscovery Point, Concourse Legal Hold)
8. Relativity (kCura)
9. KLDiscovery
10. Robert Half Legal
11. Pathway Forensics
12. Special Counsel (D4)
13. IMS Expert Services
14. LITeGATION
15. KPMG
16. LexisNexis Legal Process Outsourcing
17. BVA Group
18. Deloitte
19. IBM
20. Major Lindsay & Africa
21. TransPerfect Legal Solutions
22. Consilio (Advanced Discovery – DiscoverReady)

Based on changes in provider business status between September 2017 and today, some providers/offerings may be noted with legacy names/organizations. Additionally, as organizations may have been referred to differently in different surveys, results are shared based on the names shared in the surveys. Also, there are eDiscovery organizations mentioned in the surveys, yet not highlighted in the specific seventeen eDiscovery-centric questions used for this aggregation. 

Survey Resources

(1) New Jersey Law Journal Best of 2017. (2017). New Jersey Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nj/supplements/Best_NJLJ/mobile/index.html

(2) Legal Times Best of 2017. (2017). Legal Times, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_LT_2017/mobile/index.html

(3) Daily Business Review Best of 2017. (2017). Daily Business Review, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailybusinessreview/supplements/Best_DBR_2017/mobile/index.html

(4) The National Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). The National Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/supplements/Best_NLJ_2018/mobile/index.html

(5) Corporate Counsel Best of 2018. (2018). Corporate Counsel, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/cc/supplements/Best_CC_2018/mobile/index.html

(6) Daily Report Best of 2018. (2018). Daily Report, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/dailyreport/supplements/Best_DR_2018/mobile/index.html

(7) The National Law Journal Midwest Best of 2018. (2018). The National Law Journal – Midwest, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/supplements/Best_Midwest_2018/mobile/index.html

(8) The Recorder Best of 2018. (2018). The Recorder, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/therecorder/supplements/Best_TR_2018/mobile/index.html

(9) The Legal Intelligencer Best of 2018. (2018). The Legal Intelligencer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/thelegalintelligencer/supplements/Best_TLI_2018/mobile/index.html

(10) Connecticut Law Tribune Best of 2018. (2018). Connecticut Law Tribune, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/ctlawtribune/supplements/Best_CLT_2018/mobile/index.html

(11) Texas Lawyer Best of 2018. (2018). Texas Lawyer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/texaslawyer/supplements/Best_TX_2018/mobile/index.html

(12) New York Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). New York Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://nylawyer.nylj.com/adgifs/specials/NYLJ_2018_0924_Bestof2018/mobile/index.html

(13) New Jersey Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). New Jersey Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/newjerseylawjournal/supplements/Best_NJLJ_2018/mobile/index.html

(14) Legal Times Best of 2018. (2018). Legal Times, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_LT_2018/mobile/index.html

(15) Daily Business Review Best of 2018. (2018). Daily Business Review, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailybusinessreview/supplements/Best_DBR_2018/mobile/index.html

(16) The National Law Journal Best of 2019. (2019). The National Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_NLJ_2019/mobile/index.html

(17) Corporate Counsel Best of 2019. (2019). Corporate Counsel, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/cc/supplements/Best_CC_2019/mobile/index.html

(18) Daily Report Best of 2019. (2019). Daily Report, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailyreport/supplements/Best_DR_2019/mobile/index.html

(19) The Recorder Best of 2019. (2019). The Recorder, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/therecorder/supplements/Best_TR_2019/mobile/index.html

(20) The National Law Journal Midwest Best of 2019. (2019). The National Law Journal – Midwest, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_Midwest_2019/mobile/index.html

(21) The Legal Intelligencer Best of 2019. (2019). The Legal Intelligencer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/thelegalintelligencer/supplements/Best_TLI_2019/mobile/index.html

(22) Connecticut Law Tribune Best of New England 2019. (2019). Connecticut Law Tribune, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/ctlawtribune/supplements/Best_NE_2019/mobile/index.html

(23) New York Law Journal Best of 2019. (2019). New York Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/newyorklawjournal/supplements/Best_NYLJ_2019/mobile/index.html

(24) New Jersey Law Journal Best of 2019. (2019). New Jersey Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/newjerseylawjournal/supplements/Best_NJLJ_2019/mobile/index.html

(25) Texas Lawyer Best of 2019. (2019). Texas Lawyer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/texaslawyer/supplements/Best_TX_2019/mobile/index.html

(26) Legal Times Best of 2019. (2019). Legal Times, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_Legaltimes_2019/mobile/index.html

(27) Daily Business Review Best of 2019. (2019). Daily Business Review, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailybusinessreview/supplements/Best_DBR_2019/mobile/index.html

Additional Reading:

• An Abridged Look at the Business of eDiscovery: A Short List of eDiscovery Investors
• An Abridged Look at the Business of eDiscovery: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Investments

Source: ComplexDiscovery