Big Savings Through Streamlining Solutions for Multiple Venues and Multiple Outside Counsel

A unified approach for document review for an international pharmaceutical company

Client Challenge

Faced with numerous litigation matters in multiple venues in the US, an international pharmaceutical company hired dozens of Am Law 200 law firms to represent them. The client needed a solution to address the risk of poor quality and run-away costs in their document reviews. The company sought a single-source provider who could oversee the document review process through a single point of contact and provide high quality reviewers and uniform solutions nationwide.

Hire Counsel Solution

Hire Counsel developed and implemented a program that offered the company:

• Agreed upon fixed national pricing and an effective, uniform review process nationwide
• A single point of contact for the company and the company’s outside counsel
• Reviews managed by a single point of contact who initiated the development of a review team for each specific matter and outside counsel need

Our streamlined, efficient approach reduced the litigation spend for document review projects by over 60% in the first year, with a total savings of nearly 40% the second year, representing tens of millions of dollars saved.

In addition, Hire Counsel staffed in cost-effective markets throughout the US – including Kansas City and Indianapolis -- for document reviews. Our scalable solutions for providing staffing and operating turnkey document review centers have resulted in significant additional cost savings for the client over time and an expanding relationship between the client and Hire Counsel.