Finding an E-Discovery Attorney
Do you need an ediscovery attorney? Do you know how to choose one for your needs? Do you know how to decide whether or not you really need an attorney?
There are different tasks that an ediscovery attorney can help you with such as:
- Providing guidance
- Helping make you familiar with the law
- Assisting your team on how to recover evidence
- Manage outside ediscovery vendors
- Initiate internal document retention policies
- Determine how to process evidence
- Coordinate with the IT department
- Testify on ediscovery related issues
If you have to go to court, you need the services of an ediscovery attorney but where can you find one that is qualified to help you? There are many different ediscovery attorneys available across the country and even the world so they are not a scarce race. However, you need to find one that can handle your specific needs and this might require a little more research.
It might be a bit challenging to find one that meets all of your needs regarding experience, price, personality, etc. Many corporations hire ediscovery attorneys in-house but you might be able to find one though a vendor or litigation support forum to help you.
Some other places to look are:
- Trade shows
- Conferences
- Word of mouth referrals
- Major law firms
- Local law firms
How much will it cost you for an ediscovery attorney? Well, it’s no big surprise that this will be an expensive journey. The typical vendor will be paying an ediscovery attorney from $90,000 to $200,000 so you have that to compete with. Depending on the experience level of the attorney as well as job location and other factors, they might expect to receive much more than that.
