Stroup Consulting & Attorney Services
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Electronic Discovery Assessments
Stroup Consulting provides a variety of services and can advocate for you during the discovery process ensuring that search terms, production formats and protocols make sense for your case. We specialize in small and medium firms and businesses; having this support gives you an edge when dealing with any size electronic discovery matters.
We offer free initial consultations. Our electronic discovery services include:
ü Discovery Assessments
ü Data Architecture Mapping
ü Search Term Testing and Generation
ü Meet & Confer Representation
ü Policy Reviews
ü Collection and Processing Planning
ü Building Discovery Litigation Teams within organizations
The new buzz word in the industry is Early Case Assessment (ECA). Simply this means we start looking at where and what the documents are at the beginning of the case, rather than further into the discovery process.
Assessments help provide valuable data on the potential cost and risk in relation to the litigation. Not only do you gain an understanding of the location and volume of the information, you begin to strategize on the potential collection and review of the documents. No one likes the big ESI cost surprise at the end of the case.
Understanding the Rules of Civil Procedure in State and Federal courts plays a large role in the assessment process. Meet and Confers provide valuable information on developing search terms, production formats and deadlines. The Sedona Conference has initiated a “Cooperation Proclamation” that judges have been quoting since 2008. (Mancia v Mayflower Textile, USDC Maryland Chief US Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm) Don’t sit at the table alone, have an expert by your side.
A litigation plan saves thousands of dollars. Assess the current environment, document the possible places your employees can save data, what security rights are on the network servers, where is all the email, who are the key players, what documents will be used for over and over again??? Who is on the team? What is the policy? CREATE A PLAN! We can help.
Building a team within your organization is critical to saving expense and reputation during litigation. Ensuring that litigation holds are put in place properly takes the combined effort of your Human Resources (or affected department), Legal, and Information Technology departments. Each plays a unique role in protecting your organization against sanctions and the potential unwanted publicity when things go wrong.
Be Pro-Active Not Reactive.
