UB Greensfelder’s eDiscovery team takes a practical and solutions-based approach to discovery. We know that not every case has the same eDiscovery needs, and we conform our strategy to each case we handle.
UB Greensfelder’s eDiscovery team guides clients through the complex maze of legal and technical eDiscovery issues from preservation through production, pre-trial discovery, and all the motion practice in between. Whether serving as national eDiscovery counsel or navigating discovery issues as lead counsel, we combine our extensive legal experience with the right technology to serve our clients’ interests.
Who We Are
eDiscovery professionals at UB Greensfelder, both attorneys and litigation support specialists, have many years of individual and combined experience in managing all facets of eDiscovery in individual matters as well as in complex litigations involving thousands of cases and representing multiple corporate defendants. Our eDiscovery counsel and support professionals stay abreast of the fast-paced technological and legal changes that can affect eDiscovery. We use this expertise to support our clients and handle both large and small volume cases through discovery and at trial. We have deep experience representing pharmaceutical companies in high document volume products liability matters, class action suits, and government investigations. Our team also routinely handles complex eDiscovery issues with our business litigation, labor and employment, and construction practices in the course of their representation. Many of our attorneys are ACEDS-certified eDiscovery specialists or members of key industry groups focused on eDiscovery issues, such as the Sedona Conference.
This structure of technology professionals, dedicated eDiscovery counsel, and experienced lead counsel enables us to provide smart, results-driven services that use cutting-edge technology to minimize the typical costs and delays associated with the discovery and evidence management process.
How We Help
UB Greensfelder attorneys are adept at understanding in depth a client’s products, services, activities, technology, business practices, and data systems. We leverage this knowledge to meet substantive discovery obligations as well as to comply with the detailed technical requirements that are now the rule rather than the exception in litigation. We counsel clients on best practices in the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronic data. We use our expertise to create defensible strategies to maximize efficiency, protect our clients’ interests in discovery related motions, hearings, and depositions, and ensure a quality review of the documents essential to the case. Specifically, we can assist with:
- Counseling on data retention and data related policies
- Pre-litigation planning
- Managing the litigation hold process
- Conducting custodian interviews
- Planning and preparing Rule 26 disclosures
- Advising on defensible preservation methods that comply with rules and protect our clients’ legal interests
- Collecting documents from all types of data sources in a defensible manner while understanding the need to minimize business disruption
- Negotiating with opposing counsel to stake out the most favorable terms and conditions for the conduct of discovery
- Obtaining optimal protective orders, confidentiality orders, privilege orders, and electronic discovery orders, as appropriate to a particular case
- Evaluating the content of clients’ documents to find key documents before a full review begins
- Selecting appropriate analytical techniques, such as deduplication strategies, file type culling, keyword culling (including keyword development, negotiation, and iterative testing evaluation), technology-assisted review (TAR), email threading, concept clustering, and emerging AI and large language models
- Creating document review protocols that are efficient and effective
- Working with forensic experts to identify deleted information and review computer logs to analyze client and employee activity on computers.
- Protecting privileged information from disclosure in discovery
- Drafting privilege logs
- Appearing in court for discovery related motions
- Preparing witnesses for depositions
Why Clients Choose UB Greensfelder
Clients value UB Greensfelder’s eDiscovery services because our depth of knowledge and collaborative team approach brings invaluable continuity, flexibility, and creativity to our work. Our clients appreciate that we understand how the existing and evolving technology can be used to efficiently prepare a case. Because our clients choose us on multiple matters, we gain an understanding of the business and company culture that grows with each matter we handle. This deep understanding leads to consistent legal arguments relating to eDiscovery issues, insights that can be applied across cases, consistent productions, faster document review, consistent privilege determinations, and better witness preparation.
