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Cutting Edge Litigation Support Services

By Patricia Murray
January 26, 2005

As with every other industry, computers and software have had a tremendously positive impact on the business of law. Despite that, some attorneys have entered this new landscape with trepidation and with a firm grip on the practices of the past. At first, the familiarity of carbon-sets is preferred over the convenience of an electronic transcript file sent by e-mail ' but that doesn't last long. A shift ensues among those law firms that have seen a glimpse of the new frontiers in legal technology. Soon, they forget all about carbon copies and they demand the new standards for receiving, reviewing and archiving the record. From electronic transcripts to discovery on compact discs, and from real time transcription to Internet delivery, the technology evolution in the legal industry has been an amazing experience.

A progressive court reporting agency should be considered a part of the litigation team, and strive to not only produce a perfect record, but to help attorneys get the most value from that record. As soon as attorneys are exposed to a few choice tools on the technology frontier, they are hooked. Those critical tools are based upon the Internet, video recording services, conferencing capabilities, and software developed for transcript and discovery management. Attorneys have discovered how easy these technologies are to use, and they enjoy adopting new practices to make them more efficient, more astute, and more competitive. Whether they tackle one frontier at a time, or all at once, the technology ends up being entrenched in their routines.

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