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Leveraging UnitedLex and Questio for a Challenging e-Discovery Case

By Mark E. McGrath
July 02, 2014

Sheppard Mullin is a full service Global 100 firm with 640 attorneys in 15 offices located in the United States, Europe and Asia. Since 1927, companies have turned to Sheppard Mullin to handle corporate and technology matters, high stakes litigation and complex financial transactions. In the U.S., the firm's clients include more than half of the Fortune 100.

Supporting the electronic discovery needs of our clients and our attorneys is Sheppard Mullin's in-house team of 36 attorneys and litigation support personnel who have deep expertise in e-discovery. We provide guidance to attorneys across all offices and practice areas. From a variety of locations, the team collaborates on all facets of the e-discovery process, from custodial interviews, document collection and review to managing outsourcing and other vendor relationships. The only exception is processing, for which we currently use outside parties in order to mitigate risk.

e-Discovery Challenges

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