With the complexities inherent in e-discovery and records management, legal and information technology (“IT”) do not always speak the same language or have the same goals. Wortzman Nickle’s Technology Strategies team uses its strong technical abilities to assist counsel and our clients to develop strategies to manage electronic evidence. Our thorough understanding of both the legal and the technical aspects of digital information provides a service to counsel to assist their clients to take advantage of the most appropriate tools and strategies for managing e-discovery and records management. The Technology Strategies team fills the gap when lawyers need assistance in selecting highly technical strategies and solutions. Wortzman Nickle’s Technology Strategies services are designed to integrate with the legal aspects of e-discovery and records management to ensure defensible and cost effective processes.

Our Technology Strategies group provides the following advisory services:

e-Discovery Planning

• Preparation of digital information maps to provide a high level, easy to understand summary of what digital information is created, accessed and stored by employees
  
  
• Liaising with in-house counsel, external counsel, and IT resources to determine the types and locations of potentially relevant digital information, and an evaluation of the effort required to obtain it
  
  
• Assisting in-house IT resources with the preservation and collection of electronic information to maximize the use of available internal resources while targeting just the relevant information
  
  
• Analysing digital information to develop efficient culling and review strategies