American Discovery Incorporates Foreign Language Testing for Legal Document Review

Language Proficiency Certification Furthers the Effort for Legal Industry Standardization

LOS ANGELES, CA (June 10th, 2009) – American Discovery, the leading global provider of document review and litigation support services today announced its foreign language proficiency testing for its attorneys performing discovery for complex litigation matters in Spanish, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese.

The foreign language proficiency test is believed to be among the first formally adopted by a legal outsourcing organization as part of its quality assurance and attorney hiring processes. The testing components include measurement of an associate’s proficiency to speak, write, and perform legal work in those foreign languages frequently demanded by the company’s clients. Additional testing measures include cultural competency assessment which ensures an individual’s aptitude in the cultural nuances of language.

“The globalization of business has inevitably led to the globalization of law”, stated Michael Ford, Executive Vice President of American Discovery. “As our clients’ litigation spans several continents, we have increased requests to perform document review and discovery consulting in multiple languages. In turn, we have established a language proficiency test that further validates the enhanced performance level of our document review process and the attorneys that we hire.”

American Discovery has retained industry leading linguistic experts previously and currently affiliated with organizations such as the Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS), The Defense Language Institute, The United Nations, and the American Translator Association (ATA). Language proficiency and cultural competency testing provides assurances that an attorney is not only bilingual, but substantiates that the individual maintains oral, written, analytical thinking, and legal proficiency in both English and the native language. As litigation continues to become globalized, the testing initiative also allows the legal industry to establish benchmarking, standardization, and quality controls for foreign language proficiency.

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About American Discovery

American Discovery enables corporations and law firms to contain costs and improve results in labor-intensive areas of litigation. We address and solve numerous legal industry challenges inherent in discovery requirements, document review, contract management, and litigation support. Our extensive intellectual capital and advanced work-flow practices provide our clients with tangible improvements in productivity and cost efficiency. Led by executives and attorneys with diverse experience working with leading U.S. law firms and Fortune 250 corporations, American Discovery is evolving the standards and practices by which legal process outsourcing is performed.

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