American Discovery Forms Strategic Alliance with Encore Discovery Solutions
Leading Document Review and E-Discovery Providers Offer End-to-End Services
LOS ANGELES, CA (September 30th, 2009) – American Discovery, the global leader of document review, substantive legal research, and other legal outsourcing services today announced a strategic alliance with Encore Discovery Solutions to provide its clients with a comprehensive e-discovery and document review platform for complex litigation matters including class actions, intellectual property, product liability, SEC inquiries, and antitrust litigation.
By combining U.S. licensed attorneys with diverse litigation experience from American Discovery with the advanced data collections and forensics, data minimization, processing, hosting, and document production capabilities from Encore, in-house counsel and law firms are now able to generate cost efficiencies through the end-to-end solutions provided through this service alliance.
The alliance allows American Discovery and Encore to provide clients with strategic and cost-effective e-discovery solutions and attorney staffing resources for document review which will meet the unique requirements of a particular case. As in-house counsel and law firms seek cost controls and quantifiable results, the companies deliver a complete service offering which decreases discovery costs while optimizing all phases of the review process.
“The collective discovery expertise of American Discovery and Encore allows us to singularly serve clients with improved accuracy and cost efficiency”, stated Michael Ford, Executive Vice President of American Discovery. “With unified project management teams devising and managing discovery strategies with our clients, we have been able to eliminate the efficiencies inherent in counsel’s traditional multi-vendor engagements.”
Encore’s position as an industry-leading e-discovery provider is a result of its ability to incorporate leading technologies and expert resources into a single-source discovery model. “Recent engagements with American Discovery have proven to benefit our shared clients through our joint provision of an end-to-end solution on a very cost-effective basis”, stated Gregory J. Mazares, President and CEO of Encore Discovery Solutions. “Our mutual prioritization of client interests has increased value to our corporate and law firm clients.”
About American Discovery
American Discovery is a global leader of legal outsourcing and discovery consulting. The company enables corporate counsel and law firms to improve resource and cost allocation associated with discovery requirements, document review, substantive legal research, and law firm administrative functions. With locations throughout the U.S. and the Philippines, American Discovery maintains a globally-integrated service model comprised of diverse litigation and technology resources. For more information about American Discovery, please visit www.americandiscovery.com.
Media Contact
Michael Ford
512-497-0001
mford@americandiscovery.com
About Encore Discovery Solutions
Through a combination of knowledge and innovation, and with a focus on helping clients achieve favorable results, Encore Discovery Solutions provides a broad range of discovery solutions to major law firms and corporate legal departments across the U.S. According to independent surveys in 2006, 2007, and 2008, Encore is ranked as one of the leading providers of electronic data discovery and related services, including web hosting, data forensics and collections, imaging, coding, and reprographics. For more information about Encore Discovery Solutions, please visit www.encorediscovery.com.
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Amber Landmeier
602-627-7615
amber@encorediscovery.com