From Claims Magazine:
By Kevin M. Quinley

In litigation, the discovery process has always been expensive. With computers and digital technology, though, there are added layers of complexity and cost. Discovery no longer involves just reviewing boxes and boxes of papers. Regardless of the dispute — product liability, employment practices, or directors and officers — discovery now entails exhaustive searches of electronic data. This means sifting through computer hard drives, thumb drives, servers, tapes, e-mail strings, archives, instant messenger dialogue, and so on. Searching electronic data sources consumes huge chunks of time and dollars.

Now let’s consider that 36 billion e-mails are transmitted each day. This pace rises 20 percent annually. Ninety-three percent of all information is now stored digitally, with 70 percent of that never actually printed. A 2007 Kroll survey revealed the following:

· Twenty-five percent of U.S. corporate in-house counsel claim to be current with all case-law developments and regulations relating to electronically stored information (ESI).

· Only half of the respondents said that their organizations had a policy regarding ESI.

· Seventy-five percent report losing time and money because of inefficient ESI processes.
 

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Addition of technology and computer forensic veteran solidifies firm’s expertise in ESI collections and Electronic Discovery engagements

Palo Alto, CA – November 23, 2009 – TERIS Silicon Valley announced today that leading Electronic Discovery and Computer Forensic expert Scott Andraschko joined the company as its new Director of Electronically Stored Information (ESI). Andraschko has more than 15 years experience in eDiscovery processing, ESI collection/acquisition and Computer Forensics. He will oversee both the imaging and ESI departments. His primary responsibilities are to streamline processes, document procedures, cross train employees, and provide training/reviews of all employees in those departments. He also will provide client support for sales representatives.

Scott brings to us a strong track record of successfully working with clients to reduce both the duration and cost of eDiscovery processing, analysis, and review,” said Kevin Brooks, TERIS Silicon Valley General Manager and Partner. “He has a thorough knowledge and understanding of eDiscovery, Forensic Services, Investigations and IT issues that will be valuable for our growing list of clients in the Silicon Valley.

Andraschko joins TERIS from McNamara Business Solutions, where he served as Director of Information Technology/eDiscovery. At McNamara he streamlined and automated all phases of EDD, enabling companies to accelerate early case assessments, lower processing costs, reduce review workload, and enhance the defensibility of e-discovery. He previously worked at KPMG as Manager Forensic Technology Services, where he successfully managed a 10 person team that operated at multiple sites performing end to end eDiscovery services. He also has experience managing multiple services including ESI collection/acquisition, early case assessment, culling, deduping, analysis and SaaS hosted review.

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From today's Puget Sound Business Journal

Who's Hiring

Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) -

by Greg Lamm Staff Writer

No downturn for lawsuits, litigation-support firm finds

Teris, a litigation support provider for law firms, has been expanding into new markets and adding to its work force during the recession.

The Seattle-based company has added offices in Chicago and Dallas and hired about 20 workers this year. That brings the work force to about 300, said David Kaufer, vice president of marketing and communications.

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