Boutique law firms and lawyers are on the rise and handling an increasing percentage of complex and document-intense cases. Practicing in a boutique firm is primarily a lifestyle choice with the firm attorneys preferring a smaller firm practice environment, while still supporting what was previously exclusively a large firm practice. But as boutique firms want to run ‘lean and mean’ they usually do not have or want the committed software infrastructure or personnel overhead that big law firms support. This checklist addresses ways that attorneys in boutique law firms handling document-intensive or complex cases can have cutting edge eDiscovery and document management tools and avoid being out-gunned by larger firms.

A Boutique Lawyer’s Guide to Managing Document Intensive Cases