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5 Litigation Support Services You Can't Afford Not to Use

Few businesses can take care of all internal tasks completely on their own and law firms are no exception. Litigation support services specialize in helping law firms with a myriad of tasks, offering cost-effective alternatives to doing these tasks in-house. Below are five litigation support services that free up time and resources while also delivering the goods!

Real Time Reporting
Real time reporting may cost slightly more than traditional court reporting services. However, the ability to have live transcripts delivered virtually anywhere in the world – in real time – can save both time and money. In addition to being able to include remote participants in the day's testimony, real time reporting allows you to leave afterward with a transcript in hand. There's no more waiting for the official transcript or paying for rush deliveries in order to review the testimony and prepare for the next phase of the case.

Legal Video / Presentation Technology
There's no denying the power of a "day in the life" video or a persuasive legal presentation. While you could attempt to create legal video and presentations on your own using consumer or legal presentation technologies, using a legal video production company skilled in the art frees you up to work on other important aspects of the case.

Records Retrieval
Retrieving records is a vital, but time-consuming, function of any law firm. Worried about the Federal or Texas Rules of Civil Procedure? Litigation support services firms specialize in the unique needs of the legal profession and understand the law. When selecting a records retrieval service, feel free to ask questions about the firm's level of expertise. With the right support service working on your behalf, you can focus on your case with the support company retrieves records in an admissible form for trial.  

Document Management
From securely storing documents "in the cloud" and accessing them remotely to e-transcripts, exhibit boards, document scanning, copying, Bates stamping, and beyond, litigation support firms can handle all of your document management needs quickly and cost-effectively. Rather than investing in the equipment, training, and manpower, choose a litigation support service that offers prompt, comprehensive, and reliable document management and reprographics services.

Civil Process
Need to serve papers outside of your community or beyond the borders of Texas? While you could send your firm's internal process server, it's could be less expensive to use a litigation support services firm – especially if that firm is part of a nationwide network of process servers. The elimination of travel and lodging expenses alone make doing so a smart choice. In addition to process serving, many firms offer witness location and surveillance services.

Litigation support firms offer these services and many others, allowing lawyers to spend their time on the tasks they're trained and best equipped to do.