It's no secret that complex litigation generates reams of files and paperwork. For the law firm of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, which specializes in large civil defense cases involving casualty, professional liability, health care and workers' compensation, managing large volumes of documentation and ensuring that critical files and documents are available when and where they are needed is mission critical. With upwards of 500 lawyers in 20 offices scattered across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Florida, and Ohio, "There is a need to be efficient and manage costs," explained Roger Bonine, the firm's director of Information Technology.
Although the law firm has made every attempt to migrate from paper to digital systems, the basic realities of dealing with clients, other law firms and various court systems creates enormous challenges. Over the last several years, clerks have been forced to scan documents, run them through optical character recognition (OCR) software and handle an array of miscellaneous tasks, including time stamping the documents. What's more, lawyers and others often require access to files outside the office.
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