Discovery
involving paper files and other paper-based evidence,
while on the decline, is still very much alive. AlphaLit,
a pioneer in paper discovery, offers many innovative
workflows that not only ensure accurate capture but
also streamline attorney review procedures and production.
These workflows are battle-tested and with our prodigious
capacity we can scale to support the largest projects
in the world. Our paper discovery services include:
Upon pickup of your physical evidence, we take responsibility
for its safety and integrity. We use sophisticated
processes and software to pinpoint and keep track of
your evidence throughout the entire process, maintaining
solid chain-of-custody and allowing your project manager
to provide up-to-the-minute status information on all
projects.
The number and variety of litigation materials can
be staggering. And they arrive bound together in many
complex groupings that often represent how the documents
existed in the normal course of business.
AlphaLit document preparation staff is trained to deal
with non-standard documents such as post-it notes,
business cards, booklets, pamphlets, hanging folders
and redwelds. They prepare all documents (color, double
sided documents, etc.) so that scanning is efficient
and accurate.
AlphaLit has invested millions of dollars in top-notch
high speed scanning equipment allowing our operators
to quickly and accurately convert your documents to
any required imaging format. Current capacity is over
one million pages per day.
Remote scanning solutions are available.
Once all documents have been properly prepared and
converted to image format, our proprietary software
can perform all the functions required to properly
move your scanned documents to the next step in the
review or production process. Some of these functions
include:
- Assignment of Control or Bates Numbers - To
keep both legal teams on the same page, a existing
numbering system can be indexed from the original
pages or, if not already numbered, we can assign
and generate automatically from our master database.
- Endorsing of Images - Bates numbers and text
designating certain aspects of a document (Confidential,
Trade Secret, etc.) can be added to the margins
of a document.
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) - AlphaLit
has a room full of high-end workstations dedicated
to processing OCR. Our software is capable of working
with international character sets and uses the
latest in voting technology to extract, as accurately
as possible, the text contained on your paper-based
documents.
- Coding - AlphaLit maintains an in-house coding
staff that can quickly and inexpensively create
an index for your documents so that a database
can be provided in any load file format. For larger
collections we work with our offshore affiliates
to provide timely and economically attractive coding
services.
Upon request, our document preparation staff will reassemble
all documents and groupings so they can be stored or
returned to the client in the exact form that they
were received. All assembly details are maintained
during the disassembly process allowing a 100% accurate
reassembly.
