Analysis: Electronic vs. Paper

Electronic Production Further REDUCES Costs in the Following

• Cost of shipping boxes of paper vs. cost of shipping media
• Legal Assistant labor in managing physical documents
• Amount of time required for search and retreival of documents throughout the process
• Significant savings in Expert Witness document review fees
• Amount of time waiting for shipped documents

Additional Benefits of Electronic Methodology

• 100% accurate Bates numbering with flexibility to change other productions
• Ability to OCR and code documents, making them searchable within a database
• Manage the organization of the case more effectively with a database (e.g. build folders, tagging, notes, etc.)
• Reduced storage/space
• Secure-archived pristine data production set in the event something happens to your information
• Inexpensive means of producing additional image or paper sets to co-counsel or opposing counsel

This scenario compares Copy-Label-Copy method of document handling to Image-Label-Print method. Choose values for the variables below to calculate the results.

Variables

Heavy Litigation per Page:

 

 

Total Pages in Population:

 

 

Pages to Document Ratio:

to

 

Pristine Sets Required:

 

 

Working Sets Required:

 

 

* Ancillary charges not included in this model.

Paper

Copy Original Documents:

$

 

Bates Label Copy Set (Pristine):

$

 

Copy Bates Numbered Set (Working):

$

 

Total Cost:

$

 

Average Cost per Page:

$

Electronic

Copy Original Documents:

$

 

Bates Label Image Set (Pristine):

$

 

Printed Imaged Bates Set (Working):

$

 

Digital Media (CDs, DVDs, or DAT):

$

 

Total Cost:

$

 

Average Cost per Page:

$

Totals

Total Savings:

$

 

Approx. % of Savings:

%