Extract from ALM “Best Of” Surveys
The “Best Of” reader ranking surveys were developed by ALM, an information and intelligence company, to help lawyers to identify the finest legal products and service providers and to showcase the top selections in an annual edition of one of fourteen surveys.(1) Each survey has multiple categories of products and services presented for consideration, with a subset of categories (survey questions) from each survey that directly or indirectly pertain to the eDiscovery ecosystem.
Provided below is an aggregation of results from these reader ranking surveys as highlighted in leading ALM magazines ranging from Corporate Counsel to Texas Lawyer administered to online audiences and published as special supplements between September 2017 and today.
The purpose of the aggregation is to highlight leading providers in the realm of eDiscovery as determined by online voting in these ALM “Best Of” Surveys.
“Best Of” Surveys considered and time frame for results publication. (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18)
- New Jersey Law Journal – September 2017
- Legal Times – November 2017
- Daily Business Review – November 2017
- National Law Journal – February 2018
- Corporate Counsel – April 2018
- Daily Report – May 2018
- Midwest – June 2018
- The Recorder – July 2018
- Legal Intelligencer – August 2018
- Connecticut Law Tribune – August 2018
- Texas Lawyer (Austin, Dallas, and Houston) – September 2018 (Three Surveys)
- New York Law Journal – September 2018
- New Jersey Law Journal – October 2018
- Legal Times – November 2018
- Daily Business Review – November 2018
- National Law Journal – March 2019
- Corporate Counsel – April 2019
An overview of seventeen key eDiscovery-centric survey categories.
- Computer Forensics
- Corporate Investigations
- Data and Technology Management eDiscovery Provider
- Document Review Staffing Agency
- eDiscovery Company/Provider
- eDiscovery Mobile Application
- End-To-End eDiscovery Provider
- End-To-End Litigation Consulting Firm/Services
- Information Governance Solution
- Legal and Litigation Support Staffing Agency
- Legal Hold Solution
- Legal Process Outsourcing
- Managed Document Review Services
- Managed eDiscovery and Litigation Support Provider
- Online Review Platform (Document Review)
- Predictive Coding eDiscovery Solution
- Technology-Assisted Review E-Discovery Solution
Alphabetical listing of providers receiving a top three finish based on survey voting in at least one key eDiscovery-centric survey category.
- Accenture
- AccessData
- Alix Partners
- Alliance Legal Staffing
- Atlanta Legal Services
- Aptara
- Attorney Resource
- Ave Point
- BCG Search
- BDO Consulting
- Bederson LLP
- Berkeley Research Group
- BlumShapiro
- Business Intelligence Associates (BIA)
- BVA Group
- Cambridge Professional Group
- Canon
- Casepoint
- Citrin Cooperman Valuation and Forensic Services
- CloudNine Discovery (LexisNexis Litigation Solutions)
- Complete Discovery Source
- Complete Legal
- Consilio (Advanced Discovery)
- Control Risks
- Corodata
- Cornerstone Discovery
- Corporate Investigations, Inc.
- DataNovo, Inc.
- Decisionquest
- Deloitte Discovery
- DiGabriele, McNulty, Campanella & Co.
- Digital Verdict
- Discovery Litigation Services
- Diversified Legal Services
- Diversified Risk Management
- Doar Litigation Consulting
- Duff & Phelps
- Eisner Amper LLP
- Elite Document Technology
- Epiq (DTI)
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Forensic Data Services
- FTI Consulting/Technology
- GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC
- Gibson Arnold & Associates
- Guidepost Solutions LLC
- H5
- Hancock Firm
- HaystackID (Inspired Review)
- Haley Stuart, LLC
- Hire Counsel
- HP (Autonomy)
- HR Legal Search
- HSSK
- IBM
- IMS Expert Services
- Integreon (Huron Consulting)
- JND eDiscovery
- K2 Intelligence
- KLDiscovery
- KLR Staffing
- KPMG
- Kroll
- Legal Hold Pro by Zapproved
- Legal Search Solutions
- LexisNexis CounselLink Legal Hold
- LexisNexis Legal Process Outsourcing
- Lighthouse (Discovia)
- Liquid Litigation Management
- LITeGATION
- Magna Legal Services
- Major Lindsey & Africa
- Maragell, LLC
- Marcum
- Merrill Corp.
- Mimecast
- Mindcrest
- Momentum Search Partners
- Novus Law
- New Jersey Legal
- OpenText (Catalyst, Daegis)
- Pangea3 (Thomson Reuters Legal Managed Services)
- Pathway Forensics
- Precise Inc.
- PwC
- Pye Legal Group
- QuisLex
- R3 Digitial Forensics
- Relativity (kCura)
- Ricoh Legal
- Ringtail (FTI Technology)
- Robert Half Legal
- RVM
- Special Counsel (D4)
- Sterling Legal Search, Inc
- Symantec eDiscovery Exchange
- The Chaflin Group, Inc.
- The MCS Group
- Thomson Reuters (eDiscovery Point, Concourse Legal Hold)
- Tower Legal Staffing
- TransPerfect Legal Solutions
- Trask Consulting
- TR Grace
- Troutman Sanders eMerge
- TRU Staffing Partners
- U.S. Legal Support
- Veris Consulting
- Veritas
- Wegman Partners
A listing of the top twenty providers based on the number of times mentioned as a top three provider in the aggregate of all survey results. All top twenty providers had at least seven mentions in surveys since September of 2017.
- CloudNine Discovery (LexisNexis Litigation Solutions)
- Epiq (DTI)
- Thomson Reuters (eDiscovery Point, Concourse Legal Hold, Pangea 3)
- HaystackID (Inspired Review+ReviewRight)
- FTI Consulting/Technology
- KLDiscovery
- Relativity
- Robert Half Legal
- Special Counsel (D4)
- Elite Document Technology
- Ernst & Young LLP
- KPMG
- IMS Expert Services
- IBM
- LexisNexis Legal Process Outsourcing
- LITeGATION
- Casepoint
- Pathway Forensics
- Kroll
- Consilio (Advanced Discovery)
Based on changes in provider business status between September 2017 and today, some providers/offerings may be noted with legacy names/organizations. Additionally, as organizations may have been referred to differently in different surveys, results are shared based on the names shared in the surveys. Also, there are eDiscovery organizations mentioned in the surveys, yet not highlighted in the eDiscovery-centric questions used for this aggregation.
Survey Resources
(1) Best Of | Law.com. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.law.com/best-of/
(2) Connecticut Law Tribune Best of 2018. (2018). Connecticut Law Tribune, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/ctlawtribune/supplements/Best_CLT_2018/mobile/index.html
(3) Corporate Counsel Best of 2018. (2018). Corporate Counsel, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/cc/supplements/Best_CC_2018/mobile/index.html
(4) Corporate Counsel Best of 2019. (2019). Corporate Counsel, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/cc/supplements/Best_CC_2019/mobile/index.html
(5) Daily Business Review Best of 2017. (2017). Daily Business Review, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailybusinessreview/supplements/Best_DBR_2017/mobile/index.html
(6) Daily Business Review Best of 2018. (2018). Daily Business Review, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/dailybusinessreview/supplements/Best_DBR_2018/mobile/index.html
(7) Daily Report Best of 2018. (2018). Daily Report, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/dailyreport/supplements/Best_DR_2018/mobile/index.html
(8) Legal Times Best of 2017. (2017). Legal Times, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_LT_2017/mobile/index.html
(9) Legal Times Best of 2018. (2018). Legal Times, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_LT_2018/mobile/index.html
(10) New Jersey Law Journal Best of 2017. (2017). New Jersey Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nj/supplements/Best_NJLJ/mobile/index.html
(11) New Jersey Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). New Jersey Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/newjerseylawjournal/supplements/Best_NJLJ_2018/mobile/index.html
(12) New York Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). New York Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://nylawyer.nylj.com/adgifs/specials/NYLJ_2018_0924_Bestof2018/mobile/index.html
(13) Texas Lawyer Best of 2018. (2018). Texas Lawyer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/texaslawyer/supplements/Best_TX_2018/mobile/index.html
(14) The Legal Intelligencer Best of 2018. (2018). The Legal Intelligencer, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/thelegalintelligencer/supplements/Best_TLI_2018/mobile/index.html
(15) The National Law Journal Best of 2018. (2018). The National Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/supplements/Best_NLJ_2018/mobile/index.html
(16) The National Law Journal Best of 2019. (2019). The National Law Journal, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/nationallawjournal/supplements/Best_NLJ_2019/mobile/index.html
(17) The National Law Journal Midwest Best of 2018. (2018). The National Law Journal – Midwest, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from http://pdfserver.amlaw.com/nlj/supplements/Best_Midwest_2018/mobile/index.html
(18) The Recorder Best of 2018. (2018). The Recorder, (Special Supplement). Retrieved from https://images.law.com/media/therecorder/supplements/Best_TR_2018/mobile/index.html
Additional Reading:
- An Abridged Look at the Business of eDiscovery: A Short List of eDiscovery Investors
- An Abridged Look at the Business of eDiscovery: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Investments
Source: ComplexDiscovery
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