Blog: Thought Leadership

One common feature of complex discovery is that there tends to be significant churn across matters for at least some—and occasionally all—of the people supplying discovery services for clients.

Discovery in big cases is often very expensive and complex, requiring multiple teams to execute all the pieces.

In a large case, here are just some of the various roles that might be needed, from one end of the discovery “supply chain” to the other:

While Hilgers Graben may differ from Big Law in matters like rates and spending, there are several ways we are similar when it comes to complex litigation.

Over the course of this five-part series on complex litigation, we have defined what companies need when they buy complex litigation services (Part 1), typical marketplace options (Part 2), the pros and cons for virtual firms (Part 3), and why Big Law hourly rates are so high (Part 4).

Now we come to the real question: Is it inevitable that law firms selling complex litigation services have such astronomical rates?  If you have read this far, you hopefully agree with us that the answer must be “no.”