Am Law 200 firm cuts new-matter setup time 83% and generates $2.5M in partner review revenue

The Am Law 200 firm needed to compete for larger matters and more trials without the attorney headcount of global mega-firms. Legacy ediscovery workflows pushed partners to hand off review to support staff and associates, creating slow matter setup, high non-billable admin time, and limited partner-level case understanding. Document-to-document “toggle tax” and scaling storage/users with a three-person litigation support/IT team further constrained growth.

The firm deployed Everlaw as its cloud ediscovery platform and gave every attorney admin permissions so partners and associates could work in the system directly. Litigation support trained attorneys (with Everlaw support) and onboarded contract review attorneys quickly for large matters. The firm runs a high monthly caseload on the platform and scaled data hosting as the firm grew.

The firm reported an 83% reduction in time to establish new matters and a 25% reduction in non-billable administrative time. Partner review activity on Everlaw generated $2.5 million in revenue from partner review hours alone, with multiple partners logging more than 500 review hours. User surveys found widespread reports of improved discovery efficacy, review speed, and faster insights; users widely said Everlaw improved their ability to deliver value to clients. The firm more than tripled data storage in one year and doubled in size since adopting Everlaw while keeping litigation support/IT at three employees.

• Partner-level adoption of ediscovery tools can convert review time into billable revenue and deeper case knowledge.
• Cloud ediscovery can let a lean support team scale caseload and data volume without proportional headcount growth.
• Broad attorney admin access plus training drives autonomy, faster onboarding of contract reviewers, and stronger client value delivery.