Baker Donelson

Baker Donelson needed a faster, lower-overhead way to start eDiscovery matters so trial teams could get into documents without heavy litigation-support involvement. Volumetric, matter- and vendor-specific pricing made discovery costs hard to budget and often a sticking point in client conversations. Traditional setups also created hosting fees and operational hassle that pulled lawyers away from substantive work.

After a six-month evaluation of industry options in 2018 and a successful proof-of-concept pilot in the first half of 2019, the firm selected Logikcull. It equipped attorneys with a do-it-yourself platform for standard, lower-intensity matters while reserving specialized eDiscovery lawyers for more data-intensive cases. Flat per-matter pricing and a one-time data upload cost replaced volume-based hosting fees.

Trial teams engaged documents faster with more autonomy over review and production, while overall costs to clients and internal litigation-support overhead fell. Discovery became less of a budget and timeline burden and more of a client value-add. Adoption rose 247%, usage grew 34% month over month, and 207 attorneys and paralegals were utilizing Logikcull.

• Pair a self-serve eDiscovery tool for routine matters with specialist coverage for high-intensity cases.
• Flat, predictable pricing can turn discovery from a client friction point into a relationship value-add.
• Reducing setup friction and internal support needs gets trial teams into data faster and lets lawyers focus on lawyering.