Released on = July 30, 2007, 10:35 pm

Press Release Author = Karen Unger

Industry = Consumer Services

Press Release Summary = At the heart of any legal undertaking is the mass of data
that legal professionals need to perform their jobs. The demanding task of acquiring
and organizing the documents that comprise this data is known as litigation support.


Press Release Body = At the heart of any legal undertaking is the mass of data that
legal professionals need to perform their jobs. The demanding task of acquiring and
organizing the documents that comprise this data is known as litigation support.
It\'s a task that requires a high level or organizational ability and a painstaking
attention to detail. And with these documents increasingly in electronic form,
litigation support professionals need IT skills as well as legal and organisational
expertise.>

Computers have revolutionized virtually all the professions. One area where IT has
made a particularly huge impact is in the legal field.
The legal system runs on information and especially demands impeccable documentation
with accuracy, security, integrity, speed and efficiency that only computers can
provide. Managing this documentation is a critcal and the specialized field of
litigation support services have emerged to handle this vital task. So what exactly
do they do?

Litigation Support is defined as any operation involving human and mechanical
systems to process information for use by attorneys or expert consultants in
preparation for a lawsuit or a trial. In other words, a litigation support firm
should offer any service that provides the legal professional with the data he needs
to carry out his assignment.

And in this day and age a major part of such documentation is likely to be in
electronic form and stored on a computer system. The retrieval and authentication of
such documents is a field in itself one of vital importance to a successful legal
undertaking.

The range of services offered by litigation support firms range from clerical
activities such as the scanning, imaging, and indexing of documents to sophisticated
activities such as electronic discovery and computer forensics.

Litigation support often uses the allied fields of electronic discovery and computer
forensics. These are essentially the same thing
- the retrieval of data from computer systems for a specific puspose.
The difference is just in the reason for the retrivel; electronic discovery is for
general purposes while computer forensics is when the retrieved information is for
use in a law suit or in a court of law.

Electronic discovery or forensic investigations could involve recovering hidden,
damaged or corrupted files. Or perhaps decrypting password-protected or encrypted
files, as well as recovering emails, chat data and other forms of online
communication.

Litigation support is a relatively new field but it\'s evolving rapidly. The legal
system depends on accurate and documented information in order to function so it\'s
essential to have professonals take charge of this task. And with data security
becoming increasingly important in this wired world, the field of computer forensics
is one that has to develop accordingly.

Web Site = http://AmDoc.com

Contact Details = 101 NE Third Avenue Suite 1250
Fort Lauderdale
33301
Florida
United States
954-462-5400