Released on: February 25, 2008, 1:21 pm

Press Release Author: Legal Advantage, LLC

Industry: Law

Press Release Summary: New Vice President for Document Review

Press Release Body: New Business Development Professional to Lead Legal Advantage's
Expansion of Document Review Service Offerings
Bethesda, MD- Legal Advantage, LLC announces the addition of Louis ("Lou") A.
Charest to its management team to focus on further developing document review
services. In this senior business development role, Mr. Charest adds to Legal
Advantage's mission of providing timely and affordable document review services to
law firms and corporations throughout the domestic and international markets.
Lou Charest is a nationally recognized sales executive with over 25 years of
professional leadership experience in the legal support industry. Prior to joining
Legal Advantage, he co-founded Recordtrak, a record retrieval company that pioneered
a cost containment strategy for mass tort litigation and insurance record
procurement, which generated in excess of $250 million in revenue. As Executive
Vice President of Recordtrak, Lou executed sales agreements with Fortune 500
companies as well as the nation\'s top Am Law 100 firms. He oversaw Recordtrak\'s
nationwide expansion into Texas and California that produced $10 million in sales
revenue per annum. Most recently he served as a Senior Consultant for Medical Copy
Service and Medical Research Consultants. His three decades of senior management
experience, proven sales methodologies, and entrepreneurial vision have resulted in
transformative growth for the legal support industry.
"I have had the great privilege of working with some of the leading law firms and
corporations on large-scale litigation support projects including document review,
document coding and other discovery services. My role with Legal Advantage is truly
a great fit given the company's commitment to providing the highest level of quality
and value for document review services," said Lou Charest.
"We were looking for a business development executive with world-class skills who
can lead our accelerated growth in document review. Lou's track record of success
with almost every AmLaw100 firm for litigation support business gives us the senior
leadership experience that we were seeking. We are pleased to welcome Lou to our
growing team," said Mirza Baig, CEO of Legal Advantage.
"We are uniquely situated to provide the highest level of quality legal support and
with Lou's addition we will be able to further emphasize that message with the rest
of the industry. From the very beginning, we have focused on foundational level
training of at least 500 plus hours for our legal associates, state-of-the-art
facilities, secure and trusted delivery mechanisms, and a holistic approach to
engagement management with local delivery capability. This has enabled us to
distinguish ourselves on quality, efficiency, and service" said Ashar Akhtar,
Managing Attorney of Operations.
Managed by experienced US-licensed attorneys, Legal Advantage maintains a staff of
over 35 permanent full-time professional legal associates with extensive experience
in document review. Every legal associate undergoes an intensive training program
on American jurisprudence and is continuously evaluated for advanced comprehension,
accuracy, and productivity. With expertise in subject matter coding, substantive
privilege coding, deposition summarization, and dedicated first- and second-level
quality control teams, Legal Advantage provides comprehensive document review
capabilities with unparalleled turnaround times. Currently Legal Advantage has
about 150 full time employees with about 80 staff members devoted to intellectual
property prior art search, patent design, and patent illustration services. Legal
Advantage plans to add an additional 100 full time legal associates by the end of
the year.

About Legal Advantage

Legal Advantage, LLC is a leading provider of cost-effective legal support services.
Our document review, patent illustration, trial graphics/animation, patent
proofreading, and immigration application processing service offerings enable law
firms and corporations to work more efficiently and effectively. To date, we have
successfully completed over 15,000 projects for law firms and corporations
throughout the United States and abroad.


Web Site: http://www.legaladvantage.net

Contact Details: 4330 East West Hwy, Suite 304
Bethesda, MD 20814
Ph: (301) 637-6180
Fax: (301) 637-6199