WHDS includes data analytics and investigations attorneys, discovery attorneys, litigation support coordinators and technologists who collaborate to achieve the best results for our clients. Our services offer multiple advantages:

• Faster identification of key documents
• Application of clients’ best practices on every matter
• Robust data security practices to ensure our clients’ data is handled with the utmost care
• Internal management of data analysis and document reviews, ranging in size from gigabytes to terabytes
• Defensible and tested workflows for processing, reviewing and producing data using the capabilities of various discovery platforms
• Competitive, simple and predictable pricing
• A strong platform (DISCO) designed to enhance fact discovery and drive down document review costs

Methodology

Our Smarter Discovery methodology enables WHDS to use various technologies to streamline the discovery process through every phase of the matter. Smarter Discovery utilizes technology to enhance fact development and lower discovery costs, enabling us to:

• Collaborate with clients to scope matters and develop discovery plans
• Analyze data sources to prioritize review populations and reduce volume
• Leverage AI and automated workflows to optimize review efficiency
• Enhance defensibility and quality while reducing risk
• Use reporting and metrics analysis to manage matter budgets and deadlines

WHDS offers a tailored approach to managing data in connection with our clients’ legal engagements with the firm, providing everything from strategic and technical advice to discovery services. Our professionals include:

Data Analytics and Investigations Attorneys 
Our data analytics and investigations attorneys consult and coordinate to implement best practices when managing client data, from the document preservation and collection phase through processing, review, analysis, production, and presentation. They manage data in discovery, deploy procedures and tools to securely handle protected data, drive compliance with client discovery protocols, and design workflows and quality control processes, leveraging technology-assisted review and artificial intelligence to minimize human review whenever appropriate and possible, while enabling the identification of key documents early on.

Senior Discovery Attorneys
WilmerHale’s senior discovery attorneys manage document review workflow and execution performed both by firm attorneys and vendor-sourced external contract reviewers. They conduct advanced database searching and analysis, implement quality control and pre-production processes, and deliver other advanced document review services. 

Discovery Attorneys
Our WHDS discovery attorneys perform high quality, cost-effective document review—1st Level, 2nd Level, QC and advanced privilege—applying redactions for protected data such as privileged material and PSI, preparing logs of redacted and withheld documents, assisting with fact development, and drafting document summaries and chronologies.

Litigation Support 
Our litigation support professionals provide consulting, project management and specialized data services related to the technical aspects of discovery. Whether utilizing our DISCO platform or engaging with an external service provider, they deliver tailored technical solutions that promote efficiency and quality throughout the matter lifecycle, helping to navigate strategic decision points, assessing the latest technology available to handle novel and emerging data types and sources, mitigating technical risk, maintaining data integrity and security, and implementing technical quality control processes and data production specifications. 

WHDS Technology Group 
The WHDS Technology Group includes technical service engineers and processing specialists who collaborate with our litigation support team and are responsible for processing data into our DISCO platform, performing data remediation and metadata overlays, managing database access and security permissions, ensuring optimal database performance, testing and implementing application upgrades, and monitoring adherence to internal service-level agreements and best practices. WHDS Technology team members also conduct analysis of structured and unstructured data, and they develop and deploy custom scripts to parse data and automate otherwise manual tasks.

What are the benefits of WilmerHale DiscoverySolutions?
Clients whose legal matters involve electronic data expect to receive the highest-quality discovery services in a predictable and cost-effective manner. Our dedicated WHDS attorneys and technical litigation support professionals  apply our Smarter Discovery methodology to drive strategy, efficiency and accuracy  in our client representations. WHDS is integrated across our practice areas to promote timely and effective communication, knowledge sharing, and efficiency gains from prior experience, as well as continuity and accountability through the matter lifecycle. Our experience, collegiality and established reputation for innovation and quality enable WHDS to attract and retain top legal and technical talent in the discovery industry to the advantage of our clients.

Which discovery platform(s) does WilmerHale use?
WHDS regularly uses DISCO, an innovative discovery platform that is efficient, effective and intuitively designed. DISCO also provides robust data security, consistent with WilmerHale’s expectations and those of our clients.  WHDS also has extensive experience working with many other discovery platforms hosted by external service providers and clients. 

What are the benefits of using WilmerHale’s in-house platform?
We use DISCO, a next-generation analysis and review technology platform to find important documents faster, reducing the duration and cost of document review. WHDS leverages DISCO’s predictive coding to design AI workflows which may include concept grouping and intelligent batching to give our attorneys a firm grasp of the relevant subject matter early in the review cycle. 

WilmerHale and DISCO offer:

• Custom-designed platform capabilities, developed by WHDS and DISCO and optimized for WilmerHale’s discovery best practices
• Streamlined matter start-up and database initiation 
• Technology-assisted review (TAR) with Continuous Active Learning, which automates and simplifies complex review workflows with minimal time investment
• Simple and effective review management and quality control processes
• An intuitive user interface with customizable views, workflows and security
• Highly trained WHDS professionals with industry-leading insight into how best to implement DISCO’s advanced features and capabilities

How are WHDS services priced?
We are a leading discovery firm not only because of our sophisticated practice and the deep experience of our WHDS attorneys and technical support staff, but also because we offer discovery services at a significantly lower price point than those provided in traditional legal reviews. Professional services provided by our attorneys and/or litigation support are billed at hourly rates or in accordance with an alternative fee arrangement negotiated with the client. Effective matter management ensures costs are monitored proactively and that the right resources are assigned to each task, including utilization of our Dayton-based WHDS discovery attorneys for review management and document review.

Pricing of technical services for use of the DISCO discovery platform is primarily driven by data volume. DISCO technology pricing is simple, predictable and competitive, with options for data processing suitable to matters of all types and sizes. Data volume pricing discounts are available for large matters. Certain specialized technical services are billed at hourly rates.

WHDS can be engaged as a complete solution or for one or more select professional services in connection with a client representation without utilizing our DISCO discovery platform.