Great Quote On Ediscovery Practice Groups

I really want to blow up this bit of the Grappling with the e-Discovery Monster article and hang it in my office, it says that much!

Others in the industry emphasize that just having an e-dis­covery practice group doesn’t mean that the entire firm has a grasp on e-dis­covery.

“The general goal for firms is to have a standardized approach to handling e-discovery,” says George Socha, an attorney who consults on e-discovery matters. “They don’t just need a practice group, they need every lawyer practicing e-discovery.”

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