The anti-technology litigator is your litigation team’s secret weapon. True, we have seen the warnings that litigators will soon become extinct unless they become tech-savvy. Yes, clients’ efficiency demands and ethical dictate require lawyers to evolve and adapt to changing technologies. But it is equally true that application of technology to discovery and trial preparation must be driven by good old-fashioned case management strategy.
Today, however, litigation teams face a crushing volume of discovery data and related technologically driven issues from the outset of the case. Before the Information Age, litigation teams routinely held a case kickoff meeting to review the elements of each cause of action, the affirmative defenses, the facts in dispute and necessary legal research.
