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SeyfarthLean Client Solutions Group (CSG)
Innovative, Client-facing Staffing to Meet Current and Emerging Legal Engagement Needs
Our SeyfarthLean journey
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CSG formation driven by the need to tightly couple other areas of expertise with traditional legal skills
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Legal
Project
Management
Office
Legal
Technology Innovations
Office
SeyfarthLean Client Solutions Group Overview
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• Technology solutions through the lifecycle of litigation
• Efficiencies and cost savings gained through robust technology coupled with custom workflows
• Staffed by non-practicing attorneys,
former paralegals and legal technologists
• Enables attorneys to better organize,
track, connect, analyze and report case data and collaborate with clients in doing so
• Enable innovative practice approaches through technology and knowledge solutions
• Focus on enhancing the client experience
• Bring legal technology professionals closer to legal services delivery
• Staffed by technologists who are also trained attorneys
• Largest client-facing group of project managers in legal industry (18 currently)
• Team with attorneys to ensure the efficient and effective delivery of quality legal services
• Combine project management expertise, Lean Six Sigma training, process improvement focus and technological acumen to build and deliver the best solution to meet client requirements
Enable innovative practice approaches Focus on enhancing the client experience Bring legal technologists and other professionals closer to the Firm’s core
business
Legal Technology & Knowledge Solutions
Conjoined LTIO and LPMO
Pitch Response and Early Client Discussions
Legal Project Manager(s)
Legal Solutions Architect(s)
Execution Strategy, Planning, Tool Section
Engagement Launch
Engagement Timeline
Execution Success (in the eyes of our
clients)
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Legal Technology Innovations Office Project Mix - 2013
60%3%
18%49%
20%3%
2%45%
Client-focused Internally-focused
Mac
roM
icro
Current Mix of Projects
Project Mix of Previous KM Group
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• Client A ► Transaction Solutions Center, Project Management, Survey Center, SeyfarthLink
• Client B► SeyfarthLink, Portfolio Management Databases, Performance Metrics/Reports, Process
Mapping, Watch Notice Generator, Budget to Actual Financial Daily Reports, Project Management, Monthly Report Outs, Six Sigma Problem Solving Tools, Lessons Learned
• Client C ► ERISA Litigation, Real Estate: SeyfarthLink, Portfolio Management Databases, Document
Repository, Process Mapping, Matter Management Reports
• Client D ► Process Mapping, SeyfarthLink, Project Management, Counseling Log, Charge Tracker, Survey
Center, Quarterly Report Outs
• Client E ► Joint Counsel Collaboration, Joint Process Mapping with Client & Other Outside Counsel,
Project Management, Immigration System, Document Assembly Tool, SeyfarthLink
• Client F ► Joint Process Mapping, Force Field Analysis, Root Cause (y=f(x)), Project Management
Customized Solutions Underpin Our Engagements Based upon CSG Insights and Client Needs
Impact by the Numbers
Number of Clients Served
by CSG
Number of In-person Client
Pitches Attended
Clients Using Client
Collaboration Platform
Change in Total CSG Staff Since
Launch
> 500 23 > 300 +42%Revenue of
Engagements Managed by
LPMO
Total CSG Time Billed to Clients
Percent of CSG Billings Written
Off By Client
Change in Billable Time 2012 vs. 2013
> $55 Million
> $2 Million 1.5% +32%
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Key Metrics during InnovAction Award Reporting Period Ending 2013
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Sample Solution: Mobile Trademark Watch App
Seyfarth Enters TM Watch Information
Client Receives Mobile Watch Notice and Makes Business
Decision
Client Decisions Captured in a Database
for Future Use
Sample Solution: In-house Panel Reduction and Rationalization Model
• Analytical framework to help a client converge outside counsel from 1,000 to 250
• Created custom application within Excel driven by complex algorithm
• Allows in-house counsel to compare and select of firm based on specific criteria
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