Experienced Professionals
BDO has significant experience providing expert testimony, as well as presenting before regulatory and governmental bodies in a concise, relatable manner. Our experienced professionals are supported by multidisciplinary teams that bring a deep understanding of the complexities of data, technology, business operations, and evidentiary procedure to every engagement. Our in-house professionals include:
- Certified e-discovery professionals
- Certified digital forensics examiners
- Certified investigative analytics professionals
- Database professionals
- Software developers and programmers
- AI and machine learning professionals
- Former members of law enforcement and government agencies
- Fraud examiners
- Forensic accountants
We use advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to identify patterns, anomalies, connections, and red flags in broad data sets. Our team brings deep experience in cross-border investigations, monitorships related to bribery and corruption, export controls, financial crime, fraud, and internal investigations.
Working hand in hand with BDO’s forensic accounting professionals, we help clients:
- Detect, investigate and remediate fraudulent activity
- Quantify risks and potential liabilities
- Automate threat monitoring and compliance processes
- Respond to litigation and regulatory inquiries
- Mitigate legal and compliance risks
BDO provides support across the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), helping clients to streamline large, data-intensive investigations and litigation. We leverage sophisticated and defensible analytics capabilities to quickly identify relevant materials, weed out the non-relevant materials, reduce review populations, improve e-discovery review efficiency, and provide transparency throughout the entire process.
We focus on:
Pre-Collection Analytics
- Source analysis
- Data identification
- Data segregation
- Targeted collections
Pre-Review Analytics
- Near-duplicate identification
- Email threading
- Keyword evaluation
- Data prioritization
- Completeness analytics
Review Analytics
- Concept analysis
- Clustering
- Communications analysis
- Categorization
- Predictive coding
- Review ordering
- Third-party production analytics
Post-Review Analytics
- Defensible sampling
- Quality checks
- Privilege confirmation and consistency analytics
- Redaction validation
- Production reporting
- Recall validation
Harness Your Data with Athenagy™
Exclusive to BDO Managed Services clients, Athenagy is our proprietary business intelligence platform that provides real transparency and critical insights into data across the entire litigation lifecycle.
Benefits include:
Transparency in the Data Lifecycle
Rich detailed analytics in every aspect of a matter – from legal hold all the way through production.
Data Utilization
Detailed information about the client’s usage against the storage capacity.
Ticketing Trend Analysis
Detailed analytics around who is submitting tickets, the number of tickets by matter, the categories of tickets being entered, and the responsiveness to each.
Trends on Systems Performance
Transparency around system level information in Relativity.
Serving as an extension of your team, we go beyond hosting your data to help you solve real business challenges and achieve your strategic goals. We provide added value through:
- Athenagy™, our exclusive business intelligence dashboard platform
- A dedicated Managed Services implementation team
- Audio and video transcriptions and redactions, language translations, web and social media collection
- Advanced analytics and managed review capabilities
BDO helps organizations across the U.S. and around the world more quickly digest, assess, and use their data in matters involving large data sets, disparate information and complex issues. We efficiently and visually transform data and information into meaningful findings — regardless of volume, complexity, format or location.
When required, we also provide oral or written testimony, and serve as independent reviewers of data and technology-related issues.
- Identifying the cause of the breach
- Determining the extent of the breach
- Recovering lost or damaged data
- Assisting with legal proceedings
Our Legal Operations Team helps you transform your legal operations to run like a business. We offer innovative and efficient strategies to maximize productivity, maintain compliance, and reduce both risks and costs by enhancing your existing routines and practices. Our professionals have legal and operational backgrounds, with extensive experience in law firms, in-house legal departments, federal agencies, and legal technology product design. We understand the challenges facing legal teams and customize solutions to address those challenges. We help you navigate complexity with clarity and consistency. We support your success by safeguarding your interests and helping you foster effective legal outcomes.
Legal Operations Service Offerings:
- Process/Activity Mapping
- Outside Counsel Management/Selection
- Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs)
- Metrics/KPIs
- Information/Data Governance
- Knowledge Management (KM)/Collaboration
- Legal Technology Roadmaps
- Litigation and Dispute Portfolio Management
Forensics & Investigations Insights
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BDO's Legal Tech Talk Podcast
Legal technology is constantly evolving and improving. Lawyers, law firms, and technology professionals in legal departments need to understand the latest developments so they can do their work more efficiently, accurately, and cost-effectively. Legal technology can help them automate mundane tasks and free up time for more strategic work, enabling them to focus on providing the highest quality services while increasing their profitability.
BDO’s Legal Tech Talk is a podcast hosted by Jared Crafton, BDO’s Forensic Technology Practice Leader, and Daniel Gold, Managing Director of BDO’s E-Discovery Managed Services. They are joined by judges and legal professionals for exciting discussions on the use of technology in the legal industry.
