By
Rebecca Rudell

Avalon is pleased to announce the appointment of Anthony Quartaro as our chief financial officer (CFO). With over 17 years of experience in finance and accounting, including over a decade of leadership at Sutherland and a strong background in both private and public accounting, Anthony will play a key role in driving our financial strategy and operational growth.

The human, “eyes on documents,” part of discovery is by far the costliest. But you can save your attorneys time – and your clients money – by using Avalon’s contract attorneys, from project planning to completion. Since our reviewers’ billing rate is a fraction of the cost of a typical in-house case team, your firm can save thousands – or even hundreds of thousands – of dollars per project.

Avalon is proud to announce that we were voted “Best eDiscovery Provider” by readers of the Rochester Business Journal again in 2022! The Rochester Business Journal Reader Rankings celebrate and recognize the best the community has to offer, and our team is proud to be recognized for this award.

Legal teams are often frustrated with the investments and expenses associated with their eDiscovery needs, whether their support is internal or outsourced. The continued investments in the latest technology, training of staff, and expensive infrastructure are at odds with the desire for dedicated services at a predictable cost.

"Before RSMF, it was a complete nightmare,” said Scott Huter, Avalon’s Regional Director of Enterprise Sales, about exporting data from mobile devices, Slack, and other non-traditional platforms prior to Relativity’s revolutionary solution. “Clients were looking at spreadsheets, trying to hyperlink to pictures and attachments, and trying to produce all or some of it. This type of data just didn’t...

Our own National Director of Discovery Engineering, Drew Goletz, was a guest on Robert Rounsavall’s SynAckFinAck Podcast, which features tech and security professionals from a variety of industries.

The world of eDiscovery definitely has a language all its own. Here’s a list of terms to help you get more familiar with the industry, learn a new phrase or two, and maybe even find a few gems for your next Scrabble game.

In the first few months of 2020, Zoom usage has skyrocketed. Daily downloads in January were 56,000. In March, that number rose to 2.13 million. Families and friends use it to catch up and check in on each other. Businesses utilize it for remote meetings and to instill a sense of culture and camaraderie. Even law firms have found Zoom to be a useful tool for consulting with clients, as well as...

Legal professionals are working harder than ever in our new “business as unusual” environment during the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s more stress, heightened inconvenience, and fewer funds to do more jobs.

Saving money is great. Cutting corners is not. And that’s exactly what self-collection is: cutting corners. It’s a bad practice with potentially devastating consequences for your client.