Case Studies

When a large law department wanted to extend its use of contractors beyond in-house projects, we partnered with them to write an agreement that could be used by outside counsel as well. The net result: over $10,000,000 in annual savings. Billing and Quarterly Reporting for this client was customized to track over 100 matters on a weekly basis.

For a Los Angeles-based national firm solely dedicated to litigation, we have provided foreign language contractors for several cases. One matter, an international securities fraud case, lasted over 3 1/2 years for which we provided over 70 contract attorneys/paralegals, including foreign language attorneys fluent in Italian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Hungarian and Romanian. For another patent infringement matter, we placed patent attorneys fluent in Mandarin Chinese.  These attorneys also offered a strong engineering background required for the case.

When a growing company needed more in-house resources to negotiate agreements related to exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas, they called Providus. They were seeking an attorney to step in and help on a contract basis until they could hire a corporate attorney for their growing legal department. Our attorney continued on with the company after the new attorney was hired and was converted to employee status a year later.

The Houston office of one of the ten largest law practices in the world called on us to provide a team of contract attorneys for a project lasting longer than two years. Our attorneys reviewed documents in connection with representation by our client of a major creditor in one of the largest and most highly publicized bankruptcies ever to occur in the United States. Selection of the attorneys for this project included an in-depth screening for all possible conflicts by our client, assisted by our Houston personnel.

The Chicago headquarters of a sizeable international firm contacted our Chicago office to assist them with a massive document review of plaintiffs’ case files in a huge class action lawsuit. The firm was defending a pharmaceutical company in a product liability case. Our contract attorneys reviewed files to assure compliance with the multi-district litigation judge’s discovery orders, particularly in regard to relevant medical records.

A Dallas-based 500 attorney firm with nine offices nationwide engaged a large team of unlicensed law school graduates and paralegals to review and analyze documents in a complex health insurance litigation matter going to arbitration. The team worked around the clock, seven days a week to finish. The case settled one month into the project and part of our team stayed on for the wrap-up of the files.

We provided support to a boutique firm in Chicago in connection with a large piece of energy litigation. Documents were reviewed off-site at a document retrieval warehouse by a team of contractors, the number of contractors fluctuating as the needs of our client dictated. The project continued later at the offices of the firm itself; its successful completion positioned the billing partner for future work with this client.

An Atlanta-based firm contacted our DC office to assist with a regulatory/government contracts investigation. Due to the number of issues, the investigative nature of the review, and the amount of analysis required, the project was unusually complex. As the needs of the project evolved, a Team Leader from Providus was named to handle all administrative details. Providus Team Leaders supervise timekeeping, individual productivity and team productivity, as well as recommend quality control adjustments and handle day-to-day operational issues.

A national law firm headquartered in Chicago called on Providus when it needed help with a large asbestos docket. They were looking for an attorney, who would need little training, to step in and take over files immediately. Our attorney came in with extensive experience in asbestos litigation, including trial preparation and settlement, and preparation of expert witnesses. So pleased with our attorney, within a month, the firm called on our services again to provide an attorney with a chemistry background and patent experience for a short term document review involving patent applications.

For a two Billion dollar privately-held consumer products company, we have provided attorneys and paralegals on a contract and full-time basis. At a time when cost-savings are the impetus to keep as much legal work in-house as possible, this consumer products company has relied on Providus to provide highly-credentialed corporate attorneys on a contract basis while searching for a full-time hire. Additionally, the company has handled document review projects in-house and has hired Providus contract litigators to assist with the review. To manage the fluctuating workload of the company\'s paralegals, Providus has provided both temporary corporate and trademark paralegals to assist with general corporate maintenance and both domestic and foreign trademark prosecution.

For the largest firm based in Los Angeles solely dedicated to litigation, Providus has provided attorney and paralegal contractors for several cases, including: a complex trade secrets matter for a major consumer products company with over 50 contractors (seasoned contract attorneys with a minimum of 5+ years of experience and contract paralegals and JDs) and a patent infringement matter for a major mobile phone provider staffed with 30+ recent law school graduates and over 10 Finnish fluent attorneys and translators in both Los Angeles and New York.

The Houston office of a global oilfield service company with operations in over 90 countries called on us to provide a team of document clerks. Due to extremely tight deadlines, the project was to last approximately one month. The project involved accuracy and attention to detail in that the contractors were comparing lists of companies and persons against lists of restricted parties, and then determining if the entries matched. Selection of the contractors included drug screens and background checks, which had to be completed prior to the start date.

One of the world\'s largest integrated energy companies retained the Houston office to assist them with a Corporate Paralegal position that had been open for over a year. The position was rare as the client was looking for a paralegal that could handle corporate matters and contracts negotiations. A candidate was recruited from an electric company in Houston, but the salary was way above the client\'s budget. After a few days of negotiation, we were able to get the candidate the salary that was requested with an added bonus - a sign on bonus!

In 2008, Providus handled national searches for the placement of the General Counsel of a $1.5 billion subsidiary of a European based consumer products company and the General Counsel of a large security firm.

We were contacted by the Houston office of a Texas based law firm with over 500 attorneys in 10 global offices to provide a team of 25 licensed attorneys with financial experience (several with Spanish fluency to review foreign language documents), an off-site document review location, computers and equipment.  Our attorneys electronically reviewed documents related to a contract dispute underlying bankruptcy meeting the expectations and deadlines of the law firm.  A smaller team of attorneys continued work on the project within the law firm offices.