From Discovery to Deposition: A User Success Story

From Discovery to Deposition: A User Success Story

Anyone who's done document review knows the problem: critical evidence often hides in plain sight. What seemed irrelevant during first-pass review becomes crucial once your case strategy develops.

An attorney recently shared how Fileread helped her spot these connections across several complex cases.

Finding the Smoking Gun

In a complex commercial dispute, the attorney uncovered a document that became a key deposition exhibit, despite it not being marked as "hot" during first-level review. "When you're doing first-level document review, you don't always have your factual narrative fully mapped out," she explains. "When new facts come to light later, you have to go back and look at documents that may not have jumped out to reviewers."

Fileread's targeted factual inquiry capabilities allowed her to surface crucial evidence during deposition preparation, when traditional keyword searches might have fallen short.

Connecting the Dots

In another instance, Fileread helped identify a custodian's role based only on a first name.. Fileread quickly surfaced the relevant information, helping her "prioritize what to review and piece together the story faster.

This detective work, which consists of connecting fragmented information across documents to piece together the story, turns hours of manual correlation into minutes of targeted research.

Interview Memo Research

Interview memos often form the basis of attorneys' factual knowledge before document discovery starts, as legal teams reference them repeatedly. "We go back to interview memos again and again," she notes. "They're often the source of someone saying 'I KNOW that fact is true - someone said it in an interview.'"

Fileread saved approximately 20 minutes of search time by quickly locating specific information across 12 interview memos, understanding context rather than relying on exact keyword matching.

Text Message Processing

Another instance of time saving came from processing over 4,000 text message screenshots from the opposing counsel. Fileread converted and deduplicated 725 messages that would have taken attorneys 20+ hours to process manually.

Daily Impact

Beyond these wins, the attorney emphasizes Fileread's daily utility: "Lately the biggest value has been the day-to-day stuff; refreshing my memory about factual issues, finding out who someone is, answering quick questions about key events."

These incremental time savings compound into significant productivity gains, freeing attorneys to focus on higher-level legal strategy and client service.