Legal Commentary

Christopher Sale, the administrator of Alexandria, Va.'s Young & Thompson, was facing a lot of demands. The patent firm, with 15 attorneys, three patent agents, and 20 paralegals, was geographically dispersed, and growing along with its client base that was now demanding digital communication and efficiencies. Firm managers were hounding Sale for more transparent workflow. And the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office had escalated the use of digital filings, asking for almost all documents in electronic formats.

It was time to go digital. So Sale and three senior paralegals (Annette Skaltsounis, Joy Withorn, and Lauren Terry) began the search that ultimately led the firm to adopt First to File's Electronic File Room, and its Workflow Management Module. Learn how they made the $150,000 decision to go digital, and how they got a 200% return on investment in the first year, in the July issue of Law Technology News.