Historical Records & Litigation Support Services

Services are structured around the lifecycle of historical records in litigation: planning, identification, and collection through organization, review, methodology documentation, and production readiness.

Service principleThe work is not just finding records. It is building a collection that can be searched, explained, relied on, and defended.

From file identification to production readiness.

A defensible collection usually requires coordinated decisions across several stages, not a single research task in isolation.

The Records Lifecycle in Litigation
01
Planning
Research plan, scope, source priorities
02
Collection
Archive visits, provenance, files database
03
Coding & QA
Protocol, consistency, rolling audits
04
Documentation
Methodology, gaps, chain of custody
05
Production
Readiness review, handoff, defensibility

Common starting points

Laura can enter at the beginning of a records project or review an inherited process before production, dispute, or further analysis.

A litigation file requires historical records that have not yet been collected or organized.
An existing document collection needs structure, coding standards, or QA review.
A team needs historical records located, read, interpreted, and explained.
Production is approaching and the collection methodology has not been documented.
A team has concerns about provenance, gaps, or coding consistency.
An inherited database needs review before it can be relied on.

Ready to discuss your historical records collection?

Book a consultation to discuss the file, the records, the current process, and the next defensible step.