
Guidette being interviewed live at ILTA
“Productivity” is the buzz word in the legal industry this year. Allison Guidette, vice president and general manager of Litigation for West, thinks this has a lot to do with the current state of the economy. “There is a lot of pressure on costs, and all law firms are trying to figure out how they can do more with less,” Guidette said in an interview with Shy Alter from ii3 Inc. filmed at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) annual meeting in August.
Guidette commented on how productivity can affect the top and bottom line for firms. “Productivity is about delivering client value,” she said. “Attorneys can impact the bottom line by helping to deliver more for less cost. And if you can deliver a better product to the client and drive further business, you drive up the top line.”
According to Guidette, one of the ways firms can get the most return is by managing the flow of information with tools that integrate with each other – like West Case Notebook and West LiveNote. These tools allow firms to integrate case analysis with legal research – making the flow of information easy to manage, and allowing for greater efficiency.