Orrick Analytics

Orrick Analytics is a team of lawyers, statisticians and other professionals that uses state-of-the-art technology and probability modeling in data and document-heavy engagements.

The type of work ranges from massive document reviews in litigation to large-scale contract reviews and other due diligence.

The Analytics team’s mission is straightforward: enhance speed and accuracy of document review; generate insights specific to the engagement; and reduce our clients’ costs.

Our Analytics team operates from our Global Operations & Innovation Center in West Virginia. Unlike Legal Process Outsourcers (LPOs), our in-house team model offers the benefits of full integration with the litigation and transactional lawyers leading the engagement. Working together on a regular basis ensures that the culling of data from documents is performed with the utmost care, and the purpose of the review always remains at the forefront.

Our sophisticated search and technology strategies result in measurable client savings. In the litigation context, culling data reduces the volume of documents to be reviewed by attorneys by an average of 96.7 percent. This saves our clients an average of $58,000 per matter. Equivalent savings are reflected in our transactional work. Applying our analytics tools to a recent due diligence review for a major software company that was contemplating an acquisition reduced lawyer time on the engagement by 60 percent.

We complete hundreds of litigation-related projects every year, including document productions, deposition preparation, matter chronologies and damage analyses. In addition to conducting document review, our Analytics lawyers are experienced in managing Technology Assisted Review (TAR) workflows.

In the transactional context, we support due diligence reviews for mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions, portfolio acquisitions, compliance projects, and real estate transactions. We also use our analytics model in connection with asset valuations, consumer mortgage loan assessments and contract analyses.

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A Record of Success

Specific recent highlights include:
- In a DOJ Second Request for an industry leader, we culled data by 88 percent, saving our client $2.5 million in document review costs.
- We reviewed over 700 documents for a renewable energy company engaged in an acquisition for almost half the cost of a traditional diligence review.
- We analyzed more than 5,000 personnel records for a Fortune 100 retailer to assess potential damages in a wage-and-hour class action case alleging more than $500 million in damages.
- We built a matrix report for a leading financial services group to assess risk in hundreds of loan documents.
- We created a search using English and Japanese search terms and auto-generated translations in preparation of a privilege log for a large corporation.
- We assisted a major financial institution in deciding whether to include more than 800 properties in a real estate investment trust by reviewing deeds, purchase and sale agreements, and title insurance documents.
- We found key provisions in complex credit agreements for an international bank in connection with a due diligence request.

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Wendy Butler Curtis Chief Innovation Officer, eDiscovery & Information Governance, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

Washington, D.C.

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D:+1 202 339 8584
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eDiscovery & Information Governance
Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

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Wendy Butler Curtis Chief Innovation Officer

Washington, D.C.

Named the "Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year" by Financial Times in 2018, Wendy is celebrated by clients for her “fresh thinking, legal nuance and practical understanding of the courts.” FT editors noted that “rarely have our panel of judges so quickly homed in on a top candidate for innovative individual.” As Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer, Wendy leads Orrick’s efforts to operationalize innovation through novel products, streamlined processes, technology and client consulting on tailored solutions. These efforts have contributed to Orrick being named the Most Innovative Law Firm in North America by the Financial Times from 2016-2018 and seven consecutive years being in the top 3. In 2018, The American Lawyer also honored Orrick with its first-ever Legal Services Innovation Award.

Wendy leads an innovation team of lawyers, technologists, developers, project managers and business professionals. FT notes that Wendy “understand[s] the diversity of roles that make a team great” and has “introduce[ed] many new technologies and delivery models that have transformed the way the firm operates and works with clients.” She is also recognized by Chambers as a leading individual, nationally, in the area of eDiscovery. Wendy is the chair of Orrick’s eDiscovery and Information Governance Group. She has been engaged by Fortune 100 companies and major financial institutions to create and deploy eDiscovery and records management programs. Wendy has substantial experience in pharmaceutical, product liability and class action litigation. Her litigation experience includes multiple trials, supervision of regional and local counsel, management of complex discovery and meet-and-confer negotiations.

Daryl E. Shetterly Managing Director Orrick Analytics

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

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Daryl E. Shetterly Managing Director Orrick Analytics

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

Daryl manages a team of 40+ tech-savvy attorneys, 100+ contract attorneys, analysts that handle project management, perform big data analysis and statistical modeling, and technologists that build bots, scripts and tools that increase quality and reduce human effort. Daryl’s team designs processes, workflows, templates and document automation used by dedicated project managers to deliver project plans and enable data driven budgeting and decision-making. As an early adopter of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Daryl’s team uses technology to augment due diligence and drafting tasks, TAR and continuous active learning for litigation projects, and advanced tools for concept and sentiment analysis.

Daryl’s mission is straightforward: enhance accuracy, speed and security of scalable legal work, generate insights specific to the engagement and reduce client cost.

Daryl helps administer Orrick's Legal Technology Innovation Initiative.

Prior to joining Orrick, Daryl was a Partner at LeClairRyan in Virginia.