Law Technology

Jeff Riffer, senior litigation partner in the law firm of Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro in Los Angeles, CA, discusses why and how he uses Microsoft's OneNote^TM software for day-to-day litigation.

In looking for software to help him win cases, he originally wanted software that would help him organize facts and data he obtained during the progression of the lawsuit, software that would be learned easily, and software that would be easy to use.

As litigation unfolds, attorneys learn many disparate facts; they don?t always know if the facts will be important during trial or even how they may be connected to other parts of the case. Thus, the software must be capable of collecting the information and then searchable later when the entire picture comes into keener focus.

In other words, the process is analogous to the collection of pieces of paper with notes scribbled on them. However, with many pieces of paper, especially in cases with many documents, organization is often difficult. With Microsoft's OneNote^TM, this process became much easier for Jeff.

In this interview, (runs 22 minutes, 45 seconds) Jeff Riffer talks about OneNote^TM and how he uses the software.

SOURCE: LawBiz.com