FAQ

We have compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions about our Baer Reed legal process outsourcing services. If you would like additional information on any of these topics or our services, contact us today.

What is Baer Reed?

Baer Reed is a boutique legal process outsourcer (“LPO”) specializing in document review and legal support services. It was founded by former attorneys from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and DLA Piper to address the need for lower-cost legal support services performed at U.S. standards.

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Legal Research

Our Services

At Baer Reed, we are adept at providing quality and efficient legal research solutions to our clients. The expert research attorneys at Baer Reed offer a wide range of legal research services to support both in-house counsel and law firms save time and reduce costs on lengthy requirements. We handle a wide range of requests that include short turnaround times and in-depth case analysis. And the similarity between the U.S. and Philippines legal systems makes Baer Reed attorneys uniquely qualified to help with all your legal research needs.

We have various in-house research tools and databases to aid in collecting accurate and up-to-date data on regulations, compliance issues, statutes, and more. This includes the requirements of both domestic and international law. We can provide current awareness services, summarizing recent cases in a particular area of law (including summaries of significant court decisions). Baer Reed also provides medical records research, offering comprehensive research on medical malpractice, workers’ compensation, and negligence.

Some legal research services we offer:

Multi-Jurisdictional Surveys

  • Both U.S. 50-state and International

Compliance Issue Surveys

Case Law Research

Document Summaries

Comparison Charts (e.g. federal v. state laws)

Updating/Tracking of State Executive Orders

Current Awareness Services

Medical Records Research

Comprehensive Review and Analysis of:

  • Court Documents and Filings
  • SEC Filings (U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC))
  • SEDAR Filings (Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA))
  • State and Local Commission Filings

Regulatory Research

Public Records Review and Analysis

Document Retrieval Services

At the start of a legal research matter, a litigation/internal investigation, or various types of internal workflow processes, document retrieval is often required to obtain all relevant documents through various sources. This can be an enormous task requiring a great deal of time and resources to gather everything necessary as efficiently as possible. Baer Reed helps clients overcome the challenges presented by these situations.

Baer Reed document retrieval team can identify the information that needs to be retrieved, find the appropriate sources, review and extract the information, and compile the information as needed – including getting the information to the final form requested by the client, inputting it into a database, transmitting it to the client, and/or creating summaries or reports.

Baer Reed handles a wide variety of retrieval needs, including performing retrieval tasks related to:

Federal and state statutes and municipal codes

Federal and state cases and case citations using a variety of different case law databases

Legislation tracking

Court dockets and case filings

SEC filings

Patent and trademark filings

Other federal and state agency filings

Real estate documents, such as title orders and tax filings

Professional journal articles, including legal, medical, and technical journal articles

Legal practice guidance content

News articles - current and past

FERC and energy-related filings

Oil and gas leases from federal and state databases

Utilities databases

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