Looking Back at Data Quality in the Erin Brockovich Era 30 Years After
By Chantal Williams
It was almost 30 years ago, in the early 1990s, that firms started to digitize their case management. Since then, technology has continued to advance, making running a law firm easier and more efficient for all departments, from legal to accounting to business development. Before we began digitizing data, case management, timekeeping, communicating with clients, and managing data were all done manually. This meant writing down information on hard copies, organizing those papers into file folders, and storing those folders in storage boxes or filing cabinets.