MWAccel, a professional services arm of McGuireWoods and McGuireWoods Consulting, appreciates the increased focus on the operations of legal departments. Building out these operational capabilities is a growing priority, as legal teams support the dynamic needs of the businesses in which they operate. MWAccel provides customized legal operations consulting services to help clients strategize and address their highest priorities. Services include:
MWAccel analyzes large quantities of data and employs techniques to drive innovation. Leveraging the skills of data scientists, engineers and analysts, the MWAccel team serves as consultants for legal matters by helping uncover answers to commonly asked questions such as:
Using cutting-edge technology, MWAccel can build applications so attorneys can run scenarios for clients, using a set of assumptions or parameters that illustrate legal risk.
MWAccel also works with client legal departments to assist them in data-related efforts such as analyzing legal spend, management reporting and assessing litigation risk across portfolios. The MWAccel team has worked with multiple Fortune 500 firm clients. Services include:
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TOM TRUJILLODIRECTOR, MWACCEL |
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CARTER AREY
INNOVATION LEADER, MWACCEL |
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CAITLIN PARKERSENIOR LEGAL OPERATIONS SPECIALIST
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MANAN VORADIRECTOR, |
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JONATHAN SCHEERDATA ENGINEER |
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To help a client with law firm panel convergence decisions, developed a legal spend dashboard comparing year-over-year billings and area of usage by firm as well as firms’ staffing details side-by-side.
Helped a client’s legal ops team improve the productivity of their lean commercial team by diagnosing capacity problems and creating solutions that improved processes, better aligned tasks with the right resources, and leveraged technology. Helped the client develop and roll out a project management plan to guide the team through their execution of the solutions.
Worked with a client’s legal ops team to develop their strategic vision and updated their legal ops job descriptions to support this vision.
In its 2022 North America Innovative Lawyers Report, Financial Times shortlisted MWAccel in the New Services Category, lauding the team as a “standout” for its novel approach providing customized solutions to enhance corporate law departments’ in-house operations and align their departments with internal business clients. A collaboration between McGuireWoods and affiliate McGuireWoods Consulting, MWAccel leverages the skills and combined knowledge of lawyers, consultants and data scientists to help client legal departments develop business solutions across legal operations.