E-Discovery Preprocessor
For litigation firms that want to slash e-discovery costs and win more cases
We build E-Discovery Preprocessor platforms you own and resell to clients.
You're not just selling document review — you're selling intelligence.
E-discovery is expensive, slow, and error-prone
Your clients face massive discovery obligations in litigation:
- •Millions of documents to review before privilege screening
- •$2-5 per document in manual review costs
- •8-12 weeks of timeline before attorneys can even start substantive work
The Cost Problem
Discovery costs consume 50-70% of litigation budgets
The Quality Problem
Contract reviewers miss privileged docs, exposing clients to risk
The Competitive Problem
BigLaw firms offer "AI-powered discovery" — you don't
An E-Discovery Preprocessor you own and resell
Apparatus builds a white-label preprocessing platform that handles the heavy lifting before human review.
What it does:
Document clustering
Groups similar documents (email threads, duplicate files) to reduce review volume by 40-60%
Privilege detection
Flags attorney-client communications for human privilege review (99%+ recall)
Timeline generation
Auto-builds chronologies from emails, calendar entries, and documents
Key player identification
Maps communication networks to identify custodians and decision-makers
How It Changes Your Business
Before Apparatus
Discovery Cost:
$2.5M for 500k documents @ $5/doc (all manual review)
Timeline:
12 weeks before substantive work can begin
Pitch:
"We have experienced litigation attorneys"
After Apparatus
Discovery Cost:
$250k platform preprocessing + $750k targeted review = $1M total
60% cost savings for client
Timeline:
3 weeks to key documents identified
Pitch:
"We're the only firm with proprietary AI discovery technology"
Mid-Market Litigation Firm (60 attorneys)
Challenge
Losing complex cases to firms offering "AI-powered discovery." Clients demanding cost certainty and speed.
Solution
We built a preprocessing platform trained on the firm's 15 years of discovery work. Handles clustering, privilege screening, timeline generation.
Timeline
18 weeks from kickoff to first case deployment
Results:
- ✓Won $15M bet-the-company case specifically citing discovery tech capability
- ✓Reduced client discovery costs by 55% on average across 8 cases
- ✓Generated $2.8M in platform fees (Year 1 across cases)
- ✓Zero privilege breaches — 99.8% recall rate validated by third-party audit
"This changed our competitive position overnight. We're now winning cases against AmLaw 100 firms because we can deliver better outcomes at half the discovery cost."— Litigation Partner
Pricing
Implementation
- ✓Custom preprocessing platform
- ✓Privilege detection model trained on your cases
- ✓Integration with Relativity, Everlaw, or your review platform
- ✓White-label delivery
- ✓You own the code
Ongoing (Choose One)
Option A: Annual License
Platform updates, support, cloud hosting
Option B: Per-Case Fee
of what you charge clients for platform preprocessing
Example: You charge $500k, we get $100k
Ready to build your E-Discovery Preprocessor?
Book a 30-minute discovery call to discuss your litigation practice and case types.
Book Discovery CallOr email us: hello@apparatus.co