Law Firm Employment Spend Reduced by 55% for Software Company

Challenge

A lean legal team for an online software marketplace struggles to keep up with rapid business growth. Relying on elite law firms for litigation and employment matters causes department spend to quickly grow out of hand. However, they don't have enough work to commit to a full-time hire.

Approach

Although litigation claims arise infrequently, the company’s law firm rates make it nearly cost-prohibitive to fight back. After a sequence of expensive law firm bills, the General Counsel (GC) visits Axiom’s website to explore a lower cost solution.

She clicks into Access Legal Talent, their online lawyer marketplace, and searches for US employment lawyers with software experience, litigation backgrounds, and 12-15 years of experience. Instantly, she discovers 3 top attorneys, one of whom she knows from her prior tenure at an AmLaw 10 firm.

Impact 

• Axiom attorney pays for himself in no time, reduces their first litigation settlement from $250,000 to $15,000
• Axiom attorney works hand in hand with the HR team to walk through each claim and produce cohesive business-oriented guidance
• Axiom attorney counsels on performance improvement plans and terminations, drafts collection letter templates, and updates state-by-state disclosures in employee handbooks