InterLegis Adds Industry Veteran to Executive Management Team

Hope Swancy-Haslam named Chief Operating Officer.

2012-12-18

DALLAS, TX, December 18, 2012 (Press-News.org) InterLegis, a provider of litigation electronic discovery technology and services, announces the addition of Hope Swancy-Haslam as the company's Chief Operating Officer.

In her role as C.O.O., Ms. Swancy-Haslam will contribute to the sales, marketing, client services, technology development, and thought leadership of the company and its flagship product, Discovery360TM. A veteran of over 20 years in the legal industry, she brings a wide range of expertise spanning legal publishing, forensics and advanced e-Discovery technology consulting. She is considered an expert on technology-assisted e-Discovery workflow, and frequently writes and speaks about advanced searching, Big Data technologies, and cloud hosting topics.

"We are very excited to welcome Hope to our team," said Kevin Carr, President of InterLegis. "She is a great addition to our team. Her reputation in our industry is stellar, and her technological expertise and leadership will further improve the value Discovery360 offers our clients."

In addition to Ms. Swancy-Haslam, InterLegis also recently expanded the company's sales and project management staff.

For more information on InterLegis' e-Discovery solutions, contact info@interlegis.com or visit www.interlegis.com.

InterLegis, founded in 1998 and based in Dallas, offers a wide range of e-discovery technologies in a single end-to-end application: Discovery360 . Discovery360 is offered as either a software license or an outsourced service, and guides legal teams through the eDiscovery process from early case assessment, culling, data processing, review and production. Its powerful analytic technologies provide a complete view of all documents based on document attributes such as text, concepts and metadata.

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