Case Study: Dickinson Wright modernizes records retention with Access Unify Lifecycle

Dickinson Wright modernizes retention records and cleans up 40 years of paper files with Access

Dickinson Wright, a full-service law firm with over 500 attorneys, faced a challenge with its outdated, manually maintained Excel-based records retention schedule. This process was time-consuming, lacked supporting legal citations, and created uncertainty around defensible disposal of records. To modernize its information governance program, the firm turned to vendor Access and its solution, Access Unify | Lifecycle.

Access implemented a centralized, continuously updated retention schedule that included legal citations for every requirement. This solution eliminated the static chart, connected matter codes to retention rules, and provided an authoritative resource for the firm. The results included a more efficient response to business inquiries and the successful cleanup of decades of paper records ahead of an office relocation. Access provided Dickinson Wright with the confidence to make defensible disposition decisions.

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