Case Study: Alston & Bird strengthens employee emergency preparedness with Mitratech Business Continuity Planning

Alston & Bird protects employees across 9 offices with Mitratech

Alston & Bird, a Fortune 500 law firm, faced the complex challenge of creating and managing a comprehensive emergency preparedness strategy across its nine national offices after 9/11. As legal experts, their team was overwhelmed by the endless list of possible regional threats and the need to train employees efficiently while addressing critical concerns for employee and family safety. They turned to Mitratech and its Business Continuity Planning service for a professional solution.

Mitratech provided a complete SaaS platform with expert analysis, regional threat training, and a deep knowledge base of templates and procedures. This allowed Alston & Bird to instantly access reliable information for emerging threats like H1N1 without starting from scratch. The solution enabled efficient crisis team training and company-wide preparedness, ensuring employees had expert guidance on how to react. Mitratech helped the firm demonstrate its commitment to employee welfare while freeing internal resources to focus on core legal competencies.

Alston & Bird, LLP

Cathy Benton

chief human resources officer