Case Study: Knight Oil Tools achieves centralized, customizable case management and smoother merger integration with Thomson Reuters Elite ProLaw

Restructuring Case Management From The Ground Up With Prolaw

Knight Oil Tools, the world’s largest privately held rental and fishing tool company, faced a critical restructuring moment in 2017 amid bankruptcy and an upcoming merger. With no formal case-management system, legal files lived in scattered silos with inconsistent naming, making it nearly impossible for newly hired General Counsel Cole Griffin to triage the department and support merger due diligence quickly.

Griffin implemented Thomson Reuters Elite ProLaw, building a centralized database with custom tabs and queries to track contracts, a 150‑vehicle fleet, safety incidents, and calendaring. The system eliminated spreadsheet-driven risk, enabled same‑day responses during the merger, improved cross‑department collaboration, and delivered business intelligence and deadline tracking that dramatically reduced chaos and operational risk.

Knight Oil Tools

Cole Griffin

General Counsel