Leading law firm demonstrates commitment to diversity and inclusion by employing CAI Neurodiverse Solutions team
Commitment to integrity beyond the courtroom
Since its founding more than 100 years ago, an American multinational law firm has helped clients with their most complex legal matters. Today, it is recognized around the world for its highly sophisticated work in private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, government disputes, restructurings, and intellectual property. In a field known to be contentious, this law firm fosters a distinctly principled culture. Its belief is simple: invest in the brightest talent and build multidisciplinary teams that draw on the strengths of its employees—diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and skills.
This commitment to integrity goes beyond the courtroom. The Business Intake Team, for example, must reduce the time it takes to open new cases and deals. To do this, the team captures and analyzes vast amounts of publicly available market data. Ensuring the data is current and accurate is a colossal undertaking.
The Data Integrity & Reporting Supervisor for the law firm’s Business Intake and Conflicts Department is responsible for the hundreds of thousands of records captured in the firm’s database. When this supervisor was charged with helping upgrade the database, he understood the magnitude of the job.
“For a major data upgrade project like this, we need a team to find opportunities to improve processes and drive accuracy and efficiency,” the supervisor shares. “The work is technical in nature, using large spreadsheets and software new to the firm, but it is also often tedious and requires scrupulous attention.”
"I look forward to working with this team every day—it’s one of the most meaningful parts of my job. When people ask me about my work, CAI Neurodiverse Solutions is the first thing I talk about."
The right team for the job
This is when the supervisor heard about CAI Neurodiverse Solutions. “We are committed to diversity and inclusion, and with CAI’s partnership, we were able to get the training we needed to equip both the new CAI Neurodiverse Solutions team and our own team for success.”
Soon after the team of 4 analysts and 1 team lead arrived at the law firm, they became involved in the database upgrade. The team conducted quality assurance (QA) audits of data systems and reports, including in-depth analyses of thousands of data points a month, and identified opportunities to vastly improve processes and accuracy.
Once that was completed, other projects presented themselves. When the law firm needed to verify critical data points in 2,700 lawyer bios for the database, the CAI Neurodiverse Solutions team dove in. Then, in just 4 months, the team completed close to 13,000 data uploads related to restructuring cases, saving the Business Intake and Conflicts team countless hours.
Embracing difference
Because of the CAI Neurodiverse Solutions team, the Data Integrity & Reporting Supervisor’s team can turn their attention to critical decision-making rather than the manipulation of data. “This team has been a valuable addition to our ranks, and we are grateful for their hard work and dedication to detail,” the supervisor says.
When work became remote in early 2020 due to the effects of the global pandemic, workplaces everywhere were concerned about a loss in productivity. But, with the supervisor’s advocacy, the team maintained consistent delivery with no impact on its productivity. “Like many people, my list of things to do is nearly infinite and much of it is highly complex. I would recommend CAI Neurodiverse Solutions to anyone who has complex, detail-oriented work. But aside from that, working with this team is one of the most meaningful parts of my job. When people ask me about my work, CAI Neurodiverse Solutions is the first thing I talk about.”