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- Corporate Governance
- Process
- Independent review and matter closure
Independent review and matter closure
Keep each decision with the matter revision and close only after review.
Step by step
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Prepare the revision Matter Coordinator
The Matter Coordinator brings the current matter, linked documents, deadlines and events together for a supervising attorney to inspect.
- Presents the current record and evidence
- Updates Matters, Legal documents, Record attachments
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Review revision Supervising Attorney
The Supervising Attorney records the source revision, decision, reason, date and reviewer. Approval, rejection or return is a distinct decision on the version examined.
- Stores the decision on a source revision
- Updates Review decisions, Matters, Team members
ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on. -
Resolve a return Matter Coordinator
The coordinator addresses the stated reason and presents the updated matter revision for another independent review.
- Shows the change requiring another review
- Updates Matters, Review decisions
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Check open work Supervising Attorney
The supervising attorney examines outstanding deadlines, productions and operation receipts before accepting the close request.
- Exposes work that needs reconciliation
- Updates Matter deadlines, Document productions, Operation receipts
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Close matter Matter Coordinator
The coordinator records the closure date and final state with the decision history intact.
- Keeps the closure date and chronology
- Updates Matters, Matter events
Who does what
Roles and permissions- Matter Coordinator
- Prepares and closes; Supervising Attorney makes the independent review decision; Auditor reads the history; App Administrator governs access.
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