Effortless Review Sourcing & Management:
Key Insights & Answers
What Is Altorney?
Altorney was created to allow both clients and reviewers to interact in a self-service mode with minimal back and forth, offering on-demand sourcing and managing. We do not place candidates on a project; rather, candidates apply directly to your projects based on the criteria and filters you set up. One of the goals of Altorney is to automate as much as possible, including conflict checking, project history updates, eSign forms, and more. By removing much of the back and forth that typically takes place at the start of a project, we can reduce our costs and return those savings to both clients and reviewers. When back and forth is required, our integrated chat groups and 1:1 allow time-efficient communications.
How Is Altorney Different from The Staffing Agency I Already Work With?
Altorney was created to allow both clients and reviewers to interact in a self-service mode with minimal back and forth, offering on-demand sourcing and managing. We do not place candidates on a project; rather, candidates apply directly to your projects based on the criteria and filters you set up. One of the goals of Altorney is to automate as much as possible, including conflict checking, project history updates, eSign forms, and more. By removing much of the back and forth that typically takes place at the start of a project, we can reduce our costs and return those savings to both clients and reviewers. When back and forth is required, our integrated chat groups and 1:1 allow time-efficient communications.
I Don’t Have a Managed Review Offering Today but Want to Add That to My List of Services. I Don’t Have Any Review Managers on My Team, Help!?
Altorney does have Review Managers with legal project management experience and is a leading legal technology platform that empowers clients with advanced tools for sourcing, managing, and enhancing document review processes and Team Leads that can be engaged. They can be hired to lead and help build your managed review offering.
Who Do I Contact If I Have More Questions?
Please send an email to sales@altorney.com or fill out our contact form.
What Is Premium Time and Is It Available on All Projects?
A client can offer premium time if they would like to offer a higher rate for hours worked beyond an average expected weekly schedule. This is optional for the client, and not every project will offer Premium Time. Those that do will have it noted in the project details available for the reviewers to see and filter.
What Types of Projects Are Available on Altorney?
We are currently focused on all types of legal document review, including general litigation, employment, antitrust, privacy matters, foreign language, cyber data breach, and paralegal reviews, supporting document/ediscovery review services and remote document review services.. We have plans to expand to other legal-related areas such as project management, court reporting, and court appearances in the future.
Who Are the Clients That Use Altorney?
Our clients are law firms, service providers (ALSPs), consulting firms, government agencies, and corporate legal departments.
What Is the Difference Between Total Hours and Pending Hours on My Dashboard?
Total Hours are the submitted time entries that have been approved by the client. Pending Hours are the submitted time that has yet to be approved by the client.
How Do Notifications Work?
In your settings, you can choose what notifications you would like to receive, and the different methods used to contact you. All notifications are also always delivered with transparent project tracking & compliance. via the in-app notifications tab available on our web and mobile app.
Who Is the Team Behind Altorney?
Altorney was founded by Rachi and Shimmy Messing. They both have years of experience in the document review and eDiscovery industry and were looking for a way to change the industry for the better. They’d be happy to hear from you at rachi@altorney.com and shimmy@altorney.com – let them know how they’re doing!
What Is Coming Next to Altorney?
Altorney began in 2022, and the platform has developed to include most of the major features we set out to include! We are always adding additional items based on our users’ feedback. If you have an idea of something that you think will be beneficial to you and the rest of the community, we would love to hear it – email us at support@altorney.com.
What Happens After a Reviewer Applies for A Project?
When a reviewer applies for a project, you will be notified that there are available Pending Reviewers. You will be able to view profiles of applied candidates, including resumes and past metrics, and see the answers to any project-specific questions you may have asked. During this time, all reviewers will appear on your Pending Reviewers page. Once you accept a candidate, they will receive an invite notification. After they confirm the invitation, more details such as contact information for the review manager and any review guidelines or other project documents will be made available to them. All accepted reviewers are listed under the Active Reviewers tab.
I Am Looking to Engage a Specific Reviewer. Can I Do That?
There are two ways to engage specific reviewers:
- You can Invite Existing to select from those that you have had on prior projects and are currently available and not working for any other Altorney clients who do not allow concurrent work. You have the ability to filter and see available ‘Favorite’ reviewers you have worked with in the past. You can then invite all your favorites to join future projects even if they are not an exact match.
- You can Invite by Email to ask a specific reviewer to join a specific project. Reviewers who already have an Altorney account will receive a project invite, and new reviewers will first be prompted to sign up, complete their profile, and then join the project.
How Do I Find Reviewers for A Project?
After contacting us to set up an account on the Altorney platform, log in and create a project using on-demand workflow sourcing technology.. Then create one or more review types with the various parameters you need to see how many reviewers are available. Altorney reviewers will begin to apply, and once you review and accept them, they can begin work right away.
I Am Not Ready to Start a Project Quite Yet but Want To See What The Available Pool Is Given A Few Criteria.
Use the “Search for Reviewers” left menu option to run a quick search and see how many reviewers are available given your criteria. Have super specific needs and not seeing enough candidates? Email or chat with Support and we will be happy to recruit additional candidates for you.
What Is a Reviewer Type?
A reviewer type is a subset of a case that is the method for defining requirements including skills, availability, and pay rates to which reviewers are recruited, apply, and log time. A case may have one or more Reviewer Types. For example, one for First Pass review at rate X, another for Team Leads at rate Y, and a third for Japanese docs in the case at rate Z.
How Is Time Tracked and Approved?
Reviewers log their time directly in the Altorney platform. The system will only let reviewers log time during periods that they are active on a project. Once time is entered, either manually or via our time clock, you will be notified that there is logged time needing approval. Note that reviewers have until 11:59 PM Monday night to log time for the previous week’s Monday to Sunday period, and time must be approved no later than Tuesday night after the week when the reviewer worked, or it will be automatically approved by the platform. Once approved, it will be available for the reviewer to be paid. The system will automatically generate payment to the reviewer each week on Friday and an invoice sent to you, either weekly or monthly according to your preference.
Does Altorney Have Resources Outside the U.S.?
Yes! Altorney has reviewers available outside the U.S. You can specify where you need the reviewers to be in the Location step during the setup of a Reviewer Type.
Can I Set Up a Reviewer Type Before I Am Ready to Start Recruiting Attorneys?
Yes, you sure can. When you set up a Reviewer Type with all your requirements, you can get a sense of the available population. On the final ‘recruit’ screen, use the Start/Stop Recruit button to set the status of the Reviewer Type to not yet be recruiting. Come back to it at any time to change the status to Start Recruiting and candidates will begin to apply.
Are All Reviewers on The Altorney Platform Attorneys? Passed The Bar?
While many reviewers have graduated from law school and may be barred in at least one U.S. state (or sometimes more than one), there are many reviewers that are not and are still eligible for certain projects. During the setup of a Reviewer Type, you can specify what you need – attorney or not, barred in any state or a specific one or ones, all based on the type of review project you have. Please note that the default search only presents projects that reviewers qualify for based on their profile. Thus, if a reviewer does not have a law degree and a project requires it, it would not appear in the search results without unchecking the default search criteria box, and they are not likely to apply for it.
Can I Create More Than One Project at A Time?
Of course, create as many projects as you need. Each project can contain one or more Reviewer Types for the specific type of review needing to be done for a project.
Who Handles Payment of The Reviewers?
Altorney does. We handle all the back-office nitty-gritty with streamline staffing, scheduling, and payments like never before so, you can concentrate on the review at hand with the best possible candidates.
How Am I Invoiced?
Based on the terms of our contract, invoices will be automatically generated and emailed to you for the time period applicable and due on the terms that have been agreed upon.
I Heard There Was a Project Available, But I'm Not Seeing It in Find Projects. Why Not?
The first thing to check is if the filters you are using on the search are restricting that project from your search results. There are a few other reasons that a project may not appear for you; the project may have already reached the number of reviewers needed, it may be overlapping with a project that you are already working on, the client may have chosen to stop recruiting, or it may be that there is a conflict that prevents you from working on it.
How Do I Track My Time?
There are 2 ways to log your time in our integrated time entry system. Use the manual time entry selecting “Enter Time” from the top right of the dashboard and entering the hours and minutes worked. Using the clock that appears on the bottom left when you login and are active on a project. Note that clients have the option to control if they prefer you to use option 1 and/or 2. Most projects leave the default of allowing you to use either method.
How Do I Find and Apply to A Project?
If a project matches your profile and you have notifications enabled, you may click on the link included in the notification. At any time, you may also select the Find Projects button on the upper right corner of the site to go to the project search page. Using Altorney’s advanced search gives you multiple options for filtering available projects. Once you find a project that you are interested in, click on it to read more details about it, and then click the Apply button. Before finalizing your application, you will need to answer any project-specific questions that the client may have and eSign any required documents.
What Happens After I Apply for A Project?
You can apply for as many projects as you wish, but please keep in mind that some projects may have restrictions against working on more than one project at a time. These projects will have that restriction listed under the “Allows concurrent work” field in the project listing. Once you fully accept and become active on a project, your other pending applications that overlap will automatically be withdrawn.
What About Benefits?
There are a number of discounted and no-cost benefits available through Altorney. Upon sign-in to the platform, please visit the Benefits menu tab to explore the available options.
Do I Need to Be an Attorney to Use Altorney? Passed The Bar?
While many projects do require the reviewer to have graduated from law school or to be barred in at least one US state (or sometimes in a specific one), there are many projects that do not have these requirements. Use the Advanced Search in the Find Projects section to filter projects to identify only those that match your specific requirements and skills.
How Do I Get Paid?
The first time you are accepted to a project, you will receive an onboarding email from one of our payment partners, Wingspan or Ascen. Some clients opt to make payments through their own provider, and in those instances, additional details will be provided. Payments are made weekly with deposits occurring on Fridays.
Do I Need My Own Insurance?
Altorney has obtained insurance policies that extend to anyone performing work through our platform. We still highly recommend you carry your own insurance coverage as extra protection, although it is not required.
Will The Engagements on Altorney Be 1099 Or W2?
At Altorney, we believe in choice, and our platform was created with the flexibility for clients to engage the way that best suits them. Clients may opt to engage in either method, and reviewers can set their notification settings to be notified of only 1099 opportunities, W2, or both.
Where Can I Find My Tax Forms?
Please login to the payments platform that you may have performed work through, either Wingspan or Ascen.