For many people, the smartphone has become almost a new appendage.

e-Discovery Assistant is a subscription-based iPad app that was introduced in July. The application is the brainchild of former Quarles & Brady partner Kelly Twigger, who founded ESI Attorneys, a firm specializing in e-discovery and information law, in 2009.

Some Wisconsin attorneys have been too intimidated at the prospect of e-discovery to learn about it.

They’ve combined legal expertise and technological savvy. They’ve carved out their place in the complex world of electronic discovery. Now, the handful of Wisconsin lawyers who are focusing their practices on the specialized field are trying to overcome the skepticism of a legal community accustomed to going it alone. Traditionally, when law firms need help combing through gigantic files of ...