What is Bates Stamping?
Bates stamping is the process of marking each of the documents with an identifiable character. This practice is especially helpful when an attorney is presenting the court with thousands of pages of documentation. In an insurance dispute, each page may be marked with the last name of the plaintiff, a social security number or a case number. By scanning each of the paper documents, location and retrieval is much more comprehensive. Finding a document from a specific date requires only a short query rather than hours of flipping through pages. Many document management companies offer specialized legal document preparation services. When searching for an organization to manage your document prep work, be sure they have prior legal experience.
