LexVisio includes 45 categories of service providers under “Practice Support.” I counted 22 categories that might point an in-house lawyer in the direction of a desired service provider.
Those 22 categories list 600 vendors, with the most (161) in “Court Reporters.” “Technology Consultants,” “Trademark Support, Copyright and Patent Services,” “Litigation Support,” and “Legal Process Outsourcing” followed in numerousness, each with about 50 entries.
The remaining 23 categories list 396 service providers. All of these service providers thrive as part of the broader cottage
industry that serves legal departments (See my post of July 21, 2006: cottage industry with 10 references; June 11, 2008: cottage industry with 34 references; and
Jan. 28, 2007: cottage industry, litigation with 8 references.).