Tower Legal Solutions

What Tower Legal Solutions does

Tower Legal Solutions is a US-based alternative legal services provider (ALSP) offering managed document review, contract attorney engagements, project staffing, contract management, and direct hire recruiting. Founded in 2007 by Leslie A. Firtell, Esq., the company operates five offices (New York headquarters, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, and Washington DC) supported by 1,000+ workstations and a curated talent pool of 15,000+ legal professionals. Services are sold through a consultative, relationship-based enterprise sales motion targeting Fortune 100-1000 corporate legal departments and Am Law 100-200 law firms, with documented outcomes including rapid large-scale mobilization (120 attorneys across three cities within 24 hours), $50,000+/month in contract management savings, and one million pages of contracts reviewed in under three months.

The technology stack is intentionally technology-agnostic: Tower partners with client-preferred review platforms rather than mandating its own, while wrapping them with proprietary processes for behavioral-based candidate evaluation, quality control (dynamic, targeted, and batch-level QC), and project management. Revenue is generated through professional services pricing — hourly billing for staff augmentation, per-hour/per-document/per-project pricing for managed review, placement fees for direct hire, and project-based fees for contract management.

In August 2023, Tower was acquired by Surge PE and integrated into the Avalon platform, gaining adjacency to digital forensics, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and business-critical document services, while continuing to operate as a standalone managed review provider. Post-acquisition leadership comprises CEO Deborah Jillson and President Michael Higgins (named August 22, 2024).

Name

Tower Legal Solutions

Legal name

Tower Legal Solutions

Website

https://towerls.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Tower Legal Solutions is a US-based alternative legal services provider offering managed document review, contract attorney engagements, project staffing, contract management, and direct hire recruiting to Fortune 1000 corporate legal departments and Am Law firms across five US offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Legal staffing services
• Managed document review
• Attorney engagements
• Contract management
• Alternative legal services

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Staffing & Staff Augmentation: Hourly billing for temporary attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals placed with clients. Rates are a fraction of outside counsel or full-time associate costs. Covers both short-term and long-term placements.
2. Managed Document Review: Project-based managed review services with flexible pricing models. Tower provides staffing, project management, quality control, and secure facilities for document review engagements. Pricing can be per hour, per document, or per project.
3. Contract Management Services: End-to-end contract management solutions covering drafting, restatement, negotiation support, abstraction, summarization, and database maintenance.
4. Direct Hire Recruiting: Placement fees for full-time attorney and legal professional placements. Prorated fees apply for temp-to-perm conversions based on hours worked.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Tower Legal Solutions is an alternative legal services provider (ALSP) that delivers managed document review, attorney engagements, project staffing, contract management, and direct hire recruiting services to law firms and corporate legal departments. The company supplies vetted attorneys, paralegals, and project managers on a temporary or permanent basis across the United States, operating from secure facilities with 1,000+ workstations and a network of 15,000+ legal professionals. Engagement pricing is flexible and includes hourly, per-document, or per-project billing models.

Product overview

Tower Legal Solutions is an alternative legal services provider (ALSP) offering a portfolio of staffing and managed solutions. The company operates five core service lines: Managed Review (staffed document review with secure facilities), Attorney Engagements (contract/specialized attorney placements), Project Staffing (flexible legal staffing), Contract Management Solution (end-to-end contract lifecycle services), and Direct Hire (permanent recruiting). Services are delivered through offices in New York (headquarters), Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, and Washington DC, with over 1,000 workstations and 15,000+ legal professionals nationwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Managed Review

Quantifiable outcome

• Saved clients over $50,000/month ($600,000/year) through contract management services
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Avalon (Surge PE portfolio company)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 August 2023Surge PE added Tower Legal Solutions to the Avalon platform. Avalon offers technology-based services like digital forensics, cybersecurity, eDiscovery, and business-critical document services. Tower fills the managed review service line that Avalon was missing. Transaction enables end-to-end e-discovery solutions while Tower continues standalone managed review services.
• Kenyon GroupminorOthers · 28 August 2023Exclusive financial advisor to Tower Legal Solutions for the transaction with Avalon/Surge PE.
• BakerHostetlerminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 28 August 2023Lead counsel for Tower Legal Solutions during the Avalon/Surge PE transaction.
• Moss AdamsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 28 August 2023Diligence provider for Tower Legal Solutions during the Avalon/Surge PE transaction.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• DTI (Donnelley Financial Solutions / LexisNexis DTI): DTI, now part of LexisNexis, offers managed review, legal staffing, and document services to law firms and corporations — an established incumbent with overlapping services in document review and legal operations support.
• Robert Half Legal: Robert Half Legal is a national staffing division placing attorneys, paralegals, and legal support staff at corporations and law firms — a broader incumbent competing with Tower's direct hire and temporary staffing lines.
• Relativity (RelativityOne): Relativity is a leading e-discovery and document review platform whose aiR for Review and managed review ecosystem competes with Tower's technology-agnostic managed review positioning by owning proprietary review software and reviewer workflows.

Direct peers

• Hire an Esquire: Hire an Esquire is a legal staffing platform providing contract attorneys and legal professionals for short- and long-term engagements, directly competing with Tower's attorney engagements and project staffing offerings.
• Elevate (ElevateNext): Elevate is an ALSP providing legal consulting, managed services, and technology-enabled solutions including contract management and document review — directly comparable to Tower's contract management and managed review services.
• Special Counsel (Adecco): Special Counsel, part of Adecco Group, is one of the largest legal staffing and document review providers in the US, with a comparable service mix of attorney placement, managed review, and legal project staffing.
• Axiom Legal: Axiom is an ALSP offering flexible legal talent, managed services, and legal operations support to corporate legal departments — overlapping with Tower's attorney engagements, project staffing, and contract management lines.
• Consilio: Consilio is a global ALSP providing end-to-end e-discovery, managed review, contract management, and legal consulting — competing head-to-head with Tower in managed document review and contract lifecycle services for Am Law firms and Fortune 1000 clients.
• Epiq: Epiq is a large alternative legal services provider offering managed review, legal staffing, e-discovery, and document review services to law firms and corporate legal departments — directly overlapping with Tower's core managed review and staff augmentation offerings.
• Lighthouse (legal services): Lighthouse provides managed review, e-discovery, and legal staffing services to law firms and corporate legal teams. Its managed review and review-services practice directly competes with Tower's secure-facility managed review offering.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights1 record

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/towerlegal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/701795

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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