Overall Summary
Key Insights (Based on full dataset)
- Average Filings per Attorney:
- Average Filings per Firm:
Top Law Firms by Filing Count
Visualizing the top 10 law firms by total filings.
Detailed Law Firm Rankings
| Rank | Law Firm | Total Filings | Attorneys |
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Filing Trends Over Time
Busiest Month
Busiest Day
Attorney & Firm Distribution
Avg. Filings per Attorney
Avg. Filings per Firm
Distribution of firms by number of filing attorneys and their total filings.
Filing Distribution by Law Firm Tier
Illustrates the percentage of total filings handled by different tiers of law firms, based on the full dataset of firms.
Filing Volume Categories (Attorneys)
Attorney distribution across filing volume categories, based on the full dataset of attorneys.
Filing Concentration Analysis
The data reveals a high concentration of filings among a relatively small number of attorneys and law firms. The following analyses are based on the full dataset of attorneys and law firms.
Attorney Concentration
Law Firm Concentration
Key Law Firm Filing Stats
Statistics based on the full dataset of law firms.
Data Collection Methodology
This analysis is subject to several important considerations regarding data collection:
PACER Processing Delay
PACER courts implement a quality assurance process for each docket, resulting in delays between case filing and PACER appearance:
- The South Carolina District Court has approximately a 3-week delay between filing and PACER visibility.
- Our system extracts filing date, docket number, versus information, and attorney listed in the entry from the docket shell.
- Economic costs associated with PACER searches necessitate a balance between thoroughness and cost efficiency.
- A fixed look-back window is currently employed to manage costs.
Data Completeness