Ricoh to Participate at the 2011 Association of Legal Administrators Annual Conference and Exposition

WEST CALDWELL, N.J., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment and advanced document management solutions, today announced that it will participate as a gold sponsor of the 2011 Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Annual Conference and Exposition on May 22- 25, 2011 in Orlando, Fla. While at the show, Ricoh will showcase its broad solutions for the legal market.

For more than two decades, IKON Office Solutions, Inc., a Ricoh Company has been a powerful partner in the legal industry, earning the trust of clients through long-term relationships and continued support of the ALA. The Ricoh Legal offering combines the people and experience of IKON with the innovation and technology of Ricoh.

Ricoh Legal brings one of the largest, most comprehensive and experienced organizations of document services resources to work for the legal community.  Armed with a complete and proven suite of services, our dedicated teams understand the unique legal requirements of law firms and corporate counsel, and are empowered to help our clients win cases through comprehensive document services solutions that uphold the highest standards of the profession.

At the show Ricoh and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP will co-present an ALA Business Matters session entitled Taking Control of Your Firm's Records.  This session will explore alternatives that put an end to sending paper documents to an off-site service provider, and will include a case study on how Sutherland took back control of its records by building a dedicated warehouse.  (More information on this case study and a brief companion video can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com/legal.)

"We're excited to be participating and presenting at ALA, which is one of the most important legal industry events of the year," says Mark Davey, Vice President, Legal Enterprise Solutions.  "Ricoh and IKON are one of the largest providers of legal document services in the United States, with more than 20 years of experience serving the legal industry. We look forward to sharing our expertise and facilitating an informative and lively discussion regarding how law firms can better organize their records and save money by doing so."

To see what the experience of IKON powered by the innovation of Ricoh can mean for your law firm, visit the Ricoh/IKON booth #502 at the 2011 Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Annual Conference and Exposition.  For more information, please visit http://www.alanet.org/conf/2011/.

About Ricoh Americas Corporation

Ricoh Americas Corporation, headquartered in West Caldwell, N.J., is a subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd., the 75-year-old leading provider of advanced office technology and innovative document imaging products, services and software, with fiscal year 2010 sales in excess of $23 billion.

Ricoh's fully integrated hardware and customizable services and software help businesses share information efficiently and effectively by enabling customers to control the input, management and output of documents.

Ricoh Americas Corporation, directly or through its network of authorized dealers, markets and distributes products in North, Central and South America.

Information about Ricoh's complete range of offerings can be found at www.ricoh-usa.com.

SOURCE Ricoh Americas Corporation