Abstract: A web-based litigation management system and method which enables users, e.g., lawyers and clients, to monitor and manage at least one lawsuit in a litigation portfolio, manage the performance and expenses of the at least one lawsuit and compile controls/metrics that may be utilized in evaluating and streamlining future litigation is disclosed. Monitoring of a lawsuit is achieved via the entry and update of actual results, actions and events which occur throughout the litigation process. The litigation management system also allows users to: compare budgeted results, actions and expenses with actual results, actions and expenses; monitor and review legal documents; calculate litigation controls/metrics; compare the results of pre-selected lawsuit portfolios and the performance of the individuals involved in those lawsuits; document litigation guidelines as required by the client and the lawyer's theory of the case, and provide easy data entry and browsing and searching of documents.