Document and Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jul. 18, 2014
Document and Entity Information
Entity Registrant Name	EPIQ SYSTEMS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0001027207
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Jun. 30, 2014
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, of Epiq Systems, Inc. that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2014 (the "Form 10-Q") is to provide certain exhibits under Item 6, which were inadvertently omitted from the original filing.
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		35,999,992
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2014
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2