Staff Attorney Resume Example Jones Day

STAFF ATTORNEY

Summary

Accomplished Staff Attorney with comprehensive experience in the eDiscovery phase of complex civil litigation. Cases include: products liability, patent infringement?, contract disputes?, bankruptcy? FIX THIS. Diversified core competencies also include management of case files and extensive support during trial.

Key Skills

Expertise with multiple discovery review platforms including:

AlphaLit, Attenex, Applied Discovery, Concordance, DocuMatrix, EED, Datum Legal, iCONECT, Relativity, Ringtail and Summation.

Relevant Experience

Jones DayNovember 2000 to June 2009Staff Attorney
New York, NY

Worked on over 14 cases during the Discovery phase of litigation.
Managed contract review attorneys.
Reported to lead eDiscovery attorney regarding productivity and day-to-day case issues.
Trained contract review attorneys to screen and code documents for privilege, responsiveness, relevance and significant issues.
Supervised quality control of all levels of review including final review.
Trained and supervised privilege review teams regarding logging and redacting in Summation.
Created concepts/fields for privilege log in compliance with court orders.
Maintained, edited and produced privilege logs in Summation database.
Liaison to third party vendors regarding searches and files to be moved over for privilege review in Summation database.
Coordinated and communicated with various third party hosts of discovery platforms regarding day-to-day coding, searches, issues regarding families of documents including duplicate document removal and case specific issues regarding batches.
Created custom searches.
Prepared and organized trial exhibit lists consisting of tens of thousands of documents in Summation database.
Drafted affidavits and other pleadings.
Analyzed key documents for potential use at depositions and trial.
Organized deposition outlines.
Attended depositions.
Analyzed significant documents and prepared memoranda regarding findings.
Attended several trials, prepped witnesses and organized witness outlines.
Liaison between 3rd party software platforms and law firm.
Extensively researched company documents for hot button issues.
Analyzed key documents for potential use at deposition and during trial.

Martha Vance & AssociatesAugust 1998 to November 2000Contract Attorney
Columbus, OH

Managed case files for complex smoking and health litigation.
Coordinated with local counsel regarding day-to-day activities.
Assisted in prepping expert witness for deposition.
Assisted in prepping joint defense trial exhibit list consisting of tens of thousands of documents in Summation database.
Assisted in preparing and filing expert reports.
Reviewed documents for significant issues.
Docketing case happenings.
Drafted letters in response to document requests.
Provided extensive trial support in management of the case file
Organized expert witness trial outlines for trial.
Assisted and attended trial through verdict.
Reviewed documents for significant issues in class action lawsuits.

Education

Capital University Law SchoolMay 1996Columbus, OH

The Ohio State UniversityMay 1992Bachelor of Arts: Political Science, EconomicsColumbus, OH

Political Science, Economics (Minor)

Bar Admissions

New York (#4066403), Ohio (Inactive)

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Jones Day
Martha Vance & Associates

School Attended

Capital University Law School
The Ohio State University

Job Titles Held:

Staff Attorney
Contract Attorney

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts : Political Science, Economics

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Resume Score: 85%

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