King & Spalding LLP                                                                                                                                                           April 2006— Present

Litigation Technology Specialist                                                                                                                                     New York Office

 

RLS Legal Solutions                                                                                                                                                            August 2005— March 2006

Electronic Discovery—Accounts Director                                                                                                                   

 

LT Data Tech, LLC                                                                                                                                                                May 2004— August 2005

Director                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP                                                                                                                                                October 2003— May 2004

Senior Project Manager                                                                                                                                                      Litigation Support

 

Davis Polk & Wardwell                                                                                                                                                        June 2002 – March 2003

 

Technology Manager                                                                                                                                                                  Litigation Services

 

· Liaised between IT, Litigation Department, Vendors and Management.

· Created Documentation for Technology Applications and Media Tracking.

Loaded Data, Merged images into Documatrix ; Documented and instructed staff in same.

 

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP                                                                                                                                                     April 2001 – May 2002

Litigation Support Manger                                                                                                                                                         IP Group

 

· Restructured large IP group and advised on structure and equipment.

· Managed outside coding and scanning vendors for all Litigation Support needs.

· Worked with Attorneys to formulate discovery strategies and issues.

· Creating and overseeing documentation and in-house training for Legal team.

Staffed and oversaw of coding and other Litigation Support projects.

 

Sabbatical                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           August 1998 – April 2001

 

Actor

· The Mystery of Irma Vep, Westside Theatre - August 1998-July 1999

· The Countess, Samuel Becket and Lamb’s Theatres’ - July 1999- January 2001

Queen Margaret, Greenwich Street Theatre - February 2001 – April 2001

 

Chadbourne & Parke LLP                                                                                                                                                      May 1994 - August 1998

 

Director                                                                                      November 1997 – August 1998                                           Litigation Support

 

Acted in a consulting capacity to other firms and vendors regarding Litigation Support.

Reorganized department and evolved new client base.

Generated reports and budgets for department.

Expanded department services to scanning and OCR.

 

Assistant Director                                           July 1996 - November 1997                                                 Litigation Support

 

Committees: Joint Defense Technology, C&P Technology Advisory, C&P Directors

Assisted with design and implementation of Litigation Support Facility.

Facilitated the relocation and training of thirty-five full-time and three hundred temporary staff.

Organized and directed tight security procedures for the floor.

Managed trial facility set-up in Louisiana, Florida and Indianapolis.

Researched and implemented automated document assembly for Project Finance Department.

 

Project Manager                                             May 1994 - July 1996                                    Litigation Support

 

Hired, managed and trained a staff comprised of Department Systems Analysts, Litigation Support Project

Supervisors, temporary attorneys and Document Analysts.

Supervised productions from database design to completion.

Full communication with vendors and in-house facilities, processing invoices for vendors and contractors.

Developed and oversaw structure and supervision of many imaging projects.

White & Case                                                                                                                                                                              November 1989 - May 1994

 

Coding Supervisor                                         March 1993 - May 1994                                Computerized Legal Support

 

Managed staffing and coding of document productions and in-house computerized legal support firm wide.

Administered Interact and BRS Databases.

 

Case Manager                                                                         June 1992 - March 1993      Legal Department

 

Coordinated assignments for a major environmental litigation.

Hired and managed twenty temps for document production and coding.

Implemented and maintained billing procedures for temporary staff and client.

Supervised a legal assistant staff of ten and functioned as project liaison between partners and associates.

 

 

Evening Legal Assistant Coordinator         November 1989 - June 1992                                                Legal Department

 

Promoted after three months from a part-time Legal Assistant position.

Managed a staff of 15 Legal Assistant Clerks.

Evening management representative to answer attorney, client and legal assistant inquiries and staffing requests.

Worked with associates and partners in both Corporate and Litigation departments.

Coordinated a Pro Bono group of attorneys, providing services to People With AIDS at Roosevelt Hospital.

 

 

Pfizer, Inc.                                                                                                                                                                                    September 1988 - November 1989

 

Contract Legal Assistant                                                                                                                                       Legal Department

 

Instrumental in the implementation of a large computerized database to assist counsel in trial preparation.

 

Walscott Company                                                                                                                                                                   August 1988 - January 1989

 

Administrator of Sales Staff

 

Served as the administrator of this growing real estate company.

 

 

 

SKILLS:                                  Applications: Concordance (Certified Trainer), Ipro, JFS, Summation, MS Access, Visio, MS Project, MS Publisher, WordPerfect, Word, Excel, HotDocs, Window 3.1, 95,98, 2000 & XP, Macintosh, Wang VS and Alliance, Interact, BRS, Lexis/Nexis, Westlaw (Certificate), Notary Public.

 

EDUCATION:                        East 15 Drama College, Essex, England.  Drama Diploma (BA Equivalent)