Director of Legal, Risk & Compliance

• May 2011 - Present

Strategizes with corporate and law firm clients to resolve issues related to law and technology and means to align business and litigation goals with discovery obligations. Manages projects through the entire EDRM lifecycle, including preservation and collection protocols, meet and confer negotiations, data culling techniques and technology assisted review, and solutions to complex data management and disposition challenges. Leads engagements to prepare for, develop, and provide subject matter, opinion, and/or fact testimony in the form of written declarations and reports, depositions, and live testimony. Oversees all aspects of in-house legal operations, including new business intake processes, conflicts clearance workflows, compliance assessments, and negotiation of engagement letters and corporate contracts. Show less

Partner/Associate

• Jan 2001 - Apr 2011

Advised corporate policyholders on a variety of issues related to insurance coverage and strategic risk management. Represented corporate and other policyholders with respect to a wide range of coverage matters, including asbestos-related bodily injury and property damage claims, breast implant, heart valve and other product liability claims, directors and officers coverage, professional liability coverage and pharmaceutical-related coverage issues. Focused on the development and implementation of creative and effective strategies for negotiated or mediated recoveries of insurance assets as well as successful recovery in alternative dispute resolution, litigation and mass tort bankruptices. Show less

Associate

• Sep 1999 - Dec 2000

Paralegal/Law Clerk

• 1994 - 1997