Joel Booras
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Experience
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Scott+Scott
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Staff Attorney
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Nov 2016 - Present
Focus on complex antitrust litigation and class actions. Focus on complex antitrust litigation and class actions.
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eDiscovery Projects
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San Francisco, CA
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Attorney and Project Manager
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Dec 2012 - Present
• Coordinated with outside counsel, served as an intermediary between the client, reviewers, platform designers, management; managed up to 70 attorneys at a time. Cases included patent/copyright infringement allegations, regulatory inquiries, and antitrust suits. • Participated in responsiveness, privilege, redaction, and QC reviews. • Worked on Privilege Logs. • Beta tested the clients proprietary auto redaction software. • Conducted a review regarding one of the world’s largest financial benchmarks and potential issues of collusion and antitrust violations – relevance & privilege review. • Conducted a review on behalf of a medical device company for CSI, relevance, and privacy issues. • Conducted a review on behalf of a pharmaceutical company for relevance, confidentiality, and privacy issues. • Conducted a relevancy and privilege review of documents on behalf of an app-based technology company in regards to false advertising claims. • Conducted a review on behalf of a tech company regarding web interactivity patents. • Conducted relevancy and privilege reviews on behalf of government agencies regarding antitrust issues. • Participated in a second pass relevance and privilege review regarding residential mortgage backed securities. • Helped identify hot documents in order to prepare for upcoming depositions. Regarding an alleged technology price fixing scheme. • Participated in investigative reviews of potential antitrust and merger & acquisition violations including price fixing allegations - multiple cases involving intellectual property rights. • Participated in a re-unitization review. • Participated in a telecommunications review involving royalty allegations. • Experience using Relativity, Recommind, Ringtail, Xerox, Rational, I-connect , Kroll Ontrack, Documatrix, Concordance and other review platforms. • Interviewed potential witnesses and composed declarations regarding a wage and hour class action lawsuit Show less
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Booras, Booras & Goetsch
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San Ramon, CA
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Attorney
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Oct 2013 - May 2015
• Provide legal services to Integrated Dynamic Electron Solutions (IDES), a tech company located in Dublin, California. Duties included: legal research and review/construction of non-disclosure agreements, purchase agreements and other documents. Counsel on general matters of concern. • Provide legal services to Bay Capital Mortgage, a financial services firm located in Danville, California including: research related to federal mortgage lending regulations, implementation of compliance protocols, and counsel on other matters as needed. • Represent clients in various aspects of personal injury claims including: initial client interviews and research of potential claims, case strategy and client advice on likely outcomes, demand and settlement letters, and settlement negotiations with insurance companies. Show less
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University of San Diego Civil Clinic
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San Diego, CA
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Certified Legal Intern
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Jan 2012 - May 2012
Interviewed potential clients and maintained communication with existing clients. Composed settlement agreements to be reviewed by superiors and opposing counsel. Filed and retrieved documents from the San Diego Superior Courts. Conducted legal research and contributed to determining the best strategies for clients. Interviewed potential clients and maintained communication with existing clients. Composed settlement agreements to be reviewed by superiors and opposing counsel. Filed and retrieved documents from the San Diego Superior Courts. Conducted legal research and contributed to determining the best strategies for clients.
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Premier Legal Center
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San Diego, CA
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Legal Clerk
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2011 - 2011
Prepared and filed pleadings. Interviewed potential clients and analyzed whether likely to be a successful case. Created interrogatories, request for document productions, and settlement statements. Set up case management conferences and conducted general legal research. Prepared and filed pleadings. Interviewed potential clients and analyzed whether likely to be a successful case. Created interrogatories, request for document productions, and settlement statements. Set up case management conferences and conducted general legal research.
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Housing Opportunities Collaborative
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern
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2010 - 2010
Screened candidates to check their eligibility for the HPRP (homeless prevention rapid re-housing) program. Shadowed attorneys at HOC clinics around San Diego County. Conducted research of market trends and demographics in areas hit by the housing crisis. Contributed to the website by summarizing topics of interest. Screened candidates to check their eligibility for the HPRP (homeless prevention rapid re-housing) program. Shadowed attorneys at HOC clinics around San Diego County. Conducted research of market trends and demographics in areas hit by the housing crisis. Contributed to the website by summarizing topics of interest.
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Dimalanta Clark LLP
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United States
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Case/Legal Assistant
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Apr 2009 - Aug 2009
Maintained expert witness files. Handled client communications and document management. Summarized depositions. Coordinated client/expert gatherings at accident sites. Composed cover letters for accompanying case materials. Responsible for obtaining copies of depositions from the court. Maintained expert witness files. Handled client communications and document management. Summarized depositions. Coordinated client/expert gatherings at accident sites. Composed cover letters for accompanying case materials. Responsible for obtaining copies of depositions from the court.
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Education
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University of San Diego School of Law
Juris Doctor (J.D.), Law -
University of San Diego
Bachelor's Degree, Business Administration and Management, General