OBJECTIVE

• Secure a position as a senior litigation analyst/project manager in the Washington, DC, area that draws from my academic and professional experiences and challenges me with new opportunities.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing and monitoring quality standards on project deliverables
• Collaborated on multiple matters with the data analytics team and the support team
• Prepared and processed the decommission matters for clients
• Ran structural analytics, including email threading and near duplicates detection in Relativity
• Recorded metrics and statistics for collection, processing, and review
• QC’ed productions run by the data analytics team and notified the client once their production was completed
• Created and searched documents for DTsearch and keywords in Relativity in response to clients’ requests
• Created search term reports, saved searches, and persistent highlights sets in Relativity
• Created layouts, fields, and choices in Relativity
• Ran searches and created batches in Relativity
• Performed the blackout native redaction in Relativity
• Met deadlines for fellow project managers and clients in a timely and thorough manner

Junior Project Manager

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Responsibilities:

• Created, delivered, and maintained Relativity workspaces to support clients’ needs at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); work was conducted onsite
• Performed analysis and diagnosed client issues while demonstrating an understanding of the client environment and overall scope of the project
• Developed standard operating procedures for Relativity 9.5 documentations, examples include create a workspace, how to load in Relativity, and perform first - level QC
• Ran structural analytics, including email threading and near Duplicates detection in Relativity
• Loaded and performed first/second-level quality control
• Corrected errors in load files using textPad/ultraEdit
• Recorded metrics and statistics for collection, processing, and review
• Ran productions and exports out of Relativity following clients’ specific guidelines
• Assisted colleagues in creating a Relativity sharepoint site for the EPA
• Created and searched documents for DTsearch and keywords in Relativity in response to clients’ requests
• Created search term reports, saved searches, and persistent highlights sets in Relativity
• Served as Relativity administrator; in this role, created users, created fields, and applied security groups for workspace in Relativity
• Met deadlines for project managers/clients in a timely manner

Project Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for requesting and overseeing deployment of internal infrastructure for each case
• Attended meetings with clients to consult with them regarding budgeting for ESI guidelines and E-discovery protocols
• Consulted with the client to identify sources of relevant information and suggested appropriate collection strategies
• Created project plans by identifying tasks to be performed, resources needed to accomplish the goals within set deadlines, and specifics regarding deliverables
• Trained clients in reveal software and iConect Xera
• Performed QA on production population, setup production parameters and ran productions in various processing tools and e-discovery review platforms
• Billed and managed client cases in Salesforce
• Searched complex criteria based on clients’ requests and created tags in review platforms
• Performed accurately and efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced work environment
• Worked in tandem with other project managers to support the completion of active client projects

Senior Litigation Analyst

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Advanced knowledge of e-Discovery applications: certified in LAW PreDiscovery, certified in Concordance, Relativity, Summation, CaseMap, LiveNote, Trial Director, MS SharePoint, Adobe applications, and MS Office
• Responsible for requesting and overseeing deployment of internal infrastructure for each case
• Attend meetings with Attorneys and Clients to consult regarding technical aspects of E-Discovery protocol
• Initiate iterative communication process to gather and document case details including parties involved, case subject matter & scope and variables underlying E-Discovery phases relevant to the case
• Analyze legal documents to gather and crosscheck case information including critical deadlines, criteria to identify relevant documents and stipulations on E-Discovery & document production
• Consult with the client to identify sources of relevant information and suggest appropriate collection strategy
• Create project plan by identifying tasks to be performed, resources needed to accomplish the goals within set deadlines, schedule of events and specification for deliverables
• Create and maintain detailed case documentation to record case details, critical actions and decisions
• Act as liaison between vendors, the client and case team to coordinate defensible and efficient data collection
• Create data processing and production instructions based on case requirements and types of data collected
• Setup review platform training for users as required and assist them with utilizing platform features
• Carry out QA on final production population, submit production requests with expected turnaround time, update all stakeholders on the progress, QA final production delivery and arrange for production transfer
• Create, maintain and circulate data processing & production reports to key team members
• Setup Concordance database structure based on database design discussions with the case team
• Perform QA on production population, setup production parameters and run productions from Opticon
• Trouble shoot and fix issues with Concordance and Opticon load files, unexpected search results, corrupt tags and missing images or incorrect images showing in Opticon

Senior Litigation Support Specialist

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Consult with attorneys and staff to evaluate incoming E-discovery data for Department of Justice
• Create and manage databases using LAW & Concordance
• Conduct training for LAW 6.0 and Concordance
• Upgraded and test LAW 6.0 at different branches for Department of Justice
• Train and assist different Branches on e-discovery process for Department of Justice
• Test new litigation applications and training software
• Conducted troubleshooting on Concordance database
• Searched and tagged documents for specialized reports in the Concordance databases
• Performed accurately and efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced work environment
• Prepared laptops for Trials and loaded different type of litigation applications
• Received training on Relativity, LAW 6.0, CaseMap, Trail Director and TimeMap

Litigation Support Specialist

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Administered a nation-wide collection of legal databases for the Securities and Exchange Commission as a CACI subcontractor using Concordance
• Created and maintained document databases, conducted data conversion, data imports and exports, and document production
• Loaded and converted various data types including email (NSF to PST), PDF, TIFF, WAV, and OCR into Concordance databases
• Created and maintained over 1,000 Concordance databases, annotating and logging a large number of records and images
• Loaded data and image files: TIFF image files, Adobe Acrobat PDFs, Outlook PSTs, etc., from a variety of electronic media (CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, etc.) and servers to the SEC’s Litigation Support Server using a regional directory structure

Database Analyst

Confidential, Falls Church, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided FYI databases support for the Confidential, INC.
• Working with law-firm clients
• Performed Quality Assurance to ensure databases are searchable, functional, and allow for access to Opticon Image files
• Ran and modified CPL scripts to collect, catalogue and load electronic media received from third parties into Concordance databases
• Maintained, created, and queried Concordance databases
• Loaded, converted, and manipulated various data types including OCR, email, PDF, TIFF, and WAV into Concordance databases, ensuring overall data integrity
• Endorsed bates on images utilizing Opticon and I-PRO tools
• Searched and tagged documents for specialized reports in the Concordance databases
• Performed accurately and efficiently under pressure in a fast-paced work environment