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E-mail abob8g@r.postjobfree.com Ashly D. Suedkamp

Experience

Highlights Nine years of sound legal experience as a qualified attorney with a

specialized understanding of electronic discovery and litigation

support gained while working at prominent New York law firms.

Develop and implement eDiscovery best practices for a newly founded

litigation branch of a major international law firm while managing,

mentoring, and acting as a liaison among the various levels of the

Dispute Resolution practice group and associated firm departments.

Extensive experience in consulting, project coordination, team

management and development, training, vendor relations, data

management, data culling, including knowledge of EDRM (Electronic

Discovery Reference Model), and numerous discovery tools and

document management systems (Ringtail, Kroll, Concordance 10,

Opticon, IPRO, Relativity, etc).

Professional 01/2011 - present Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP New

Experience York, NY

Practice Support Manager/Senior Staff Attorney

Provide supervision, project management, and guidance to contract

attorneys through a variety of staffing and managed review agencies

locally, in a variety of on-shore locations, as wells as overseas.

Lead structural implementation of paralegal department by creating

best practices and protocols as well as managing fifteen paralegals

and litigation support staff across the North American offices.

Develop, implement, and manage electronic discovery best practices

and related case management protocols for the Dispute Resolution

Practice Group for the North American offices.

Recruit, train, develop, and manage litigation support staff,

including eDiscovery and paralegal staff.

Establish and maintain vendor relationships, both locally and

remotely, advise associates and partners on vendor evaluation and

selection, and manage deadlines and quality assurance of vendors'

work product.

Develop and present Continuing Legal Education programs to the

Dispute Resolution practice group.

Develop and refine search logic to aid in culling data sets by

incorporating artfully crafted search terms using linguistic

elements as well as innovative technology available in various

review platforms.

Selected to attend elite Coaching for Performance training seminar

for managers in London and participate in Smart Managers

development training in Frankfurt, Germany.

08/2009 - 12/2010 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP New

York, NY

Staff Attorney

Recruited by former Covington & Burling LLP attorneys to join the

newly established U.S. litigation practice group (est. Jan 2009) to

help develop the U.S. litigation support services and staff

attorney departments.

Assist with development, implementation, and management of

electronic discovery best practices and related case management

protocols for the litigation practice group.

Assist with training, coordinating, and managing of various

electronic discovery related activities including mentoring

paralegals and litigation support staff and acting as a liaison

between litigation support staff, associates, and firm

administration.

Assist with recruiting, hiring, training, and managing of

litigation support staff.

Assist in the creation of end user and technical documentation for

litigation practice systems.

Monitor current developments and industry trends relating to

electronic discovery by establishing vendor contacts, requesting

vendor meetings, and attending informational seminars.

Establish and maintain vendor relationships, both locally and

remotely, advise associates and partners on vendor evaluation and

selection, and manage deadlines and quality assurance of vendors'

work product.

Educate and administer basic training of case management tools and

in-house litigation software to attorneys and paralegals.

Work with case team, litigation support services, and vendors to

develop organizational procedures for data specific to clients'

needs while creating and maintaining project documentation ensuring

a clear audit trail.

Provide guidance on project function and structure.

Proactively identify and escalate issues and potential risks to the

electronic discovery process.

Assist with online review databases, e.g., create tags, build/run

complex queries and searches, conflict checks, print requests, and

production preparation.

Evaluate and select of document review platforms, legal staffing

agencies, and alternative review strategies.

Develop and refine search logic to aid in culling data sets by

incorporating artfully crafted search terms using linguistic

elements as well as innovative technology available in various

review platforms.

Conduct document review for responsiveness and privilege issues and

create corresponding privilege logs and supporting documents

required for interview, deposition, and trial preparation.

02/2005 - 07/2009 Covington & Burling LLP

New York, NY

Staff Attorney and Senior Staff Attorney

Develop and refine search logic to aid in narrowing data sets by

incorporating artfully crafted search terms using linguistic

elements as well as innovative technology available in various

review platforms.

Monitor industry trends and advancements in technology relating to

electronic discovery by establishing vendor contacts, requesting

vendor meetings, and attending informational seminars.

Assist with the coordination and management discovery related

activities.

Supervise temporary personnel and serve as a liaison between

temporary employees, supervising associates, and law firm

administration.

Conduct document review for responsiveness and privilege issues and

create corresponding privilege logs and supporting documents

required for interview, deposition, and trial preparation.

09/2002 - 01/2005 Law Pros Legal Placement Services

Morristown, NJ

Attorney

07/2004 - 01/2005 Porzio, Bromberg, & Newman P.C.

Morristown, NJ

Draft pleadings, Consent Orders, and Stipulations of Dismissal

relating to pharmaceutical litigation. Prepare case evaluations

and summaries for associates, national counsel, and clients.

Review, analyze, and develop database to organize and categorize

discovery. Conduct document review for responsiveness and privilege

issues and create corresponding privilege logs and supporting

documents required for interview, deposition, and trial preparation

03/2004 - 06/2004 Pitney Hardin LLP

Morristown, NJ

Categorize, analyze, and summarize financial information to create

cost site details for use at trial and settlement conferences

regarding indemnification for environmental impact zones.

Supervise document productions. Conduct document review for

responsiveness and privilege issues and create privilege logs and

supporting document collections required for interview, deposition,

and trial preparation

Attorney

09/2002 - 02/2004 Latham & Watkins LLP

Newark, NJ

Delegate, review, and edit assignments of contract attorneys prior

to associate and partner review. Conduct legal research and draft

memoranda on a variety of issues posed by senior associates.

Conduct document and privilege review relating to Y2K litigation.

09/2001 - 09/2002 Superior Court of New Jersey

Freehold, NJ

Law Clerk for the Honorable Alexander D. Lehrer

Researched and drafted legal memoranda for Civil Law and Chancery

Divisions.

Performed small claims mediation as a Court Appointed mediator.

Supervised summer law clerk.

Bar Admission New York

Education 09/1998 - 05/2001 Georgetown University Law Center

Washington, DC

Juris Doctor

09/1993 - 05/1997 University of South Dakota

Vermillion, SD

B.S., summa cum laude, English, Political Science, Psychology

Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal skills. Effectively communicates with

all levels of support staff, attorneys, management, vendors, and

client representatives. Strong initiative, drive, and ability to

excel at independent and team projects. Successfully develops

quality team relationships and works well within a team-oriented

environment. Successfully completes tasks when given discretion to

exercise independent judgment under minimal direct supervision.

Possesses excellent analytical, problem identification and

resolution skills. Works efficiently and effectively under rigorous

deadlines in high pressure situations. Identifies and analyzes

complex issues and recommends and implements solutions. Excellent

time management skills with a demonstrated ability to manage

multiple, simultaneous projects with consistently high quality

results. Willingness to provide after hours support as necessary.

Ability to train, manage and delegate tasks while maintaining an

active role in personally driving and completing tasks. Ability to

adapt training methods to accommodate varied learning processes.

Strong knowledge of and interest in electronic discovery and

litigation support industry. Proven and demonstrable dedication to

providing superior quality work product and superior client

service.

Outstanding Microsoft Vista / XP / NT / 2000 / 98 / 95, Microsoft

Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word), Adobe Acrobat, iManage

Document Management, Carpe Diem Time Tracking and Entry, Ringtail,

Concordance ver. 8 and 9, IPRO ver. 8.5, Opticon, First Advantage,

Relativity, Applied Discovery, Kroll, and a variety of other

electronic discovery databases and review platforms.

References References and additional work experiences are available upon

request.

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