Christopher D. Ricker
New York New York 10018
*****.*.******@*****.*** 216-***-****
Experience
Protiviti (Robert Half International)
New York., New York
E-discovery/Litigation Consultant June 2010
to July 2010
> Consulted International Law Firm on a major litigation case re:
review protocol, database management, productions, and privilege
logs.
Peak Discovery New York, New
York
Director November 2007 to March 2010
Directed day to day operations of a multi-city, multi-jurisdictional,
start-up E-Discovery company including:
. Consulting clients on creation of project plans encompassing
budgets, ESI software selection, external IT assessment and EDRM
best practices.
. Executing E-Discovery project plans from initial stages through
production.
. Managed project managers, attorneys, IT and litigation support
teams.
. Lead company-wide technology initiatives including development
of a dashboard
reporting tool, installation of new IT systems and litigation
support software.
. Formulated and maintained document review protocols, internal
employee handbooks and company data retention and destruction
guidelines.
. Researched and tested multiply ESI software tools.
. Certified in Concordance, Summation, and Case Logistix as a
database administrator and front end trainer.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP New
York, New York
Staff Attorney May 2004
to July 2007
Formulation and implementation of discovery process regarding requests for
discovery, regulatory inquires and internal investigations for
International
Fortune 100 companies i.e.:
. Coordinated with partners, senior associates, vendors and in-
house litigation support team to collect, process, filter,
review, and produce electronic data.
. Established work-flows and protocols for review.
. Supervised contract review attorneys.
. Used relational databases to ensure proper searching and
filtering of data.
. Coordinated with litigation support regarding database
management activities including database construction, data
uploading and proper data production.
. Researched FRCP, case law, and best practices regarding
electronic discovery
. Various review projects/types including first level review,
second level requests, privilege logs, and quality control.
The City of Cleveland, Law Department
Cleveland, Ohio
Law Clerk May 2002 to
January 2004
Drafted briefs and motions for all stages of trial.
Education
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University,
Cleveland, Ohio
J.D., May 2004
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
March 2001
B.A. in Political Science and Women's Studies
Technical: Concordance, Summation, Case Logistix, IPRO, Opticon, Stratify,
Relativity, Applied Discovery, Fios Prevail, Kroll Ontrack, Ringtail, Law
PreDiscovery, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, Microsoft XP, Microsoft
Enterprise
Bar Admission: New Jersey