Project Manager Management
Resume:
MICHAEL B. SMITH La Jolla, CA 92037
213-***-**** home
***********@*-***********.*** http://www.e-DiscoveryPM.com
VALUE PROPOSITION: To positively contribute to the firm’s success by leveraging my project and management
experience in Litigation Support and e-Discovery to enhance work flow and process efficiencies in managing
time, controlling costs, mitigating risk, and assuring defensibility, while providing predictability, building client
loyalty, and increasing firm profitability.
PROFILE
Personal grasp of the skills, principles and issues, both legal and technical, necessary in successfully developing
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and executing a case management strategy, including the evaluation, selection, and implementation of best in
class hardware/software platforms and tools for each stage of the case, and best practice utilization of those tools
Possess strong leadership capabilities and excellent communication skills in a rapid-fire environment, providing
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hands-on involvement and overall project oversight in the development and management of workflow, data flow,
and resource allocation. Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, providing a successful collaborative,
mentoring, instructional environment between all stakeholders, including Counsel, Litigation Support personnel,
and IT managers
Extreme attention to detail and documentation, especially in regards to providing credible audit trails for
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processes utilized and results achieved
Hands-on experience with document processing, imaging, and productions for both paper and electronic
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collections; P2P/P2E, document prep, scanning/imaging, conversions, blowbacks, OCR, coding (Bib and
Subjective), LDD and unitization, and load file creation/conversion. Up to date knowledge of processing
techniques and analytics for ECA, data culling and categorization including semantic and contextual searching,
concept clustering, dedupe and de-nisting, as well as the use of online collection, analysis and review platforms.
Also adept at database creation, administration, image linking, SQL query and manipulation, transcript and
deposition import, report generation, and use for offline analysis, review (searching, tagging, sorting), and
productions (endorsing, Bates/Doc #’s, annotation, redaction).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
The Litigation Strike Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Litigation Support Project Manager 2008 to Present
Responsible for the development of, and management, review, and processing of litigation support projects through
direct interaction with case attorneys and their Litigation Support staff.
Manage and coordinate all litigation support/e-discovery aspects of individual cases, collection through production.
Manage limited native-file conversion, and production in both TIFF & native format.
Extensive experience using ASP's for culling electronic data collections, queries, reports, and document review and
production.
Serve as the liaison between case stakeholders (Counsel, IT, LS personnel for platform use, schedules and budgeting.
Quality assurance check and loading of data and image files into litigation support applications prior to forwarding the
data and tracking logs to the law firm client.
Perform the set up and maintenance of in-house scanning projects.
Perform administrative data management activities such as: database creation (security and rights, fields,
privilege/responsive criteria, tags), data, image and OCR loads, production runs, create CD-ROM’s, build production
subsets, and ongoing database maintenance.
Maintain and troubleshoot litigation databases (perform data normalization, global edits, remove duplicates, overlay
or merge data into existing records, index and pack databases).
Utilize SQL (DML/DDL/Server side scripting) for database query and manipulation (Access, Oracle, MS SQL, LS
databases using SQL engines)
Provide general and technical support for litigation support software, and imaging and printing when required.
Assist with analyzing and testing new or new versions of litigation support software.
Perform database administration using Concordance, Summation and other litigation support applications
Work directly with Attorneys to prepare material for electronic presentation systems, prepare trial exhibits, coordinate
the setup of hardware for courtroom/war room and provide daily support
IKON Legal Document Services (Los Angeles, CA)
Digital Litigation Analyst (Litigation Support Project Manager), Southwest US 2007 to 2008
Responsible for managing the processing on litigation support projects involving paper, digital (ESI), or both, from
identification and collection through production and presentation, working directly with firm Attorneys and their staff
to assure quality, timeliness, and adherence to established project specifications.
Oversaw document and image conversions, text extraction and OCR, and the subsequent integration of information
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into data collections, set up and managed databases for Concordance/FYI, Summation, IPRO, Relativity, Catalyst.
Setup and managed databases (i.e., IPRO, Summation, Concordance, etc.) and oversaw the culling of datasets via
searches including keyword, date range, custodian, concept, de-dupe and near de-dupe, and contextual analytics for
responsiveness and relevancy.
Built and presented ongoing training sessions for both in house staff and client Attorneys and staff covering:
“Best Practices” for managing ESI and paper document collections, electronic review, and databases.
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Proven, forensically sound methodologies of electronic data discovery.
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Preservation of chain of custody, avoidance of spoliation and the inadvertent disclosure or use of
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privileged information.
Assisted with technological preparation for war room management and trial preparations.
Reason for leaving: Predominant emphasis on copy/scan/print/office management aspect of business (their core), too
little emphasis on development of Litigation Support products and services, especially related to e-Discovery. I
wanted to be in an environment where this was the emphasis.
Imperatives, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
General Manager/Project Manager 1987 to 2007
Co-founded company in 1987
Responsible for the design, integration, sales and support for systems and services, including CAD, 3D modeling,
animation, digital visual simulation, and interactive or passive presentation
Worked with Law Firms, General Counsel, and Expert Witness firms to provide courtroom visuals and trial support
(demonstrative evidence and exhibits) including visual support presentations of data, computer generated visual event
simulations and re-creations, and large-scale exhibit boards. I also worked with clients in insuring the validity, and
forensic or engineering accuracy of the exhibit, as well as its admissibility and defensibility before the court.
Acted in Project Management capacity for Broadcast TV clients to manage studio and newsroom build-outs,
production and newsroom facility upgrades, and analog to digital facility conversions.
Researched, identified, and evaluated new products and technologies that would be of advantage for our clientele.
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Built and conducted training and technical support programs for our clientele.
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Assisted with technological preparation for war room management and trial preparations.
Reason for leaving: Left to pursue Litigation Support and e-Discovery full time.
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LITIGATION SOFTWARE & TECHNOLOGY PROFICIENCY:1
Concordance/FYI* Summation* IPRO* LAW* Relativity*
Clearwell* Attenex* Ringtail* Catalyst* Equivio*
Discover-e* iConect EnCase* Discovery Cracker* CaseMap*
LiveNote* Sanction* Trial Director* Opticon* Lextranet
Introspect Doculex SQL (dml/ddl)* Nuance OCR* MS Word*
MS Access* MS Excel* MS Word* CD Writer* Roxio*
MS PowerPoint* Lotus 1-2-3* FTP* Westlaw* Adobe Acrobat*
MS Exchange* WordPerfect* Hijaak* Lexis-Nexis*
MS Outlook* PC AnyWhere* TCP/IP* Harvard Graphics*
Visual Basic* & SQL2
Lotus Notes* Windows/OS/Server* Citrix*
1 Software titles with an “*” next to it represent packages with which Mr. Smith is proficient. Other packages
listed represent software with which he has experience, but is only familiar.
EDUCATION: Economics
San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
2 Mr. Smith is proficient with the Visual Basic programming language, and familiar with the SQL programming
language.
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