eDiscovery Project Manager

BRIAN M. FISCHER

WORK EXPERIENCE

Pangea* (Thomson Reuters-LMS) Mumbai, India

International Director/SME Litigation Solutions

January 2015 – May 2016

Creating and delivering integrated technology, managed services, and outsourcing litigation solutions to Fortune 500 companies and AMLAW 250 law firms

Report directly to VP and Global Head of Litigation Solutions and attend C-level meetings

Providing a wide range of legal services on high-value e-comm surveillance, managed document reviews and e-Discovery consulting for top financial institutions, pharmaceuticals, health care companies and consumer product corporations

Enable companies and law firms to greatly reduce overall legal costs by delivering and assisting in high-quality legal work

Assist in preparation of RFPs

Forecast revenue to meet financial and operational performance requirements

Engage and manage vendors over the case lifecycle

Developing robust processes and work flows to ensure best practices, efficiencies and significant cost savings including culling and analysis of clients’ documents

Provide continuous training on U.S. legal issues and industry standards to Indian attorneys

Conduct performance reviews of staff including promotions and compensation

Responsible for hiring and staffing, train teams in preparation of ACEDS exam

Hire Counsel New York, N .Y.

National Director of e-Discovery Project Management

July 2012 – May 2014

Solely responsible for document review projects from inception to completion for AMLAW 100 law firms and Fortune 500 corporations as well as negotiating vendor contracts and client SOWs and MSAs

Managing people and technology on multiple large scale e-Discovery review projects nationwide to improve efficiency and quality control using data analytics; advise clients on e-Discovery best practices and act as liaison between review teams and law firms

Create pricing, reducing costs and maximizing margins, for sales people and COO for clients and RFPs

Communicate with client to scope substantive parameters of projects and estimate resource requirements, timelines and budgets for TAR and linear reviews

Assist clients in keyword searches, conceptual searching, clustering, near-duplicate detection and creating seed sets in accordance with the EDRM

Ensure defensibility, transparency and compliance creating QC searches and protocols, substantive and technical work flows and finalizing document review instructions for teams

Oversee progress of work, responsible for reporting of multiple review teams in numerous cities on a variety of projects

Interview, train and mentor dozens of team project managers thought the U.S.

Review and reconcile monthly vendor invoices with accounting department

Oversee all facility related issues nationally

Troubleshoot and manage reviewers’ accounts for over 350 virtual desktop Thin Client machines nationwide

Support document review sales personnel with forecasting and fulfilling client needs with on-time and under budget project solutions

Hughes, Hubbard & Reed New York, N .Y.

Staff Attorney e-Discovery

January 2012 – July 2012

Review and analyze bankruptcy customer claims with net liquidated values of more than $1 million and prepare high value claims report

Attend to commodity claims’ letters of determination hotline and provide information regarding their bankruptcy claims

Research and investigate customer issues and prepare log report and problem memorandum

Review and reconcile commodities, securities and general creditor claims with accounting firm

Prepare review tools and aids for investigative review team

Special Counsel New York, N.Y.

Project Manager e-Discovery

April 2010 - December 2011

Develop early case assessment, supervise and train teams of up to 25 lawyers on a high-profile criminal defense matter, an anti-trust case and a civil RICO lawsuit

Worked with clients (Quijano & Ennis, Baker & McKenzie, Paul Weiss) and vendors to coordinate electronic document collections

Design and implement document review work flow and strategy in accordance with EDRM

Troubleshoot technology solutions for multi-media reviews

Manage staffing and develop special assignments and workload for teams

Perform quality control, review productivity analysis and create daily reports

Cravath, Swaine & Moore New York, N.Y.

Discovery Attorney

August 2005 - January 2010

Experience working on complex civil litigation matters involving class actions, accounting and securities fraud, patent litigation, state and federal government investigations, contract disputes, product liability and antitrust litigation

Worked with vendors and clients to coordinate electronic document collections and productions on complex litigation, securities and accounting fraud matters

Worked with clients on preservation and collection of documents including meet and confers 26(f) prior to reviews

Managed teams of up to 150 temporary attorneys

Soley responsible for drafting privilege logs for SEC, DOJ and private actions

Created various demonstratives in anticipation of litigation

Created witness prep binders, issue memos and orders of proof

Edited and cite-checked successful pre-trial motions

Worked on many high-profile matters including DreamWorks, AIG-PwC, IBM, Bristol Myers Squibb, Tyco, Alcoa, Enron/Darlene, McKinsey, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Shell Oil

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom New York, N.Y.

Staff Attorney

June 1995 - June 1999, May 2004 - July 2005 (Started as a law clerk in June 1995)

Researched, wrote and prepared voluminous pre trial briefs and their exhibits in areas including contracts, intellectual property, insurance coverage and general civil litigation

Prepared and wrote counterclaim worth over $2.3 million for complex commercial case

Assisted Corporate Counsel in the creation and design of a litigation support system database for large commercial litigation from processing to hosting and review to production phases

Conducted relevancy and privilege review for antitrust cases in response to DOJ’s second request for numerous Fortune 500 clients

Worked on largest accounting fraud in U.S. history defending Underwriters in WorldCom case

Managed online document review and prepared deposition summaries

Soley responsible for preparing demonstratives for trial, preparing and drafting direct examination questions for banks’ witnesses and cross-examination questions for plaintiffs’ due diligence expert witness

Participated in witness prep meetings with partners and senior associates; attended and created daily reports for Arthur Andersen trial

LegalSearch, Inc. New York, N.Y.

Director of Legal Recruiting

April 2000 - May 2004

Generated new business, gathered client information, assessed placement needs, negotiated fee agreements and obtained temporary performance feedback of employees

Placed associates and partners at top law firms and corporations nationwide

Managed office operations, staff and negotiated clients’ mergers and acquisitions of practice groups and entire firms

Communicated extensively with in-house and firm recruiting coordinators as well as partners and managing directors

Sullivan & Cromwell New York, N.Y.

Contract Attorney

August 1999 - April 2000

Supervised and coordinated voluntary document and audio tape request of a highly public $1 billion international securities fraud case with SEC, New York State Department of Banking and client

Conducted privilege review and assisted in preparing response to DOJ’s second request for three-way international aluminum merger, the first French-Canadian merger and the first Swiss-Canadian merger.

EDUCATION

Seton Hall University School of Law Newark, N.J. 1992 - 1996

Juris Doctorate (Evening Program/Worked Full-Time)

Pro Bono Program, Essex County Courthouse, Public Defender's Office

Pro Bono Program, A.C.L.U.

Fordham University New York, N.Y. 1988 - 1992

B.A., Sociology and Computer Science

Alpha Phi Delta Community Service Fraternity

BAR ADMISSIONS

Admitted to practice in New York

ARTICLES

After The Fall: Accidents, Attorneys and Insurance, CRUISING RIDER, July 1998, 51 – 54

Bikes In Cyberspace, CRUISING RIDER, Spring 1998, 57 - 61

Computer Related Crimes And The Inapplicability Of The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, Spring 1996

SKILLS

Experience with numerous e-Discovery and database programs including, but not limited to, Concordance, Relativity, Recommind, Kroll OnTrack, Amici, Catalyst, Applied Discovery, LiveNote, IPRO, Summation, Access, PowerPoint, Excel and Trial Director.

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