THOMAS PATRICK CHAPUT

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MILL VALLEY, CA 94941

415-***-****

acvrfi@r.postjobfree.com

OVERVIEW EXTRAORDINARY COMMUNICATION AND TECHNICAL SKILLS FROM OVER A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN

THE LEGAL FIELD; EXPERTISE IN THE AREAS OF EDISCOVERY, CONTRACTS, AND CASE MANAGEMENT

EDISCOVERY EXPERIENCE

DISCOVERREADY SAN FRANCISCO, CA JANUARY 2012 PRESENT

SENIOR CLIENT SERVICES PROJECT MANAGER

Responsible for planning, tracking, coordination, and executing project scope and deadline focused tasks for several

major multinational corporations.

Collaborative work with legal strategy and review management teams on early case assessment using best practices

for defensible searching/culling

Heavy emphasis on largescale document reviews (100k +) for production (+ 1TB).

Lead projects by driving daily communications and reporting to Outside Counsel and Corporate Counsel teams.

Provide budget forecasts and sales support in creating SOWs, proposals, and RFPs.

Team leadership and training for San Francisco project management team.

Relativity focused providing searching/analytics, review (coding layouts, batching, fields/choices/views, etc.), RDC

import/export services.

Discovia SAN FRANCISCO, CA JANUARY 2011 NOVEMBER 2011

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Provided sole project management on numerous multimillion dollar litigation matters for the largest managed

service account in the company; Oracle Corporation.

Early case assessment emphasis on creating ESI agreements between counsel; creating best practices for defensible

searching, culling and deduplication; and critical path guidance and timelines for production.

Designed and implemented proprietary client specific systems and workflows.

Participated in daily communication with Outside Counsel, Oracle General Counsel and Oracle technical directors.

Primary consultative support and management contact from case inception to case resolution.

Oracle team leadership and management; consisting of four project assistants.

FTI CONSULTING, INC. SAN FRANCISCO, CA MARCH 2010 JANUARY 2011

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

EDiscovery consultant on complex litigation matter involving product design for the largest automaker in the world;

Toyota.

Project management team focus on reduction of litigation cost surrounding collection, processing, and document

review.

Provided management and daily progress tracking of foreign language review.

Critical role as liaison between Toyota counsel review team and project engineers.

Created and implemented a centralized tracking database for multiparty litigation matters.

EVOLVE DISCOVERY SAN FRANCISCO, CA FEBRUARY 2009 MARCH 2010

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Management of large complex litigation matters with a focus on the collection, processing, data conversion, and

production of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) from large law firms, accounting firms, and other businesses.

Thorough understanding of the defensible culling and deduplication of all formats of electronic documents.

Critical role as liaison between clients, sales associates, and engineers.

Provided drafting, analysis and negotiation of exclusivity agreements, RFPs, RFAs, ongoing statement of work

contracts, and chain of custody agreements.

LAW FIRM EXPERIENCE

CONTRACT PARALEGAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA OCTOBER 2007 JANUARY 2009

MINTZ LEVIN PALO ALTO

Sole responsibility for providing rapid response to electronic discovery requests for the Silicon Valley Intellectual

Property Litigation group.

Representation of companies at various stages of development from early startup through venture funding and entry

into the public marketplace in a broad range of industries, including biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device,

internet and computer hardware and software, on a variety of business and legal issues.

Emphasis on structuring and negotiating complex technology transactions, including international and domestic

strategic alliances, joint ventures, collaborations, licensing arrangements and other transactions involving intellectual

property.

BAKER & MCKENZIE SAN FRANCISCO

Representation of a high profile corporate client through a separation/sale of one division of the company centered

on mobile devices.

Analyze, draft, review, redline and approve supplier contract terms and conditions with Companys corporate legal

department.

Provided negotiation for all contracts related to separation/sale, including management of corporate formation,

organization, antitrust considerations, patent and trademark litigation and related risk assessment counseling.

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE, LLP

Represented a corporate law dispute involving unfair methods of competition and unfair acts of unlawful

importation.

Dispute centered around creation, production and sale of similar Global Positioning System software.

Use of Concordance document software for case management.

BERGESON, LLP SAN JOSE

Represented a software company in corporate law dispute involving trade secrets and unfair competition.

Dispute by former employer over former employees creation, production and sale of similar software.

Sole management of case tracking for litigation team.

Extensive use of Concordance document management software towards case resolution.

ATTORNEY SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CA FEBRUARY 2005 OCTOBER 2007

KEKER & VAN NEST SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Contract attorney position representing corporate clients in various corporate law disputes involving competing

company interests.

Disputes concentrated on stock option grants, back dating stock options, Board of Director disputes, employment

disputes, hostile takeovers, and M&As.

Management of progress reporting for case tracking and ultimate case resolution.

LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH W. MCCARTHY SANTA CLARA, CA

Practice focused on representing licensed contractors and homeowners (Construction Defect Law) throughout various

stages of litigation in addition to corporate formation, personal injury matters and insurance defense.

Primary focus on settlement of construction law disputes through trial and mediation and arbitration processes.

Trial experience, 2 day trial.

Additional focus on general contract disputes.

Provided sole management for practice while managing partner was on hiatus. Managed two paralegals.

CHEVRON CORPORATION CHEVRON ENERGY SOLUTIONS SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Contract attorney position representing Chevron Energy Solutions focused on settlement of construction law dispute

with local governmental agency through both mediation and arbitration processes.

Dispute concentrated on construction time delays and waivers, change orders, lien releases, and

conditional/unconditional waivers.

Additional focus on general contract disputes.

Managed a team of eight attorneys and paralegals. Liaison between Chevron Energy Solutions General Counsel and

outside counsel.

MCCARTHY & MCCARTHY, LLP OAKLAND, CA

Practice concentrated on real estate law, insurance coverage, general commercial liability, employment related

claims, professional liability, environmental impact claims, land improvement, construction contract disputes, and risk

management for the construction industry.

Additional focus on underinsured motorist claims, employment/wrongful termination, professional liability, premises

liability, products liability, residential and commercial real estate transactions, toxic torts, and general contract

disputes.

Participated in hundreds of multiparty mediations, arbitrations, and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Extensive deposition experience.

Litigation experience also includes jury trials, bench trials and appeals.

Participant in niche legal community within Northern California, Southern California and Nevada.

Practice included handling and managing developers, general contractors, joint venture partners, and their applicable

insurance coverage in relation to disputes, which have a significant focus on construction failure, resultant property

damage, diminution in value, and related personal injuries.

Litigated construction claims relating to defective workmanship and design, delay and disruption, insurance, toxic

mold, and personal injury on matters involving singlefamily homes, multidwelling residential developments, and

commercial properties.

Practice also includes drafting and negotiating construction agreements, and consultation with owners, contractors,

and design professionals on issues relating to contract review, construction and design planning/administration,

employment, and insurance.

Significant experience representing homeowners in matters involving disclosure issues relating to the sale of real

property.

Represented companies involving job site personal injury, construction lien, products and premises liability, and other

business related litigation.

Experienced in matters requiring significant technical understanding of construction work.

Clientele includes insurance carriers, real estate professionals, developers, designers, contractors, subcontractors,

construction product manufacturers, suppliers, engineers, corporate affiliates to real estate and commercial

improvements, commercial insurers, property owners, real estate brokerage houses, financing companies.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS, CA

Dual Bachelor of Arts Degrees awarded December 1994 History / Psychology

SAN FRANCISCO LAW SCHOOL SAN FRANCISCO, CA

Juris Doctorate Degree awarded May 2004

TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS/HONORS/INTERESTS

Relativity, Clearwell, Summation, Concordance, Nuix, LAW iPro, Introspect, iConect, Microsoft Office Suite (Word,

Excel, Powerpoint, Visio, etc.), CaseMap/TimeMap, LiveNote, CMS, SalesForce, Lexis Nexis, Westlaw

SFLS Alumni Treasurer 2008 2011

Student Bar Association Treasurer 2003 and 2004

Member of The Olympic Club since 1994

Avid skier, Olympic Club Rugby/Basketball/Softball

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