Professional Summary
Attorney with extensive experience in electronic discovery, including civil litigation preparation. Staff Attorney with 10 years of toxic tort experience at top 100 law firm. A strict attention to detail and excellent interpersonal skills developed through supervision and management of junior attorneys and legal staff.
Bar Admissions
Maryland; Washington, DC; New York
Professional Experience
Legal Staffing Agencies (On a Contract Basis) – Washington, DC 09/2016 – Present Attorney and Analyst:
●Reviewed electronic documents using RELATIVITY database and applied substantive issue coding as part of DOJ antitrust criminal investigation regarding market allocation and price fixing
●Reviewed electronic documents using RELATIVITY database in response to DOJ subpoena for documents evincing antitrust violations within the ocean container shipping industry
VENABLE, LLP – BALTIMORE, MD 04/2006 – 05/2016
Staff Attorney:
●Managed electronic discovery in product liability litigation, including examination of documents for privilege and trade secret, utilizing electronic databases Ringtail, Relativity, and Autonomy
●Analyzed, researched, and reviewed complex medical evidence in preparation for litigation as member of civil litigation group, including confidential adverse experience reports detailing negative patient drug reactions
●Traveled extensively to off-site client locations and managed team of staff attorneys in the collection and review of marketing data
●Ensured accuracy of cataloguing and indexing measures against collected physical documents
●Liaised between corporate client and third-party vendor regarding collection of marketing data and materials
●Involved in the Venable Mentorship Program in conjunction with CLIA (Community Law In Action), an organization designed to foster positive development of youth in Baltimore City through diversity, inclusion, and opportunity
Legal Staffing Agencies (On a Contract Basis) – Washington, DC 01/2005 – 04/2006
Attorney and Analyst:
●Conducted document review for responsiveness and applied substantive issue coding to pharmaceutical documents detailing Average Wholesale Price of medication
●Member of privilege team; evaluated documents for privilege as part of government second request involving corporate merger
DRECHSLER, LARKIN & WALTERS, PC – BALTIMORE, MD 09/2004 - 01/2006
Law Clerk:
●Conducted pre-trial investigation in the course of representing the Maryland Transit Administration, including interviewing witnesses and verifying physical evidence and meteorological data
●Managed written discovery, including drafting answers to interrogatories
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION (FDIC) – WASHINGTON, DC 06/2003 – 05/2004
Law Clerk:
●Analyzed, identified, and resolved legal issues in preparation for internal administrative hearings involving claims of racial employment discrimination
●Aided the Assistant General Counsel in the formulation of legal arguments for Summary Judgment Motion and the application of Title VII
Education
American University, Washington College of Law – Washington, DC Juris Doctorate
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, NC
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology