Contract Paralegal Litigation
Resume:
Diana Riglet
864-***-**** Greenville, SC
eDiscovery Analyst / Senior Paralegal
Accomplished legal professional with a progressive career, culminating in a crucial eDiscovery analysis role to document and store electronic data for legal procedures, lawsuits, and investigations. Meticulous in contract review and revisions, assisting attorneys in contract negotiations and collaborating with administrators to facilitate completion. Confident taking ownership of legal operations management, including innovative technology and software solutions, designed to simplify legal administration and automate manual processes.
QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY
●Extensive legal background operating as part of multiple law firms, covering case management, compliance, contracts, dispute resolution, advocacy, and mediation.
●Senior discovery management capabilities and in-depth research expertise, with competency in executing defensible eDiscovery and corporate compliance processes.
●Efficient in maintaining the integrity of client and firm data, including evidence handling and processing, data tracking, running searches and creating indices for eDiscovery.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Zalkin Law Firm, San Diego, CA 05/2021 – Present
Paralegal – Relativity Document Review
Operate as part of a professional law team to conduct in-depth review and analysis during the production of legal documentation, focused on streamlining the discovery process to enable rapid location of critical documents relating to depositions, motions and trials.
●Assumed attorney-level accountability for detailed analysis, coding and tagging of legal documentations.
●Highlighted key documents for the team to focus on, resulting in effective motion practice depositions.
●Maximized the use of Logickull platform to aid an attorney in reviewing documents for a primary case.
Leidos Innovations (DOJ/JMD contract), Washington, DC 09/2020 – 05/2021
eDiscovery Analyst
Focused on exceeding program objectives by setting up robust document management processes and associated methodologies to drive successful delivery, with the required quality assurance and consistency in deliverables. Formed strong relationships with clients and aided team leaders in delivering outstanding customer service.
●Built excellent working knowledge of three new applications within three months of starting the role.
●Commended for responsive customer service, problem solving and task completion ahead of schedule.
●Exceeded expectations and assumed management of additional projects to reduce backlog by 20%.
Crowell Moring, Washington, DC 11/2019 – 09/2020
Senior Paralegal – Antitrust Health Care Recovery
Applied legal experience to analyze high level data and documentation, in addition to playing an integral role in fact investigation and preparing claims. Identified data sources to carry out complex yet factual research to produce documentation designed to bolster attorney case strategy.
●Determined claim viability across a portfolio of 150 dockets for federal, state, appellate and supreme courts.
●Presented potential claims and meaningful insights to clients by refining critical elements of pleadings.
●Educated new paralegals in pharmaceutical docketing procedures and creating accurate chronicle digests.
Law Firms Nationwide, San Francisco/Miami/California/Florida 06/2017 – 10/2019
Senior Virtual Litigation Paralegal
Initially built a sound understanding of the eDiscovery and Lexbe programs to engage with vendors on successful implementation. Operated independently to make informed decisions and exercise resourcefulness in legal case management. Facilitated legal administration in preparing deposition subpoenas, coordinating witness correspondence and deposition documents for trial use.
●Positioned the firm to take on larger clients by populating documents and streamlining delivery processes.
●Supplied an eDiscovery spreadsheet to enable sole practitioner to procure a cost-effective app solution.
●Integrated the Lexbe app into the firm network and uploaded populated data to a secure app from Dropbox.
●Designed a tagging system in partnership with a senior attorney to review and code documents accurately.
●Drove revenue increase following app integration by enabling sole practitioner to assume larger cases.
GoDaddy, Gilbert, AZ 03/2017 – 06/2017
Temporary Transactional Paralegal
Secured a short-term temporary assignment to facilitate professional legal support and problem solving for general counsel, business and compliance professionals and intellectual property experts. Conducted detailed analysis of expiring contracts and inputted into change of terms to advise business groups.
●Standardized contract review processes for various business groups, which resulted in compliance.
Carolina Legal Staffing LLC (Nexsen Pruett), Greenville, SC 01/2014 – 02/2017
Contract Paralegal
Facilitated legal support and administration to prepare corporate filings, engaging with state, local and federal governmental agencies. Inputted into company formations and dissolutions, corporate restructuring and mergers & acquisitions to verify feasibility. Administered up to date corporate minute books and confidential legal records.
Nelson Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP, Greenville, SC 01/2012 – 01/2014
Senior Contract Litigation Paralegal
Directed a team of five junior paralegals in reviewing documents for various projects, delegating data population and coding tasks. Acted as an eDiscovery administrator to coordinate in-depth document reviews. Maximized eDiscovery talents by adapting keyword searches, batching and tagging of data and notes, redaction and analysis of privilege logs across large scale products associated with liability cases.
●Elected as a senior IPRO reviewer/administrator to coordinate any necessary IPRO training sessions.
Additional Experience
Senior Complex Commercial Litigation Paralegal, Heller Ehrman, Los Angeles, CA
IP/Media/Entertainment Litigation Paralegal, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
Paralegal Certification, ABA Approved Paralegal Program: Litigation, University of San Diego, CA
Bachelor of Arts: English Literature, University of California Berkeley, CA
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
MS Office, Logickull, SharePoint, Clearwell, Relativity, IPRO, Contract Logix, CompuLaw, PacerPro, Westlaw, Lexis
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