Senior Litigation Paralegal - E-Discovery & Trial Prep
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Daniel W. Kemper
Chicago, Illinois *****
************@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Litigation Paralegal with 30+ years of experience managing complex civil litigation through all phases of discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal. Extensive background supporting construction, commercial, labor and employment, insurance coverage, intellectual property, trusts and estates, and product liability matters in both state and federal courts. Deep expertise in electronic discovery, litigation databases, trial preparation and hot-seat support, court filings, factual investigation, and case development.
SKILLS
Case Management & Litigation Support: Case management, trial preparation and support (including hot seat), deposition preparation, motion and discovery support, state and federal e-filing, cite checking/Blue Book system of citation/Shepardizing
Electronic Discovery: EDRM workflow, data collection, processing, review, privilege analysis, production, Relativity, Logikcull
Legal Operations: Internal investigations, legal and factual research, client interaction, third-party records acquisition
Leadership: Training, supervising, and mentoring junior paralegals and project assistants
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
Construction counseling and litigation
Commercial litigation
Insurance coverage
Product liability
Labor and employment
Class actions
Intellectual property
Trusts & estates disputes
Internal investigations
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP, Chicago, Illinois—Construction Paralegal—May 2024 to June 2026
Managed the Construction Law Group’s litigation caseload, supporting matters from factual development through discovery, motion practice, and client counseling.
Worked with clients to collect electronic data; used Relativity pursuant to EDRM model to process same for searching, culling, review and production
Peter Swan Law, P.C., Highland Park, Illinois—Litigation Paralegal—November 2022 to November 2025
Provided ongoing remote litigation paralegal support following the closure of Emalfarb Swan & Bain for active litigation matters handled by former firm partner
Emalfarb Swan & Bain, Highland Park, Illinois—Litigation Paralegal—March 2019 to November 2022
Managed the majority of firm litigation matters across construction, commercial, insurance coverage, trusts and estates, and personal injury litigation
Drafted discovery, correspondence, motions, and briefs and managed all state and federal court electronic filings
Directed firm electronic discovery workflows using Logikcull, including client coordination, data processing, privilege review, and production
Worked with clients to respond to discovery requests and local counsel pursuant to deposition and trial preparation
Secured data and documents from third parties (especially government entities) relevant to ongoing litigation, fact finding and development, and client counseling
Family business and caregiver, West Central Iowa—September 2014 to February 2019
Managed family agricultural holdings while serving as care giver for mother diagnosed with cancer and family members experiencing general age-related and/or cognitive decline
Quarles & Brady LLP, Chicago, Illinois—Litigation Paralegal (Chicago office) and Litigation Support Specialist (Firmwide)—May 2005 to August 2014
Managed litigation support for Chicago office matters through all phases of litigation, from complaint through trial, appeal, and post-judgment proceedings, with emphasis in commercial, labor and employment, intellectual property, and product liability matters
Served as primary trial technology and hot-seat support for Chicago-originating matters and supported trial and alternative dispute resolution teams firmwide, creating and managing Trial Director databases and performing real-time evidentiary presentation during proceedings
Managed electronic discovery and litigation database workflows using Law PreDiscovery and created, maintained, and updated case databases in Xera, Summation, and Concordance
Coordinated document management and litigation support operations across complex matters involving significant documentary and electronic evidence
Served as Chicago office Docket Manager for three years, overseeing litigation calendaring, deadline tracking, and filing-related workflows and implementation of the first office electronic docket calendar software in the Q&B system
Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, Illinois—Litigation Paralegal—November 1994 to April 2005
Managed complex litigation matters (general commercial litigation, professional and product liability, mass and toxic tort, class actions, labor and employment, and intellectual property) from filing of complaint up to and through trial and appeal
Conducted factual investigation, witness interviews, chronology development, and case analysis in support of complex litigation matters
Secured and analyzed relevant data and records from third parties, including medical providers and government entities
Trained project assistants, mentored junior paralegals and supervised teams of project assistants
SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER APPLICATION PROFICIENCY
eDiscovery & Litigation Support: Relativity, Logikcull, Summation, Concordance, CaseMap, Trial Director
Research & Filings: Westlaw, LexisNexis, Odyssey eFileIL, CM/ECF
Office Applications: Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Project, Access), Adobe Acrobat Pro
EDUCATION
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois-Completed requirements for Bachelor of Arts in political science with specialization in international relations
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois-Completed requirements for Bachelor of Science in biology
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