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Cleveland, Oh, Us

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

I represent individual clients in claims against Debt Collectors, Credit Reporting Agencies, Mortgage Loan Servicers, Banks, Credit Card Companies and other financial predators in individual and Class Action matters.Drafting Notices of Disputes and Demands for Arbitration against financial services institutions,Communicating with clients to ensure they are updated on the status of their cases.Negotiating settlement agreements, Drafting discovery requests, pre-hearing briefs, and motions for summary adjudication before the American Arbitration Association. Practice areas include: Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, litigation against mortgage servicers and banks, violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, violations of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, violations of the Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Ohio Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act, student loan litigation, debt and foreclosure defense, and consumer class action practice.

Remote

Drafting and responding to discovery requests for California Superior Court civil cases including Request for Production of Documents, Request for Admissions, Requests for Special and Form Interrogatories, Subpoenas and Notices of Deposition. Drafting case evaluations to determine the value of statutory offers of settlement. Also assisted in the meet-and-confer process required prior to bringing a Motion to Compel Further Discovery Responses by drafting letters of correspondence detailing case law and arguments that entitle Plaintiffs to the discovery of documents sought. Drafting motions to compel further discovery responses including declarations, separate statements and proposed orders.

Analyzing data to determine whether documents are legally relevant by evaluating documents for responsiveness, attorney-client privilege and work product. This includes cases relating to hostile takeovers, patent infringement, mergers and acquisitions and environmental law. Responsible for first level, issue tagging and quality control (QC) level review.

Conducted remote review of documents to be produced looking for relevance, issue coding, and attorney-client privileged materials for a major ride-share client. Completed compliance review for client ensuring it adhered to federal laws governing the protection of sensitive personal information.Responsible for first level and QC level review and privilege review. Practice areas include personal injury, anti-trust and unfair competition, data breach and compliance.

Analyzing data to determine whether documents are legally relevant by evaluating documents for responsiveness, attorney-client privilege and work product.

Cleveland, Ohio

LITIGATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL with experience in all aspects of litigation including legal research and drafting memoranda of law, briefs, and motions. Overseeing discovery projects including managing a document review from inception to completion for over thirty gigabytes of raw material for eight months. Assisting counsel with trial preparation including drafting trial bench memorandum, preparing visuals for opening and closing statements, setting up and conducting technology for in-courtroom presentations, preparing trial exhibits and contributing to overall strategy. Conducting online investigations on the background of all potential witnesses, jurors, opposing counsel, and judges to develop strategies for presentation of evidence at trial. Very adept at finding the proverbial “needle in the haystack.” Responsible for collecting, hosting, reviewing, performing complex searches, applying redactions, creating privilege logs, producing documents electronically and performing clawback productions and re-productions.INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Interface with senior attorneys to ensure compliance demands of multiple cases and investigations. Convey legal positions and their basis to senior attorneys and their clients. Demonstrate tact, empathy and concern; sensitive to cultural diversity and individuals with various differences. Deal effectively with regulatory parties, including under extreme pressure and on sensitive issues.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS:+ In May 2017, won a civil jury trial involving an employment contract dispute in favor of our client along with the firm’s Chair of Litigation Department. + Presented on domestic violence awareness to the Cleveland Browns’ Rookie Class along with the firm’s most senior Domestic Relations Attorney 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

ANALYZE ISSUES AND PROVIDE ADVICE in sensitive and confidential Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities matters, conducting first-and second-level document review. Identify issues; describe and analyze the factual record and applicable law; set forth positions and report findings to in-house attorneys. Clearly articulate the basis for the outcome. Render legal opinions, both written and oral. CASE MANAGEMENT: Responsible for managing the document productions of several extremely large financial instructions that were under investigation for fraud by the Department of Justice. This includes receiving, logging, and hosting data; managing and assisting with the technical and substantive issues of the review; analyzing the data to determine if the financial institution was potentially trying to hide something or otherwise not comply with the materials subpoenaed by the Department of Justice.Responsible for hosting, reviewing, and troubleshooting large amounts of data.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT:+ Promoted with an increase in responsibility and compensation; the only person on the team to be promoted from entry level to middle-management.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed documents for relevancy and attorney-client privilege. Analyzed documents for specific facts relevant to the client. Promoted to QC and privileged and redactions team.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

CONDUCT LEGAL RESEARCH on complex factual and legal issues relating to employment law. Assemble, correlate and analyze voluminous material, such as employee personnel files, statements from potential witnesses, and draft requests for production of documents that could be vital to the case. Draw logical conclusions and formulate opinions based on sound legal positions. Interpret applicable laws and statutes; define issues and analyze facts. Serve as an effective advisor to clients and counsel even in uncertain or time-compressed circumstances. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENT:+ Participated in settlement conference with very prestigious opposing counsel that resulted in a favorable outcome for our client.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Reviewed documents for relevancy and attorney-client privilege for several long term projects. Analyzed documents for specific facts relevant to the client.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science