Allison Oliver has 15 years of experience in the legal and financial industries and excels at business strategy, sales strategy, and relationship management involving Am Law 200 law firms, Fortune 500 Legal Departments, Private Equity financial firms and Capital Markets groups. Allison is also a strategic business leader with executive responsibilities that include implementing new technologies, process improvement, change management, and employee development. Allison enjoys partnering with defense counsel and in-house counsel on conference panels to discuss litigation trends and investigative best practices for defending MDLs and bet-the-company litigation. Allison’s articles have been published by Law.com, National Law Journal, and DRI’s - For The Defense magazine. Allison also works with leaders in the financial industry on both the buy side and sell side to recommend best practices for mitigating risk through pre-transaction executive screening, company research, and due diligence. Specialties: Sales Strategy and Management, Complex Sales Cycles, Business Development, Leadership, Relationship Management, Change Management, Process Improvement, Investigations, Negotiation, Social Media, Law Firms, Private Equity, Thought Partner, Author, Speaker.Smith & Carson is a trusted and highly experienced investigative research firm that partners with the world's leading organizations to provide critical intelligence. In the litigation space, we specialize in partnering with defense counsel involved in high exposure or large-scale MDL/class action complex litigation to help uncover facts that will strengthen their position. In the financial space, we partner with both buy side and sell side financial firms to conduct pre-transaction due diligence on individuals and companies to mitigate risk.We are a leading ALSP (Alternative Legal Service Provider) and I collaborate with Global Procurement Directors, Chief Litigation Officers, Legal Operations Strategy Directors, General Counsel, Law Firm Executives and Outside Counsel to evaluate how our services can improve early case assessment, reduce litigation costs and support their LPM (Legal Process Management) and LPO (Legal Process Outsourcing) objectives. I also work with Chief Underwriters, Trust Officers, and Investment Officers to evaluate risk parameters (background checks on owners, investors, operating executives and management teams as well as reputational analysis, financial standing, character assessment, etc).