Contract / Project / Litigation Support Attorney

Litigation support attorney for primarily environmental and maritime matters arising out of the 2014 Galveston oil spill resulting from a maritime collision. Assignments involve: drafting memos, pleadings and motions; conducting case law, regulatory and statutory research involving federal procedure, Oil Spill Pollution Act (OPA) and general maritime law; case discovery activities including preparation, document review and analysis; and OPA and general claims analysis and handling.

Provided support for electronic discovery on numerous complex large scale litigation matters for various law firms and companies. Provided progressively more responsible duties and activities including first level review; second level review and quality control; privilege review and log preparation; structuring search terms and matrices for document request negotiations and secondary review; document searches and analysis for key issues for deposition and trial preparation; and direct interaction with trial attorneys in supporting issue research, and witness and trial preparation. I have worked on a diverse range of high-profile cases including these large scale matters:o Multinational energy company US crude oil pipeline spill;o Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill multi-district litigation;o Pharmaceutical (nasal corticosteroid) patent infringement litigation;o Los Alamos Laboratory Facility construction contract arbitration;o South Texas Nuclear Project contract dispute;o Enterprise software contract and services litigation;o AIG securities class action litigation;o MTBE multi-district litigation;o BP Texas City refinery explosion litigation;o El Paso Corporation securities class action;o Enron securities class action litigation.I have also developed a proficiency/competency in multiple e-discovery document management platforms including FTI (Ringtail), Iconect, Summation, Relativity, Lextranet, Zantaz (Introspect / Steelpoint), and Attenex with exposure to other systems.

Litigation