Christopher R. Brink Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Remote

Managing and directing all aspects of eDiscovery review projects. Responsible for management of teams of project attorneys who review and analyze electronically-stored information in support of litigation and internal investigations for law-firm and corporate clients. Confer regularly with counsel and end-client stakeholders to plan and execute document-review projects on various platforms, including Relativity, consistent with industry best practices. Coordinate with external project-management teams to schedule document productions in compliance with court orders and production protocols.

Remote

Participated in review projects under the supervision of full-time review managers. *Responsible for assessing documents for responsiveness, privilege, confidentiality, redaction, and issue codes * Maintained a high level of through-put with outstanding accuracy *Applied knowledge of litigation related to Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Product Liability, Employment, and Contracts * Conversant with both VMWare Horizon and Microsoft Remote Desktop * Projects hosted in Relativity Server

Attorney contracted to national law firm performing substantive associate-level work. * Responsible for using professional judgment to respond thoroughly and succinctly to individual complaints of fraud/misrepresentation from former students seeking to have their student loans discharged * Sophisticated use of Microsoft Office products, including Teams, Outlook, Excel, and Word * Conversant with Citrix Workspace * Manage documents in iManage document-control system * Enter time in Intap time-management system

Participated in review projects under the supervision of full-time review managers. *Responsible for assessing documents for responsiveness, privilege, confidentiality, redaction, and issue codes * Maintained a high level of through-put with outstanding accuracy *Applied knowledge of litigation related to Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Product Liability, Employment, and Contracts * Conversant with both VMWare Horizon and Microsoft Remote Desktop * Projects hosted in Relativity Server and Reveal

Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Participating in review projects under the supervision of full-time review managers. * Responsible for assessing documents for responsiveness, privilege, confidentiality, redaction, and issue codes* Maintain a high level of through-put with outstanding accuracy* Applying knowledge of litigation related to Intellectual Property, White Collar Crime, Product Liability, Employment, and Contracts

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

Senior Project Manager responsible for liaising with law departments and outside counsel to plan and execute all aspects of eDiscovery in support of internal investigations, government inquiries, and litigation. Experienced in best practices for processing, searching, review, and production on Relativity and Epiq’s proprietary platform, Epiq Discovery. Routinely coordinated with Epiq’s machine-learning consultants and review managers to identify appropriate document-review populations. Participated in weekly conferences and quarterly and annual business reviews with corporate law departments in energy, entertainment, insurance, and technology industries to review performance, identify opportunities, set goals, plan technology upgrades, and drive evidence-based changes to enhance efficiencies* Principal Project Manager for Fortune 50 technology company and Fortune 50 energy company** Prepared and updated documentation to memorialize policies and procedures** Implemented policy of Continuous Improvement in clent group** Participated in regular meetings with internal colleagues to emphasize client-specific policies and discuss success stories and pain points* Coordinating Project Manager for Fortune 100 insurance companies and Fortune 500 entertainment company* Collaborated with in-house and outside counsel to prepare ESI protocols consistent with client policies and case needs* Coordinated with Epiq colleagues to plan collections and prioritize requests to meet court-ordered and client-imposed deadlines* Directed international team of Project Associates with specific guidance regarding processing and production specifications

Overland Park, Kansas

Managed and directed all aspects of eDiscovery review projects, including management and training of junior management colleagues. Responsible for management of teams of project attorneys who reviewed and analyzed electronically-stored information in support of litigation and internal investigations for law-firm and corporate clients. Conferred regularly with counsel and end-client stakeholders to plan and execute document-review projects on various platforms, including Relativity, consistent with industry best practices. Coordinated with internal and external project-management teams to schedule document productions in compliance with court orders and production protocols. Communicated regularly with client stakeholders to develop their confidence in review processes and in the execution of mutually agreed-upon plans.* Collaborated cross-office regarding domestic and international matters to assure client satisfaction* Managed multiple foreign-language document review teams* Actively managed 200-attorney document review for internal and SEC investigations for Fortune 50 Company in four offices on three continents* Managed 100-attorney document review team for multidistrict product-liability class action for Fortune 50 company in coordination with other managers* Managed document review-team for a high-stakes government investigation* Managed transition of all Document Review personnel in local office to remote work in April 2020** Maintained regular communication with corporate leadership to effect uninterrupted operations** Supervised junior Document-Review Management colleagues in absence of Site Manager** Prepared and distributed custom How-To guide for effective use of Microsoft Teams** Cataloged and distributed corporate hardware to staff attorneys and project attorneys

Newark, New Jersey

Seconded to the Managed Services group within the Professional Services division of UnitedLex Corp. while a Litigation Associate with UnitedLex Professional Services to develop and manage a new relationship with a leading regional law firm with offices in New Jersey and New York.* Established credibility with firm executives through expertise and transparency * Maintained open, regular communication with firm leadership to develop transition plan to stand-up workspaces in a UnitedLex environment** Coordinated with firm attorneys to triage matters for transfer to minimize downtime and hosting costs to the firm** Developed close working relationships with Partners, Of Counsel, Associates, and Information Technology team to assure they had confidence in process and ability to execute** Sunset multiple tools and oversaw adoption of Relativity across the firm* Acted as principal point of contact for all issues related to eDiscovery projects** Managed intake of new matters into the UnitedLex Professional Services system*** Coordinated conflicts checks*** Provided scoping services to develop project budgets consistent with contract terms*** Assured Statements Of Work were timely executed by all parties*** Oversaw billing set-up with Finance departments*** Confirmed assignment of remote project-management teams and participated in kick-off meetings with relevant internal resources and counsel** Liaised between counsel and Professional Services during collections, intake, processing, and production to assure client satisfaction* Provided Relativity training to firm attorneys* Delivered Continuing Legal Education programs to counsel regarding eDiscovery topics

Overland Park, Kansas

Document-Review Management trainee. Supported large review projects under close supervision of senior managers. Advanced rapidly to independent management of increasingly complex projects. Completed two-year training program on industry best practices, client communication, team management, and advanced training on Relativity in 21 months. * Oversaw Privilege analysis, Redaction, Quality Control, and Quality Assurance teams of complex, multidistrict, product-liability class-action review projects for Fortune 50 Company* Managed document review projects for the litigation departments of Goodwin Procter, Sedgwick, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer with support and guidance from relationship managers* Responsible for timekeeping of project attorneys to facilitate accurate billing* Maintained accurate reporting of review throughput and cost-to-budget to manage counsel expectations and maintain proper staffing levels across projects* Developed and drafted document review project protocols and checklists in coordination with counsel* Trained, supervised and provided feedback to attorney document reviewers* Prepared Decision Logs with exemplar documents and specific questions for counsel’s resolution to assure reviews were consistent with protocol and expectations

Overland Park, Kansas

Participated in multiple review projects under the supervision of full-time review managers. * Developed familiarity with litigation related to White Collar Crime, Product Liability, Employment, Contract, and Intellectual Property* Demonstrated facility with Relativity’s basic review and redaction functions * Advanced rapidly from first-level review to Privilege, Quality-control, and Redaction responsibilities* Received additional training on use of Relativity’s search and batching functions as well as provisioning Relativity accounts and permissions to better support review managers

New York, New York

Responsible for all aspects of 80-100 litigation matters from claim research and pleadings through trial and appeal. Negotiated and implemented the settlement of personal injury and commercial claims. Coordinated with outside counsel at various law firms to manage 30-50 larger matters * Preparied and filed pleadings * Engaged in motions practice before judicial tribunals and executed discovery, including preparation of outgoing and incoming interrogatories, and conducting and defending depositions * Gathered evidence, collaborated with technical experts, and researched state and federal case law relevant to settlement negotiations * Drafted memoranda seeking settlement authority and reviewed internal settlement recommendations * Reviewed, revised, and approved stipulations of settlement * Reviewed, revised, and approved agreements prepared by other attorneys * Negotiated with opposing counsel to prepare and implement settlement agreements * Appeared at pre-trial conferences and argued before judicial tribunals

Researched issues and cases relating to civil litigation by involuntarily-committed ex-offenders classified as sexually-violent predators; maintained extensive correspondence with involuntarily-committed plaintiffs and co-counsel; advised and aided clients regarding case’s procedural posture, strategy, likelihood of success of claims, and potential for challenging consolidation with similar cases. Drafted amicus brief to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Assisted and coordinated multiple projects with faculty and staff. Highlights include revision and editorial contributions to manuscript of graduate level textbook under direction of department chair Dr. Gordon D. Brown. Worked as Executive Staff Assistant to the Interim Director of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Health Informatics Research Training Program, Dr. Timothy B. Patrick. Responsibilities included coordination of fellowship application procedures, maintenance of program webpage, assistance to fellows as they coordinated and published research, and contribution to grant-writing processes.

Religious Studies 1, Introduction to Religion, Dr. Sharon D. WelchReligious Studies 130, Major World Religions, Dr. Signe CohenReligious Studies 141, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, Dr. Martin CorralReligious Studies 142, Introduction to the New Testament, Dr. Stephen J. FriesenReligious Studies 202, Early Christianities, Dr. Patricia Zimmerman BeckmanReligious Studies 203, Medieval Christianities, Dr. Patricia Zimmerman BeckmanImplemented curricula for various courses under the supervision of tenured and tenure-tracked faculty members. Responsible for managing groups of 30 undergraduate students, researching specific topics to plan and guide weekly discussion sessions, and evaluating assessment instruments.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Legal Intern--Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice Civil Litigation Clinic, Research Assistant.

M.A., Religious Studies

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Assistant, American Academy of Religion, Columbia/Mid-Missouri LGBT Coalition Steering.

B.A., History

Activities and Societies: Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta, Resident AssistantMinors in Philosophy & Religion and Medieval Studies Senior.

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