Deborah Haile Email & Phone Number

San Mateo, Ca, Us

San Mateo, Ca, Us

Foster City, Ca, Us

Denver, Co, Us

Founding member of the Legal Operations team for VF Corporation, serving as a strategic partner to General Counsel and other legal department leaders. In charge of implementing standard processes, practices, and in-house efficiencies, as well as overseeing the performance of the legal team. Also facilitate changes and manage legal costs. Collaborate billing with over 700+ law firms, track internal and outside counsel spend metrics, and lead in building the global legal budget and forecasting of expenses. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including Finance, Human Resources, Compliance, IT, Procurement, and Security. Oversee the departmental budget, forecasting and accrual processes. Regularly update and monitor to effectively control costs.  Championed and solely lead new initiatives for the Legal team, including contract management, eDiscovery software, outside counsel spend management, department-wide technology applications, and other processes and scaling efforts. Lead the implementation of cross-functional projects and initiatives, new processes, and tools to improve workflows, and modify processes through playbooks and intake templates.  Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, Procurement, and Accounting to manage outside counsel and vendor relationships, including engagement agreements, budgets, compliance with billing guidelines, and internal/external communications.

Washington, D.C., Us

Responsible for developing creative pricing solutions and implementing project management best practices to ensure that the Firm met its profitability goals. Focused on the development of pricing proposals in response to client demands, as well as the creation and tracking of budgets that are over $1MM for complex matters in support of the Firm’s legal project management initiatives.

Cape Town, Western Cape , Za

Provided high-level Legal Operations support and presented recommendations to senior level executives of a multi-national organization based in South Africa. Managed global projects across Africa and Europe, aligning partner values and assuring legal compliance across multiple workstreams for the entire lifecycle of the project including scoping, planning, cost monitoring, status reporting, tracking scope changes, and liaising with stakeholders worldwide.  Founding member of the legal team in the U.S. office responsible for managing the company’s North American projects, contracts, trademarks, corporate governance, and outside counsel management.  Contributed to the growth and expansion of Broadreach’s U.S. presence by supporting the proposal process and working with senior executives on company wide projects.  Streamlined company’s legal processes/procedures by introducing new tools and resources and conducting departmental trainings. Directed technology improvement projects including the company-wide implementation of the Contracts Lifecycle Management (CLM), Knowledge Management system, and provided support for other legal technologies.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Functioned as company’s project manager, as well as the corporate governance and policy issues expert on high profile project management initiatives. Managed staff, outside counsel projects, schedules and budget. Advised Board on various legal projects.  Developed project plans, and recommended and implemented operational strategies and risk management plans. Managed project resources including ensuring project tasks were correctly assigned, managing scope of work, and negotiating changes in scope. Managed company-wide litigation matters and improved efficiencies by introducing litigation and eDiscovery readiness processes. Provided training to team members and executives company-wide.  Dramatically impacted the launch of a new German global supermarket in the US market. Supported the launch by working with stakeholders and government agencies in obtaining licenses, managing scope of work and project plans, and tracking status. Reduced monthly expenses by identifying suitable expenditures, as well as ensuring correct budgeting and forecasting.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Delivered superior assistance to the Platform and Services Sector. Originated witness interaction, deposition times, and hearings and trials on behalf of senior attorneys. Governed the administration of pleadings, discovery and subpoena responses. Supported eDiscovery needs and utilized Relativity review platform to code documents.  Ensured positive outcomes during litigation, depositions, attorney interviews, and hearings by perfecting the witness interviewing process. Researched, analyzed and summarized law sources such as statutes. Proofread legal briefs and drafted memos.  Supported document management processes as well as litigation support database systems including E-Discovery and forensic collections and analysis. Used Relativity (RCA) and other litigation support platforms for processing, review, production, and analytics. Improved communication between legal department leaders and employees through policy and procedure revisions, attending to compliance of internal reviews, evaluating compliance risk, and ensuring compliance with federal and state laws.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Supported attorneys with a wide-range of issues related to government contracts and commercial agreements for the delivery of data center software. • Managed with HP’s outside counsel spend and work. Simultaneously managed complex projects and met strict deadlines. Collaborated with cross-functional teams throughout the department to manage project operations. • Assisted with preparing, reviewing, editing and negotiating government contracts and proofread and redlined documents. • Performed due diligence and worked with attorneys on potential acquisitions of government contractors complementary to the public sector business; perform research and develop agreements.

Boston, Ma, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

Master'S Degree, Public Policy

Bachelor'S Degree, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration