Edward Riel Email & Phone Number

Staff Associate April 2020 – January 2023-Performed first and second pass review for relevancy and privilege in privacy and antitrust class action matters.-Performed targeted searches to identify and review documents for inclusion in deposition prep materials.-Evaluated, iterated, and revised proposed search terms for discovery.-Assisted in Confirmatory.

Staff Attorney/Contract Attorney

-Searched large database for documents related to client defense issues in a criminal securities related prosecution; constructed timeline chronologies of significant events; performed factual analysis required to draft and refine witness deposition outlines and issue summaries. -Performed first and second pass review for relevancy and privilege in.

San Francisco Bay Area

Project Manager/Contract Attorney -Managed attorney teams and/or performed first/second pass and privilege review on various matters.-Coordinated with client Counsel to implement a quality control process for the timely and accurate delivery of work product.-Drafted weekly metrics reports, updating Counsel on the status of the review.-Researched.

San Francisco Bay Area

--Coordinated with clients to develop defensible search term strategies; vet and revise search terms (i.e., adjust Boolean syntax for DT search and Clearwell platforms); provide custom search term hit reporting.-Created searches to identify hot documents and documents for deposition preparation.-Set up Pre-Production Validation searches for Production.

Mountain View

Discovery Staff Attorney (January 2013 – February 2014)Document Review Attorney (through Adecco Group, July 2011 – December 2013) -Directed Analytics and Production related workflow for 18 team members.-Managed and trained team on search term analysis/revision workflow.-Ran final search terms across data sets for export and creation of review.

-Managed a six attorney team on a first level review.-Coordinated with client Counsel to implement a quality control process for the timely and accurate delivery of work product.-Drafted weekly metrics reports, updating Counsel on the status of the review.-Performed first pass, QC and privilege log review.-Worked on patent and consumer class action.

• Contract Attorney fluent in all phases of E-discovery, with both small and large firm experience. -Experience includes:
• project management
• first and second pass review
• quality control review
• creation of privilege and redaction logs
• deposition summation

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B.A., High Honors, General Scholarship, English