Kim Nelson Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Wayzata, Mn

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Assists law firms and corporate clients with development and implementation of best practices for all aspects of the litigation process, including preservation, information gathering, document management and processing; vendor selection and management, document review, document production and trial. Identify potential internal and external discovery risks and provide clients with innovative solutions for mitigation of same. Assess client requirements and communicate recommendations regarding client services infrastructure, service offerings and personnel.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provides daily oversight of department offerings to ensure delivery of responsive and cost-effective expertise and services. Develops annual goals and objectives and manages department operations to successfully achieve same. Interviews and coordinates hiring of qualified department staff. Provides training and development guidance to build necessary skills within and continue professional development of department staff. Manages the performance of department staff against internal client input, financial factors, best practices and procedures, job descriptions and other accountabilities. Provides guidance or other corrective action to ensure understanding of expectations and performance. Develops and manages compensation program. Manages workload balance amongst staff. Monitors productivity, appropriate capture of time worked and appropriate description of services. Develops department budget recommendations and projections. Manages operation expenses and services revenues against Firm-approved budget. Implementation of core business processes and related best practices to ensure delivery of superior general and technical client services. Oversees vendor relationships related to services specific to general and technical practice support to ensure quality and cost-effective use of outside resources. Defines and directs initiatives to identify supplemental or alternative enterprise solutions. Markets department services and offerings to both internal and external clients. Designs and develops internal training and education sessions.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Led multiple complex, technically demanding litigation matters for the firm’s largest clients. Managed legal teams, document collections and document reviews involving hundreds of people, multiple retrieval sites and terabytes of data. Consulted and educated legal teams and clients on defensible e-discovery best practices. Served as the principal liaison between the legal teams, client, IT and both internal and external litigation service providers. Developed litigation budgets and timelines. Managed resources, including firm technology litigation support personnel and outside vendors. Oversaw, coordinated and tracked matter progress and workflows from matter inception through trial. Reviewed and analyzed monthly client bills to ensure accuracy and appropriateness of charges. Conducted regular vendor and software evaluations.

Bs, Child Psychology/Pre-Law

Activities and Societies: Alpha Gamma Delta

Project Management Certification, Project Management

Aa, Paralegal Studies