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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Manage national team of legal researchers. Strategize legal researching at a firm-wide level while providing innovative solutions to training and continuing education.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Proficient researcher on all resources to support the full spectrum of the firm’s practices, sections and subsections. Handle requests from across the firm’s national and international offices, supporting not just those in Boston but remotely interacted with attorneys, paralegals and support staff to fulfill their research needs. Analyze research requests and formulated best strategies for meeting the needs of user, who could be senior partner, associate, paralegal or administrator. Conduct all levels of research expected of senior researcher, including: statutory and regulatory at a federal and state level; legislative history; litigation and case law; patent and trademark; executive compensation; competitive intelligence and other marketing related research; secondary source searches; and any special project that arose.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• As embedded researcher carried out several roles for the entire practice including: orientations for all new Corporate Members and Associates; curated top treatises lists and created research guides for the practice’s intranet page; instructed attorneys, paralegals and support staff on new and updated databases; monitored and set-up various alerts and current awareness tools; and evaluated current and potential databases and other resources to leverage best information sources with cost effectiveness.• Supported the Securities/Capital Market section with in-depth research into: exemplary SEC filings; IPO and shelf registration statistics and trends; proxy and annual meeting practices; and special projects as they arose. Attended section-specific monthly meetings and educational programs to remain current on issues facing the section, represent the Research department and recommend services available to support the Securities section.• Supported the Mergers and Acquisitions practice with in-depth research into: exemplary deal terms; trends in the M&A market including developments in deal provisions, law firm league tables and activity based on industries; and special projects as they arose. Similarly to the Securities section, attended monthly meetings.• Supported Emerging Growth/VC section by providing in-depth research into trends in venture capital and private equity investments including active investors, noteworthy companies and cutting edge industries. Linked prospective investors with companies of interest and conversely, companies with relevant investors seeking investments. Shared expert insights on the landscape from experts at Pitchbook, CBInsight, etc. Similarly to the Securities section, attended monthly meetings.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Point person for all competitive intelligence research, acted as liaison between the Library and the Marketing Department. • Fielded requests from attorneys and business development professionals to create Intelligence Briefs on companies, which typically included business overview, key executives, competitors, outside counsel, transactional information, litigation, intellectual property and news. The nature of requests varied from preparing for a pitch, gathering intelligence on companies attending firm events, developing current client relations and general edification.• Provided industry backgrounds, including key companies, market drivers, active investors, companies with high volume of patent filings and news/media coverage.• Using news alerts monitored top clients, recently researched companies and industries and other topics; analyzed results and sent to attorneys and business development professionals when relevant.• Evaluated resources to ensure best collection of material to support the business development of all the firm’s practice groups.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Reconciled vendor bills and statements with received materials. Approved for payment when appropriate.• Managed print material updates such as pocket parts and annuals.• Shelf read and weeded collection once a year. Implemented automation of receiving new titles and recurring serials• Developed uniform cataloging guidelines for all firm libraries.• Managed electronic current awareness materials sent to library and distributed throughout the firm.

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

• Assigned subject terms to company's deep database of electronic resources.• Suggested improvements to the index thesaurus.• Responded to client questions about resources' subject tagging.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English With Focus In Creative Writing