In October 2011, I joined the Information Logistics group at Freehills as Project Co-ordinator to work on Litigation matters. In October 2012, Freehills merged with Herbert Smith Freehills to form the 8th largest law firm in the world. In July 2013, I was promoted to Senior Project Co-ordinator. In July 2016, my title changed to Manager, eDiscovery.I left HSF on 19 January 2018.

Secondment to the Herbert Smith Freehills London Office, as a Case Manager in the Disputes Data Management team from 26 May 2015 until 25 August 2015.

Upon returning to Australia, I recommenced employment at Clayton Utz as one of three Co-Ordinators in the LTS group. My role included:• Managing between 15 and 25 paralegals and working with the Data Analyst team to provide technology solutions to all practice groups in the firm.• planning and resourcing workloads, including the recruitment of casual staff• managing workflow and delegating tasks to paralegals• providing consultative advice to legal teams on best practice for information management• Sole co-ordinator for all corporate online data room services in the Sydney office using Ansarada, Merrill Datasite, Intralinks and CU in-house software. Includes the setup and management of all data rooms. I have extensive experience with Ansarada and co-ordinate or carry out tasks such as uploading documents, granting access to authorised users, setting security policies, reporting to legal team and clients, setting up Q&A process and advising on all workflow issues.• Co-ordinating litigation matters including the collection, interrogation (in NUIX) and processing of data into Signature database, co-ordinating legal review, providing database training to legal teams and clients, setup of workflow and processes, preparation and export of data for discovery or production, preparation of hard copy bundles and hyperlinked indexes, liaise with outsource providers for processing and preparation of hard copy documents, provide in-court support such as real time Livenote transcripts and database access. • Drafting protocols and manuals.• Building relationships with legal teams and external clientsI was primarily responsible for the implementation and coordination of matter support projects including liaison with clients to ensure their expectations are met. I also assisted with business development initiatives, LTS administration and the ongoing professional development of paralegals in the LTS group.

I completed my work stint in the United Kingdom at the US firm Debevoise & Plimpton working on a large compliance case which stretched through all of Europe, the United States and parts of Asia. My role involved co-ordinating and preparing productions to regulatory bodies all over the EU as well as the United States (DOJ, FBI and SEC). This role gave me experience in working for a US firm on a truly international case that involved offices all over the world and several hundred staff. Most documents were in foreign languages and the processes in place also provided great experience in overcoming such barriers and logistical issues.

In August 2006 I began my working holiday of the UK with a paralegal role in the Litigation Department at Lovells LLP working on a long running and high profile case. My role involved disclosure review, legal research and the preparation of witness statements, expert reports and other pre-trial bundles.I worked alongside the Litigation Support team to develop a process to host 8000 trial bundle documents online. It was the first time Lovells had used such a system and it was hailed as a great success.When the case settled, I decided not to renew my contract and sought employment in another firm in London for the remainder of my stay.

My role was to update all data related content at the Wests Tigers Official Website – http://www.weststigers.com.auThis included writing match reports and working closely with the Sponsorship, Marketing and Media staff at the club to provide a website worthy of the 2005 National Rugby League Premiers. I also administered the club’s Online Discussion Forum.

In mid 2005 I was promoted to the role of Data Analyst primarily to co-ordinate and manage the Legal Technology Support department’s role in corporate transactions. My duties included the set up and administration of online transaction websites and data rooms as well as providing other technology solutions in the course of legal practice.

The vast majority of my work as a Paralegal was carried out in the Legal Technology Support department despite doing secondments to other practice groups within Clayton Utz (such as Property, Litigation and Corporate). During this time I was admitted as a Solicitor in New South Wales.

I was the Founder and Webmaster of the Official Website of the Balmain Tigers Rugby League Football and Leagues Clubs - http://www.tigers.org.auThe Balmain Tigers competed in the National Rugby League from 1908 to 1999 and currently compete in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.