Law Firm ExperienceProject Manager, Team Manager, Litigation Manager
Jan. 1995 - Nov. 2012Austin, Dallas, ChicagoLitigation Manager in the energy regulatory field in charge of operations for large rate filings in Illinois. These complex litigation-style cases began by assembling voluminous compliance requirements for the initial case filing and culminated in 7-10 day hearings, followed by extensive briefing and often ending in litigation in the appellate courts. Duties included managing the team of paralegals and SMEs that fulfilled the compliance requirements through all the phases of these cases: initial filings, discovery phase, and witness teams and trial phase; developed all EDRM-based case management and electronic discovery processes and protocols; drafted documentation for processes and protocols, both internal and client-facing reports, case studies, executive quick-start guides and white papers, drafted portions of legal briefs and all types of litigation pleadings.