Wayne Clark

Experience

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  WOODS, ROGERS & HAZLEGROVE

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1998

  Full-service law firm founded in 1893 that currently operates as Woods Rogers PLC. Litigation Support Technician▪ Capitalizing on paralegal background, earned promotion into a litigation support role, developing databases and info-bases early in the evolution of the field. Using event-driven programming methods, designed info-base query search templates. Researched software products and presented recommendations to management.▪ Trained attorneys and paralegals in the use of Folio Views, a decision support and information retrieval software. Show less Litigation Paralegal▪ Provided proactive paralegal support for 65 attorneys, primarily for personal injury, product liability, and occupational disease cases. Interviewed clients, obtained records for files, abstracted deposition transcripts, and prepared medical chronologies. Directed document collections, review, and production.▪ Gained internal recognition for maintaining composure and meeting aggressive deadlines for exhibit preparation, court-room set-up, and trial assistance during litigation proceedings. Show less

  • Litigation Support Technician

    Jan 1993 - Jan 1998

  • Litigation Paralegal

    Jan 1991 - Jan 1993
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  Hunton & Williams LLP

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Senior Litigation Technology Support Specialist

  Founded in 1901 Hunton & Williams is a global law firm that has represented Fortune 100, 500, and 1000 clients, along with thousands of small businesses and individuals worldwide.Sr. Litigation Tech Support Specialist▪ Hired as the founding member of the litigation support department in the Atlanta office. Established operations infrastructure to support imaging solutions, document and database management, discovery, and trial support solutions. ▪ Managed case team attorneys, paralegals, IT staff, and vendors. Developed and maintained databases for use by Fortune 50, 100, and 500 clients. Created and managed secure extranet sites for client documents.▪ Directed large document collections, reviews, and productions. Prepared demonstrative and video exhibits; setup courtrooms and war rooms; directed evidentiary presentations during trials, arbitrations, and hearings. ▪ Designed database for depositions and documents in a breach of contract case, supervising 10 case clerks in coding data for about 220,000 pages of documentation.▪ Met aggressive 5-week deadline of creating database queries, organizing witness folders for potential discovery deadlines, and overseeing conversion of documentation images for 830,000 pages in connection with an FTC Second Request.▪ Maintained approximately 1,550,000 document images and corresponding databases, for discovery and trial use before the World Court in The Hague over a 2-year period, project managing translators to coordinate logistics and database development. Show less

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  Paul Hastings

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2020

  Senior Project Manager

  Leading international law firm providing legal solutions for Fortune 500 clients. The Data Science, Analysis & Investigation team offers eDiscovery, trial support, case management, data science, analysis, transactional, and investigation services. Project Management​▪ Direct the day-to-day operation of the Atlanta office’s litigation support services, including budgetary responsibility for an operation that contributed millions in annual revenue. ▪ Manage contract and staff attorneys, IT and litigation support staff, paralegals, and vendors.▪ Prepare demonstrative and video exhibits; set up courtrooms and war rooms; direct evidentiary presentations during trials, arbitrations, and hearings.E-Discovery Consulting▪ Helped with the technical sales efforts of the firm's e-discovery capabilities/solutions (presentations, pitches, materials), resulting in multiple new e-discovery and document review engagements.▪ Firm-wide technical expert on e-discovery and related technologies including collection, processing, document hosting, review, and production.▪ Manage the delivery of hundreds of e-discovery engagements, guiding and consulting with numerous case teams and clients; create case team e-discovery budgets from document collection through production.▪ Analyze predictive coding and technology assisted review options; worked on data analytics and modeling.Managed Review Administration▪ Provide day-to-day oversight of firm's internal managed review program, including budgets, metrics, staffing, and management decisions. ▪ Train attorneys on the latest review technologies.Litigation Support Administration▪ Manage litigation support professionals supporting domestic and international offices; hire and train litigation support personnel.▪ Developed monthly departmental productivity targets and reports for firm management.▪ Implemented 24/7 case team support model.▪ Worked with Records department to develop and manage data and media storage policies. Show less

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  UnitedLex

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2024

  Client Engagement Manager

  Leading technology and legal services company committed to delivering full-scale Digital Transformation.Client Engagement Manager▪ Drive digital transformation and adoption of litigation technology to attorneys, paralegals and key stakeholders, overseeing the process and improvement strategy to streamline workflows and create efficient practices.E-Discovery Consulting▪ Lead team of project managers to deliver projects beyond expectations to stakeholders, adapting to changing priorities and pivoting strategy and direction of deliverables to meet the ever-changing case needs.▪ Execute an adoption strategy helping legal teams to optimize resources and tools available to improve operations and drive practice area growth. Show less

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  Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

  Jul 2024 - now

  EDiscovery Project Manager