Jesse Richman

Experience

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  Brandeis University

  Jan 1999 - May 2000

  Founded day-long benefit concert and festival featuring national touring music acts, performances by student groups, food and artisan vendors. Coordinated artisan fair, recruited and contracted with food vendors, contributed to fundraising efforts supporting program ($100,000 total raised), designed layout of festival grounds, organized ticket sales. Designed, contracted and coordinated and supervised student volunteers for semesterly festival weeks. Arranged, administrated and supervised all aspects of social programming for 2000 New Student Orientation, including scheduling, booking, contracting and day-of support. Supervised 160 student volunteers assisting 800 new students for nine days of events.

  • Co-creator/Coordinator, The Great Horned Festival

    Sept 1999 - May 2000

  • Assistant Director of Special Events, Brandeis University Student Events

    Sept 1998 - May 2000

  • Programming Coordinator, Brandeis University Orientation 2000

    Jan 1999 - Sept 1999
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  Boston Bar Association

  Aug 2001 - Oct 2002

  Membership Assistant

  Upheld standards of customer service for 10,000-member association. Administrated billing cycle for approximately $2,000,000.00 yearly revenue.Contributed to 15% year-over-year growth of Sponsor Member program involving 52 of Boston's largest law firms and legal departments. Created and analyzed monthly membership and financial reports to drive retention and recruitment goals. Provided support for member benefits programs.

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  ClubCorp

  Jan 2003 - Jul 2004

  Membership Assistant -- University Club Atop Symphony Towers

  Took on all duties of Membership Director during three-month positional vacancy, maintaining member count and administrating all recruitment efforts.Streamlined processing and tracking procedures for all new applications and member resignations, greatly increasing speed and reducing overhead. Drove dozens of new memberships via multiple large-scale recruitment events (200+ attendees).Took ownership of new member orientation process.Facilitated and provided administrative support for membership-run committees. Show less

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  8th District Court of Nevada, Family Division

  May 2005 - Aug 2005

  Judicial Extern for Judge Dianne Steel

  Assisted in drafting of opinion via statutory and case law research. Stepped in to fill all duties of Clerk for one-month period following Clerk’s resignation.Processed petitions including divorce, name change, annulment, QDRO.Briefed judge’s daily motion and trial calendar, including full substantive and procedural history.

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  Various (see below)

  Sept 2007 - Nov 2011

  Contract Attorney

  Employing Agencies: Special Counsel/Legal Support Personnel; Tower Legal Staffing; Compliance Discovery Solutions; DeNovo Legal; Hudson Legal.

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  Self-Employed

  Oct 2009 - Dec 2020

  Music Journalist

  Author of features, interviews, reviews and other work including multiple cover stories for Alternative Press magazine. Published work has appeared in Alternative Press Magazine, AltPress.com, Myspace.com, Miami New Times, Broward-Palm Beach New Times and more.As Senior Editor of PropertyOfZack.com (2009-2015):Oversaw work of 30+ staff members, including story editing, copy/line editing and mentorship. During tenure, site pageviews increased from 1,000/month to 1 million/month.Authored 350 published pieces including features, interviews, album reviews, live concert reviews and festival coverage.Responsible for generating new content ideas, recruiting and mentoring staff, crafting site voice and creating/upholding editorial standards.Grew site’s profile and stature in music community, contributing to 2012 acquisition by BuzzMedia (later SpinMedia). Show less

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  Special Counsel

  Nov 2011 - Oct 2015

  Review Project Manager
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  Various (see below)

  Dec 2015 - Jun 2016

  Contract Attorney

  Employing Agencies: Special Counsel; UnitedLex.Extensive experience with 1st Level and QC review for both affirmative and defensive case documents, including privilege review, redaction and creation of privilege logs. Subject Matter Experience: Aerospace; antitrust; bankruptcy; class action; contract; copyright; defamation; employment; environmental; ethics investigation; fiduciary; healthcare; MBS; partnership; patent; pharma; product liability; regulatory; SEC investigation; tax; telecom; wrongful death; more.Platforms / Tools: Relativity; Brainspace; Viewpoint; OneO; ONE-Driven; eView; Kroll OnTrack; Ringtail; Site Manager. Show less

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  Cimplifi

  May 2016 - Jan 2023

  Operational leadership and co-management of eDiscovery Project Management department — 30 Pod Leads, Senior Project Managers, Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.Mentor, coach and exercise hire/fire authority for 8 direct reports.Author all departmental policies and procedures for implementation of new DISCO service offering.Driver for departmental interview/hiring program, resulting in onboarding of nine SPMs/PMs in 2022.Business development, including serving as Subject Matter Expert in calls with prospective clients, creation of proposed high-level workflows and authoring of RFP responses.Drive exceptional client experiences through the utilization of Cimplifi technologies and workflows, with exemplary responsiveness and a consultative approach. Show less High-level case management spanning all phases of EDRM for both Cimplifi subscription and transactional clients. Consult on analytics offerings including Relativity Analytics, Brainspace, H5 Matter Analytics and NexLP, with focus on workflows and best practices, for both clients and internal team.Supervise client support team of eDiscovery and Review Project Managers and Analysts, including devising team workflows and best practices as part of beta team rollout.Prepare comprehensive client support playbooks and case roadmap proposals.Participate in business development, including calls with potential clients and authoring of RFP responses.Supervise and, when needed, execute all required duties of eDiscovery Project Manager and eDiscovery Analyst. Show less Contribute to casework resulting in upwards of $1 billion in recovery for clients and greater than an estimated $10 billion in avoided liability.Serve as primary liaison between contract attorneys and counsel, litigation support, forensic examiners and fellow service provider staff, ensuring client needs are met through open communication. Maintain caseload of as many as four simultaneous reviews, providing expert guidance regarding workflow and best practices to ensure timely, accurate and complete review of documents.Drive contract attorney review process end-to-end by authoring review protocol; training firm attorneys on review tool; onboarding contract attorneys; batching and distributing documents; creating searches and QC functions; managing 1st level, QC and privilege review, redaction and privilege logging; and production of documents to ensure timely, accurate and cost-effective delivery to client.Maintain physical plant, including installation and configuration of computers and all aspects of office management for Document Review Center. Show less

  • Director of Project Management

    Jan 2022 - Jan 2023

  • eDiscovery Consultant

    Jul 2019 - Jan 2022

  • eDiscovery Project Manager

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Review Project Manager

    May 2016 - Dec 2017
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  Complete Discovery Source

  Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

  Client Director

  Operational leadership with responsibility for the strategic growth of key client portfolios, ensuring thehighest levels of delivery around technology, administration services and professional services.In 8 month period, tripled revenue of largest assigned client, with client doubling both hosted datavolume and PM hours utilized.Over 6 months, nurtured new client relationship leading to active hosting of 40+ matters.

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  Berger Singerman

  Dec 2023 - now

  Director of eDiscovery and Litigation Support

  Responsible for firmwide eDiscovery practice and protocol, including oversight of BSLLP eDiscovery attorneys and litigation support team.