Thomas Brooks

Experience

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  Circuit Court 8th Judicial Circuit

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1997

  Judicial Clerk

  Worked with the Honorable Judge Paul A. Smith on circuit court cases. Researched and drafted memoranda of law and recommendations; digested opinions and motions to extract points of law and fact in a variety of criminal and civil procedure litigation matters.

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  Baltimore County State Attorney’s Office

  Jan 1997 - Mar 2000

  Assistant State Attorney – in charge of the Juvenile Division

  Responsible for all aspects of criminal litigation, as well as for managing two attorneys and staff in the Juvenile Division. • Managed over 300 criminal dockets in circuit court, juvenile court, and district court and successfully litigated cases from start to finish including jury trials.• Conducted thousands of plea negotiations with opposing attorneys as well as researched topics including constitutional criminal law, statute interpretations, and evidence issues.

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  JRB Consultants & Associates

  Oct 2001 - Jan 2003

  Attorney

  Represented clients in immigration and naturalization matters and performed complex legal research on topics including political asylum and adjustment of status cases in family matters.• Conducted client intake interviews and case evaluations.• Represented clients at Immigration and Naturalization Service hearings; • Filed motions before the United States Federal Immigration Courts and drafted successful appeals to the Board of Immigration Appeals.

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  Various Staffing Agencies

  Jan 2004 - Jul 2005

  Contract Attorney

  Served as member of legal team to collect electronic documents from corporate IT network. Evaluated documents for privilege issues evaluation in an acquisition transaction as well as evidence suitable for presentation to the court for merger considerations. • Determined if mortgage pooling trust agreements were qualifying special purpose entities under FAS 125 and FAS 140 of the financial accounting standards.• Developed competency in Kroll On Track, Concordance, and other computer software programs used to analyze documents in various document reviews for corporate mergers and acquisition transactions. Mostrar menos

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  Howrey LLP

  Jul 2005 - Jan 2011

  Litigation Attorney

  Embraced role of managing technical, software, and network connectivity issues as “first-responder team” in support of one of the largest antitrust litigation cases in US History (AMD versus Intel). Accountable for serving as “floor manager” over 200 contracted attorneys conducting large complex electronic discovery projects, including client data preservation, acquisition, review, and production of electronic materials. Supervised up to 15 direct reports for sub-projects as needed.• Coordinated project tasks across IT networking teams, legal and business groups, external law firm attorneys, and litigation support personnel to ensure proper and cost-effective data handling, processing, and analysis.• Orchestrated with outside vendors to facilitate the accurate and timely investigation and capturing of electronic and hard copy data for large-scale complex litigation.• Reduce the cost and improved the quality and consistency of network-based document reviews by implementing strategic processes and quality control methods.• Enabled critical project deadlines to be met by overseeing the isolation and resolution of network problems.• Developed competency in EED, Concordance, Relativity, iConect and other computer software programs used to analyze documents in various document reviews for corporate mergers and acquisition transactions. Mostrar menos

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  Bolliger Law Offices

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Associate

  Responsible for all phases of assigned cases in general practice law firm including criminal defense, DUI, family law, landlord tenant matters, welfare fraud, and other legal practice areas.• Conduct client intake consultations, draft court motions, draft court pleadings.• Attend court proceedings in all phases of client related litigation in the District Courts and Superior Courts of Washington State.

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  Brooks Law Center PLLC

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Attorney and Counselor at Law & Equity

  Responsible for all aspects of a general practice law firm including marketing, business development, client intact, and legal representation. Includes practicing in criminal defense, family law, and contract review.• Awarded local county government contract to represent indigent criminal defense clients.• Attend court proceedings in all phases of criminal and family law ligation including successful trial representation.

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  Discovery Services LLC

  May 2014 - Jan 2014

  Project Manager Team Lead

  Served as team lead for legal document review projects. Managed document review projects by performing quality control and second level review of attorney work. Created review reports of same for associate review. Utilized Relativity and Autonomy review platforms. • Developed privilege log entries for review team.• Field substantive legal questions regarding the request for production.

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  EMag Solutions, LLC

  Sept 2014 - Jul 2016

  EDiscovery Project Manager

  Manage Recommind Axcelerate 5 eDiscovery and tape data restoration projects through;• asset management; define project deliverables and scope through communication with sales and client; estimate project duration and resource requirements; manage project activities and dependencies; create and maintain detailed production-level design specifications; report on project status; coordinate with sales, production, development, and quality assurance;• manage project activities throughout the collection, project setup, ingestion, ECA, analysis, and review phases of the eDiscovery project life cycle. Mostrar menos

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  UnitedLex Corporation

  Jul 2016 - May 2017

  EDiscovery Project Manager

  Provide consultation to internal and external clients regarding eDiscovery cases, including: Early Case Assessment, Forensic Collections, Culling and Filtering, ESI Processing, ASP Hosting, Document Review, Document Production, Data Archival and Storage.Understand, plan for and mitigate risks to timeline or deliverable; understand the downstream impact of various options during collection, processing, review and production.Act as final layer of quality control for any work product being delivered to a client.Understand pricing models and client agreements to ensure timely and accurate billing procedures.Facilitate and conduct software and process training for internal and external clients.Mentor and develop Associate Project Managers. Mostrar menos

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  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  May 2017 - Jan 2021

  Discovery Project Manager

  Advise and guide case teams and clients through the scope of their case regarding e-discoveryworkflows, project planning, database setup, review, and document production. Utilize culling and analytics in various eDiscovery software platforms including Mindseye TunnelVision and OpenText's Axcelerate to ensure quality, defensibility, and efficiency.

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  Consilio LLC

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2023

  Project Manager

  Provide high level management, delegation, and execution of day to day e-discovery project tasks, including managing multiple projects of varying complexity. Providing end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and serving as primary client point of contact including:Providing expertise and consultative advice regarding data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables;Planning and managing internal and external project communications, ensuring effective exchange of project information and deliverables;Serving as an expert on Consilio’s Relativity review platform and proprietary offerings;Forecasting, tracking and managing project budgets and invoices. Mostrar menos

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  Bass, Berry & Sims

  Nov 2023 - now

  Litigation Technology Project Manager

  Collaborate with litigation support colleagues and serve as a technical case consultant to the firm's litigation practice. Advise attorney teams in complex civil litigation matters, government investigations, lawsuits, regulatory hearings, and internal investigations. Analyze teams' document eDiscovery needs, proposing, and implementing eDiscovery or trial technology strategies using Relativity and other eDiscovery tools and manage project budgets.