An Insider's Guide to Preventing Discovery Disputes

Andie brings over 18 years of legal industry experience to developing workflow strategies, including review management, migrations, information governance, and collections. Prior to joining Ipro, she worked as an eDiscovery Project Manager for 12 years in a fortune 500 corporate legal department, establishing best practices for all aspects of the EDRM.

Kristen F. Perkins is a paralegal in the firm’s Litigation Department, working with attorneys who represent clients in both state and federal courts. She has extensive experience in litigation support, e-discovery, as well as both jury and court trials.

Kristen has nearly 20 years of experience in litigation. She provides assistance with drafting pleadings, motions, discovery requests and responses, appellate briefs, witness and exhibit preparation, and overall case management. In her role of implementing e-discovery practices and procedures within the firm, Kristen consults with attorneys and clients on the development and implementation of preservation and discovery plans, document collection, review and production, and overall discovery strategies. She conducts and manages document review and productions.

In addition, Kristen is a member of the firm’s Internal Investigations practice. She routinely conducts fact gathering interviews with clients and helps to manage the fact gathering process.

Patricia LeBel-Lasse is a paralegal in the firm’s Litigation Department with more than thirty years of legal and business experience. She assists counsel with complex commercial and business disputes in a variety of areas in both federal and state courts.

She has extensive trial and litigation support experience. In addition, as a member of the firm’s Internal Investigations practice, she conducts fact gathering interviews with clients and relevant parties and helps to manage the fact gathering process. In her role, Patricia implements new business processes in the areas of electronic data discovery, litigation support and trial technology.

Patricia served as a public member of the State of Connecticut's Judicial Review Council for a term of four years (2013-2017). She currently serves as a member of the firm's Technology Committee and is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS).

Jim Gill, Principal of Unpaved Marketing, has been writing and hosting webinars in the eDiscovery and Legal Technology space for six years, having worked with various organizations in the industry, including Exterro, ACEDS, Cloudnine, Ipro, and eDiscovery Today and has been recognized as a JD Supra Top Author four times. He is currently working as an independent content consultant and blogger.