- Coordinated the efforts for a client and external vendor to collect 8,400 data sets; crafted and negotiated search terms and custodian selection; and managed ECA, filtering, review, and production processes of 10+ million documents in copyright infringement action that sought over $1.2 billion in damages.
- Managed the scheduling and preparation for 330 depositions of 90 defendants and third parties, training and managing the work of attorneys creating witness kits and deposition outlines in action against correspondent lenders relating to the origination and sale of defective residential mortgage loans.
- Supervised the coding of at least 40 million pages of documents, in more than 12 languages, by 300+ contract attorneys; hired, trained, and managed the contract attorney team.
- Prepared 30(b)(6) witnesses relating to document retention and collection for deposition and defended their depositions in lawsuits filed by reorganized bankrupt entity’s trust against D&O’s and auditors for breach of fiduciary duty and professional malpractice.
- Worked with ESI Laboratory, LLC to create tool to quickly eliminate false hits and identify true PII to redact in 800,000 documents in action filed by European asset managers, pension funds, and central banks against major banks for foreign currency market manipulation.
Counsel,
- Phone: +1 404 881 7821
- Email: melissa.dalziel@alston.com
Melissa is passionate about the intersection of generative AI and e-discovery and provides advice to clients facing issues of electronic discovery, including increasing efficiency and accuracy, and lowering costs.