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S. Keller Legal Resume
Portland, Oregon
Steve.VB.Keller@gmail.com / Styve61@gmail.com
LEGAL EXPERIENCE:
Freelance/ Contract Litigation Discovery Support/Paralegal
Portland / San Francisco (2000 – 2014)
- Discovery document management, Index preparation for multi-thousand page document collections
- Discovery analysis, organization, deposition and motion preparation research
- Review electronic data and documents for relevance and privilege, creating privilege logs
- Scanning, Bates Labeling and loading documents, using Adobe or Summation, for production
- Loading, review and analysis of large volumes of evidence, using Summation and Access databases
- Spreadsheet organization / presentation of discovery process
- Audited mutual fund contracts, to update method for tracking revenue sharing terms for 4500 mutual funds offered through Standard’s retirement plan.
- Developed and deployed efficient spreadsheet methodology for 8-attorney document review team to search 7 million-page Summation database
- Designed charts and databases for evidence presentation in FLSA class-action claim
Law Firms and Vendors I have worked with: Tonkon Torp, Fisher & Phillips, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, Wise & Associates, The Standard, McCullough Research, PGE Legal, Epiq Systems, Lane Powell, Bridge City Legal, Schubert & Reed (SF, CA), Lieff Cabraser (SF, CA)
Discover-e Legal – E-Discovery Product Analyst
Portland, OR (2005 – 2006)
- Formalized and deployed the company’s project management process.
- Conducted post-analysis of major projects to develop standard “work process” flowchart
- Revised company’s website/white papers, performed thorough revamp of site-content in all areas
- Worked with programming team to develop software-testing protocol and testing documentation
Sullivan & Cromwell – Mergers and Acquisitions Paralegal
New York, NY (1985 – 1987)
- Acted as a resource base for the nation’s leading Mergers and Acquisitions group
- Prepared and circulated written analyses of M & A issues and documents
- Conducted research using Disclosure, Dow Jones, and LexisNexis
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Retail Sales, Marketing & Advertising Management…1991 – 2000
- Conducted consultative sales & custom fitting of Ice and Inline skates, and Cycling equipment
- Managed crews of 3 – 8 to optimize sales/fitting, and labor productivity for specialty sporting goods stores
- Developed integrated marketing plan and advertising for three-store business
- Developed a start-up company users’ manual for travel industry cruise-booking software
- Conducted comprehensive analysis of online travel industry to successfully market products
- Managed $10 million regional advertising campaign for the American Dairy Association account
Companies and businesses I have worked with: GRS Network, DMB & B, RainBo Sports Shops, Kozy’s Cyclery, Sun & Ski Sports
RELATED VOLUNTEER WORK:
Elders in Action, Portland, OR 2011 – 2013
As an Age-Friendly Business Evaluator, I conducted website evaluations to review the effectiveness of local businesses’ online service of an aging population.
EDUCATION:
- M.B.A., 1989 – University of Michigan Business School – Ann Arbor, MI (Marketing)
- B.A., 1984 – Hampshire College – Amherst, MA (Law, Public Policy)
- Internships: Senator Ted Kennedy, Boston, MA – 1982; F.A.I.R., Washington, D.C. – 1983
- English Diploma, 1979 – Phillips Exeter Academy – Exeter, NH
Technical Aptitude: MS Office applications, Relativity, Summation, Concordance, Lexis-Nexis