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Jim specializes in litigation consulting services focusing on the strategic and tactical use of technology. He has extensive experience in managing large-scale document management implementations for both corporate law departments and law firms.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Huron, Jim was a senior manager at Arthur Andersen. Previously he was Director of Systems at Hennigan Mercer & Bennett and Litigation Technology Manager at Howrey & Simon.
Jim uniquely bridges the legal and technological circles by providing an understanding of the litigation process from years of working side by side with leading litigators. Jim utilizes a pragmatic approach gained by managing enterprise wide technology implementations.
Jim also focuses on streamlining business processes for corporations, utilizing technology to yield efficiencies to existing operations, and dramatically reducing costs.
Jim's emphasis includes providing services to the legal community on discovery management, evidence preservation (legal holds), collaborative workflow methodologies, electronic discovery, document conversion, database creation, and trial preparation.
Representative examples of Jim's engagement experience include:
Served as an expert in a breach of contract matter involving a bonding and surety company related to the implementation of an electronic document management system that allegedly did not fulfill complex contractual requirements. Client received favorable settlement as a result of mediation.
Developed and implemented a standard technology platform and business process to support the in-house counsel of a major retailer that was handling documents and data relevant to 8,400+ separate asbestos-related litigations. Reduced costs by millions and leveraged platform to support hundreds of external counsel users on multiple pieces of litigation.
Led the team responsible for establishing enterprise wide discovery protocols for the internal and external legal teams of an energy company. This included addressing issue identification, preservation policies, data collection, data conversion, production review, and post production data needs.
Directed the team that developed a strategy for reviewing electronic documents related to litigation a wireless communication services company was facing. Executed implementation of a two million page electronic review and production performed by three sites of legal teams utilizing a web based review platform.
Led the design, creation and implementation of a collaborative web-based data analysis site for a Fortune 500 company (major airline) in order to centralize their information and place it in a shared environment making it available to all of the necessary parties, both internally and externally. Integral to the project were the protocols and processes developed for the users to ensure the integrity of the system.
Designed outside counsel integration model for insurance industry corporate legal department supporting thousands of matters with more than ten million pages and dozens of retained counsel through applied systems and procedures.
Leading member of core team that conceived and implemented Internet data warehouse model of more than 40 million related pages.
Directed custom system implementations in major complex litigation for large companies in tobacco litigation, asbestos litigation as well as in the insurance, technology, and oil industries.
Reduced document management cost in Fortune 100 clients by reengineering their document management and legal workflow systems through the implementation of custom software.
Led the team that designed, built, and implemented custom enterprise imaging solutions on the Orange County Bankruptcy litigation for 20 site connections, including both plaintiffs and defendants.
Education & Certifications
Bachelor of Arts, International Relations & Business Administration, University of Redlands | 