Richard E. Martel
Gorham,ME
Summary
Experienced litigation professional with a strong legal background. Skilled in managing complex casework and supporting attorneys. Proficient in research, document preparation, and case management for effective legal assistance. Known for collaborative teamwork and adaptability in fast-paced environments, leading to successful outcomes. Demonstrated reliability and flexibility in meeting clients' and law firms' changing needs.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Litigation Paralegal
Petruccelli, Martin and Haddow
Portland, Maine
03.2004 - Current
- Deliver comprehensive litigation support to attorneys across all phases, including case evaluation, discovery, trial preparation, and post-trial activities.
- Manage complex eDiscovery projects, overseeing data collection, processing, review, and production for cases involving up to millions of documents, ensuring compliance with industry-standard tools and best practices.
- Leverage advanced technology skills to manage litigation support databases, ensuring efficient document management and retrieval, and conducted in-depth legal research using online tools.
- Conduct thorough factual investigations, including witness interviews, public records searches, and medical records review, to strengthen case strategies.
- Coordinate trial preparation, organize trial binders, exhibits, and demonstrative aids, and provide on-site support during trials.
- Apply expertise in state and federal court procedures to ensure full compliance with all rules and regulations.
Owner
eDiscovery Maine, LLC
Gorham, Maine
01.2019 - Current
- Provide independent paralegal, eDiscovery project management, trial preparation, and hot seat services.
- Sample Cases:
- Confidential Washington D.C. Law Firm- Project managed a team of four in-house and many contract reviewers in multi-defendant civil matter encompassing 14,752,572 documents in all phases of EDRM from ingestion to production.
- Confidential New York Law Firm- Project managed a team of four inhouse and six contract review in a Qui Tam action in the State of Virginia encompassing 421,718 documents in all phases of the EDRM from ingestion to production.
- Confidential Kansas City Corporation - Project managed eDiscovery for two shareholder disputes encompassing four million pages of documents during all phases of the EDRM from platform selection through production.
- Proficient in all facets of EDRM and data processing, including: Ingestion, Deduplication, Culling, Coding, Searching, Project Management, Production, Workflow Development, Best Practices; and Troubleshooting.
EDiscovery Project Manager
Consilio
Gorham, ME
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Company Overview: Remote
- Provided end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and served as the primary client point of contact.
- Provided expertise and consultative advice regarding data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables.
- Created and maintained project schedules, including defining activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort, duration, and associated resource requirements.
- Developed and managed relationships with internal teams.
- Defined, communicated, implemented, and monitored quality standards on all project deliverables.
- Planned and managed internal and external project communications and ensured effective exchange of project information and deliverables.
- Successfully oversaw multiple concurrent projects.
- Generated and distributed reporting metrics for processed requests and KPI's regularly.
- Developed strong client relationships through collaborative, consultative service.
- Remote
Litigation/e-Discovery Paralegal
Brann & Isaacson
Lewiston, Maine
05.2018 - 03.2021
- Processed electronically stored information for review by in-house counsel and production to opposing counsel.
- Assisted in all phases of litigation.
Paralegal
Kaplan & Grant
Portland, ME
01.2012 - 01.2018
- Drafted persuasive pleadings, demands, and legal briefs.
- Conducted all phases of discovery.
- Succinctly and effectively summarized medical records and depositions.
- Provided extensive trial support, serving as 'second chair' in personal injury trials.
- Served as an advocate for clients at mediation.
Litigation Paralegal
Thompson & Bowie
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Provided complete support to five attorneys during each phase of litigation in Federal and State Courts.
- Researched legal issues efficiently.
- Generated pleadings.
- Performed thorough investigations, including locating witnesses and related parties.
- Initiate and respond to discovery requests.
- Function as 'second chair' at trials.
Litigation Paralegal
Troubh Heisler, PA
Portland, ME
01.2003 - 01.2007
- Supported 5 attorneys during all phases of litigation.
- Served as 'second chair' in personal injury, medical malpractice, and boundary dispute trials.
- Prepared comprehensive and compelling demands for settlement.
- Assisted in medical malpractice claim resulting in $2.3 million jury award.
Education
Certificate - Paralegal Studies
01.1995
Arkfeld eDiscovery and Evidence Online Course -
01.2017
Certified E-discovery Advanced Specialist
Skills
- Litigation Support
- Legal Research
- Investigation
- Hot Seater
- E-Discovery
- Substantive Law
- Personal Injury
- Discovery
- Project Management
- Witness Location
- Procedural Law
- Everlaw Pro
- Client communication
- Litigation support
- Fact investigation
Timeline
EDiscovery Project Manager - Consilio
03.2022 - 11.2022
Owner - eDiscovery Maine, LLC
01.2019 - Current
Litigation/e-Discovery Paralegal - Brann & Isaacson
05.2018 - 03.2021
Paralegal - Kaplan & Grant
01.2012 - 01.2018
Litigation Paralegal - Thompson & Bowie
01.2007 - 01.2012
Litigation Paralegal - Petruccelli, Martin and Haddow
03.2004 - Current
Litigation Paralegal - Troubh Heisler, PA
01.2003 - 01.2007
Casco Bay College - Certificate, Paralegal Studies
- Arkfeld eDiscovery and Evidence Online Course,
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