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DEBORAH LEA-POWERS

Frisco,TX

Summary

Vision-driven attorney who aligns legal acumen with strategy and objectives to achieve maximum efficiency in all phases of complex commercial litigation.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Attorney

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
New York
06.2007 - 04.2025
  • Drove successful litigation outcomes by expertly managing electronic discovery review projects, enhancing efficiency across large-scale commercial cases and ensuring comprehensive case preparations.
  • Leveraged extensive experience as a trustee for mortgage-backed security trusts to advocate for large institutions in breach of contract actions related to the residential mortgage crisis, successfully navigating complex legal disputes and driving favorable outcomes.
  • Leveraged over 5 years of expertise in loan re-underwriting to effectively analyze and identify potential damages, resulting in optimized risk assessments for over 200 loan files.
  • Supervised a dynamic team of 10 attorneys and 5 paralegals on multiple large-scale document review projects, enhancing efficiency through effective training and software utilization.
  • Developed comprehensive eDiscovery review protocols for document production, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of privilege logs, and providing solid legal support in dispositive motions, depositions, briefs, and trials.
  • Streamlined case preparation by creating detailed Summaries, Exhibit lists, and Privilege logs, reducing preparation time.
  • Coordinated comprehensive deposition preparation for key witnesses in financial and product liability cases, creating detailed outlines, binders, and digests that streamlined the process and contributed to successful outcomes.

Discovery Attorney

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
New York
06.2006 - 06.2007
  • Analyzed financial statements for potential accounting fraud and concealment of assets.
  • Reviewed Money Market and Limited Partnership documentation for potential issues.

Consultant Attorney

Weiss & Lurie
New York
04.2005 - 06.2006
  • Managed thorough reviews of over 1,000 documents for securities litigation class action suits, contributing to successful case outcomes.
  • Drafted memos and legal memorandums in connection with securities litigation matters.

Associate Attorney

Pulvers, Pulvers & Thompson, L.L.P.
New York
05.2004 - 04.2005
  • Personal injury attorney handling all stages of General Negligence litigation.
  • Practice areas included motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction accidents, municipal liability, and medical malpractice.

Associate Attorney

Weinstein Kaplan & Cohen PC
Garden City
05.2002 - 05.2004
  • Represented clients in both matrimonial and family court matters.
  • Participated in pretrial conferences and settlement negotiations.

Education

Juris Doctor -

Brooklyn Law School
NY
08.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
05.1996

Skills

  • Relativity
  • Case mapping
  • Predictive coding
  • MS Office
  • Residential mortgage lending regulations
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Relativity Concordance
  • Westlaw
  • Lexisnexis
  • EDiscovery review protocols
  • Document production
  • Privilege logs
  • Legal support
  • Dispositive motions
  • Depositions
  • Briefs
  • Trials
  • Case preparation
  • Summaries
  • Exhibit lists
  • Privilege logs
  • Deposition preparation
  • Outlines
  • Binders
  • Digests

Timeline

Staff Attorney

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
06.2007 - 04.2025

Discovery Attorney

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
06.2006 - 06.2007

Consultant Attorney

Weiss & Lurie
04.2005 - 06.2006

Associate Attorney

Pulvers, Pulvers & Thompson, L.L.P.
05.2004 - 04.2005

Associate Attorney

Weinstein Kaplan & Cohen PC
05.2002 - 05.2004

Juris Doctor -

Brooklyn Law School

Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Arts

Hofstra University

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