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JULIA BATDORFF

Portland,OR

Summary

Senior case management litigation paralegal with over 20 years of experience working on complex business cases in state and federal courts, including contract disputes, professional liability claims, construction and surety matters, securities cases, and employment suits. Primarily engaged for insurance defense. Handle all facets of litigation, including investigative research, locate witnesses, fact development, coordinate collection of client documents including ESI, work with discovery vendors, document review and privilege screening using database technologies, discovery analysis, issue spotting, drafting chronologies, deposition preparation, summarize documents and testimony, draft pleadings, draft discovery requests, draft subpoenas, identify and compile supporting evidence for motions, respond to subpoenas on behalf of clients, work with expert witnesses, preparation and support for arbitration proceedings, mediations, hearings, and trials.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Paralegal

Bullivant Houser
09.2000 - Current
  • Work in Business Group on numerous professional liability matters defending accountants, attorneys, engineers, architects, real estate agents, estate trustees, as well as employment and intellectual property cases.
  • Cases managed include a 6 week trial representing investors who were defrauded in a Ponzi scheme (Synectic Funds/Craig Berkman), high profile bankruptcy related matters Sunwest Management and Berjac Holdings (also involved defrauded investors), George Fox University employment cases, represented EcoTrust in responding to a government investigation.

Paralegal

Morgan Lewis (formerly Bingham McCutchen)
01.1995 - 01.2000
  • Gained valuable experience handling matters for Stanford University and Silicon Valley technology companies in business and employment cases. Other matters included a high stakes case regarding Big Pharma dispute about ownership of patents on Alzheimer's disease research methods.

Education

B.A. - English

Williams College
Williamstown, MA

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite programs, NetDocs, document database management programs for ESI review including Eclipse, Relativity and Nebula Familiar with iManage, Everlaw programs

Hobbies and Interests

Running, reading, Lawyer League softball.

Timeline

Paralegal

Bullivant Houser
09.2000 - Current

Paralegal

Morgan Lewis (formerly Bingham McCutchen)
01.1995 - 01.2000

B.A. - English

Williams College
JULIA BATDORFF