Stephen
Conley
(Steve)

Assisting in supervising over 40 attorneys in a review of over 3 million documents and production of over 900,000 documents for a Fortune 50 company, including managing sub-groups of attorneys in issue-specific review tasks.  This review was  in connection with a matter involving claims concerning trade secrets and a breach of contract.

Assisting in the review of 960,000 documents and preparation of a privilege log of 23,000 documents in order to obtain government regulatory approval for a merger of energy companies.  The review, production and log were completed in less than one month, and the merger was ultimately approved.

Assisting in managing and supervising a group of 20 attorneys in a review of over 1 million documents for a leading medical device manufacturer in response to governmental civil investigative demand and a federal subpoena.

Assisting in the review of over 30,000 documents and managed the production of several thousand documents for a multinational energy corporation in response to an audit by a foreign governmental regulatory agency. 

Assisting in the collection, review and production of documents in complex multi-district litigation for a leading consumer products company in multiple product liability cases.  The document collection process required conducting contractor interviews, along with the collection of physical documents and materials from multiple domestic and international locations.  Additionally, preparing multiple privilege logs in relation to the same review and production of documents.

Preparing subordination, non-disturbance and attornment documents for over 20 commercial lessees in order to facilitate a multimillion dollar commercial real estate transaction.  The preparation of the documents, including revisions dictated by the commercial lender, were completed in less than two weeks.

Litigation Technology Experience: Through his involvement in the projects listed above, Mr. Conley has gained experience in supervising and training attorney review teams and collecting, reviewing and producing documents.  He also has experience in working with litigation team members to define appropriate review protocols as well as managing various aspects of the document production process.  Mr. Conley has extensive knowledge and experience of document review and litigation support systems including Relativity, Concordance, and Microsoft Access.