Senior Discovery Attorney
Troutman Pepper eMerge
As a senior discovery attorney, Patty provides clients with advice and counsel over the entire spectrum of the e-discovery life cycle, including preservation, collection, review and production, as well as assistance with preparing for depositions, mediation, and trial.
Patty consults with clients to develop matter-specific strategies to manage discovery in individual cases, class actions, multidistrict litigation, antitrust matters, internal investigations, and government investigations. Combining a substantive knowledge of facts and legal issues with technological knowledge, Patty works to reduce client burdens and costs while improving a case team’s ability to identify those issues most imperative to their claims and defenses.
Patty has more than 12 years of experience with litigation matters of various sizes and understands the need to craft an appropriate discovery strategy based on the needs of the case, the complexity of the matter, and the amount at issue. She has managed multiple complex review projects and has designed and employed custom workflows to ensure consistency and efficiency throughout the discovery process.
Serving as the key liaison between case teams and review teams, Patty works to ensure that review teams are properly trained in the unique issues of each specific matter, and that they are receiving the information they need to conduct their work most efficiently and accurately. Patty’s related experience includes conducting witness interviews and preparing privilege logs, chronologies, and deposition and trial preparation materials. Patty leverages her legal background and knowledge of available technology to craft matter-specific strategies that will identify key documents and review inconsistencies.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.