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Ron B. Tienzo
Senior Consultant
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As a Senior Consultant at Catalyst, Ron B. Tienzo draws on his unique background as both a lawyer and a software engineer. With a degree from Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver and extensive training in a range of legal software applications and programming languages, Ron provides litigation consulting to corporate law departments and law firms.
Prior to joining Catalyst, Ron was the software specialist at a full-service Los Angeles law firm. There, he was the firm's lead person on the use of technology in complex litigation matters. In addition, he was the firm's principal advisor on all software matters and was responsible for software training for all professionals and staff.
Ron is that rare lawyer who is also fluent in technology and adept at search. He applies these skills to provide Catalyst Consulting clients with informed guidance on litigation matters, including electronic discovery strategies and discovery management techniques. A specialist in combining law, technology and the latest in data mining techniques, Ron achieves highly effective results for his clients.
James Eidelman
Principal Consultant
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A veteran trial lawyer and pioneer in legal technology, Jim Eidelman is the principal consultant of Catalyst Consulting. With more than three decades of hands-on experience providing technology advice to law firms and legal departments, he helps clients develop strategies to overcome their toughest e-discovery challenges.
After starting out as a securities litigator, Jim launched a consulting firm in 1980 dedicated to helping lawyers enhance their practices through technology. He became recognized nationwide as a speaker and writer on legal technology. The book he co-edited with John Tredennick, Winning with Computers, became an ABA bestseller. Software he developed for legal-document assembly was said to have the ability to "think like a lawyer."
At Catalyst Consulting, Jim works with clients to overcome their most daunting e-discovery obstacles. By applying smart-searching methods and software analytics, he helps lawyers cut down and prioritize huge document sets. With the benefit of Jim's informed and creative guidance, Catalyst clients have improved the efficiency of their document reviews by as much as 100 percent.
Jim's skill lies in crafting unique technology solutions for the e-discovery problems his clients face. Jim developed a privilege-search engine with the "smarts" to also find nicknames and variations of names. He created a predictive-ranking tool that identifies and prioritizes the documents most likely to be responsive. His predominant-language detection program helps eliminate unnecessary foreign reviewer costs.
Jim has special experience in assisting clients with searches of Japanese, Korean and Chinese documents. His experience was highlighted at a recent International Legal Technology Association conference, where he spoke on, "Mastering Multi-Language Review."
Christopher Toomey
Director of Managed Review
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Chris Toomey is a lawyer and MBA who has been immersed in e-discovery since its early beginnings. At Catalyst, he assembles teams of experienced, licensed attorneys to manage or support review efforts for Catalyst clients. He draw on sources from around the globe to deliver the most appropriate and cost-effective resources for each case. Chris is also Catalyst's director of alliances and channel development.
Chris has been using e-discovery techniques for legal case assessment for nearly a decade. He has a track record of success in creating repeatable, defensible strategies. In multiple cases, his management of discovery efforts has helped uncover critical documents early in the process and helped avoid the need for a trial. Working hand-in-hand with Catalyst Consulting, Chris is able to combine technology, legal expertise and ingenuity to help clients redirect the review process for greater efficiency and more targeted results.
Prior to joining Catalyst, Chris consulted on e-discovery strategy and attorney review services for corporations and law enforcement agencies. He managed consulting and review teams of more than 70 attorneys across multiple types of cases. Earlier, he established and managed a law firm with a base of more than 450 commercial and individual clients.
Chris is a frequent speaker on topics including e-discovery, review strategy, early case assessment and deposition planning. He holds degrees from Providence College, Suffolk University Sawyer Business School, and Suffolk University Law School.
Nirupama Bhatt
Consultant
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Nirupama Bhatt is a results-driven litigation support professional with more than 10 years of broad experience in technology, project management and business operations. As a consultant at Catalyst, she focuses on developing, refining and coordinating e-discovery services for law firms, corporations and government entities.
One of Rupa's key strengths is in analyzing and documenting our clients' e-discovery procedures and then recommending practices they can adopt to reduce costs and enhance effectiveness. In her work with clients, she helps develop and refine multi-lingual search strategies, coordinates attorney review teams for document-review projects, and recommends best practices for achieving defensible, repeatable results. She is multilingual and is currently studying Japanese.
Prior to joining Catalyst, Rupa was a business analyst and consultant at HIS International, a leading, international content-management organization. Earlier, she was manager of human resources at the Philips Innovation Campus and at the Delphi Technical Center. She has a master's degree in psychology from the University of Madras and an MBA in human resources management from the Xavier Labor Relations Institute.
Rupa is a member of the Denver chapter of Women in E-Discovery and is a Catalyst-certified search specialist and trainer.
Adam S. Donald
Database Consultant
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Adam joined the consulting team after working in Catalyst's Application Support department, where he was a senior database technician and managed many of the department's most complex tasks, including setting up search and update workflows for large, enterprise clients. He has extensive experience as a database architect, developer and troubleshooter. He is proficient in Microsoft SQL and a range of other languages and programs, including various database platforms, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office, and Data Transformation Services.
Working with other members of the Catalyst Consulting team, Adam helps clients optimize their data searches. He also helps to employ analytics to narrow and refine data collections, including clustering. Adam is skilled at maneuvering and manipulating data and at developing procedures and processes for QC. Using his knowledge of SQL and T-SQL, he writes scripts to automate and streamline data workflow.
In addition to helping clients improve their ability to work with data, Adam is also a troubleshooter who is adept at solving data problems and puzzles. He is able to isolate database performance problems, identify workflow bottlenecks, and write procedures and processes to alleviate them.
Before joining Catalyst, Adam was a data architect and IT systems administrator for Pharmatech Inc. in Denver. He has a broad educational background in computer information systems and programming, having studied at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colo., and at Colorado State University, as well as having taken professional development classes in MS SQL, .NET, database administration, and enterprise applications development.
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