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Benjamin Allen is a senior staff attorney in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. He joined the firm in 2006.
Practice
Mr. Allen focuses his practice on issues of e-discovery. Specifically, he works with other attorneys, litigation technology project managers, and paralegals on teams that manage electronic and other documents in large cases and investigations. Attorneys on these teams take a leadership role in the document control process, systematically tracking documents from preservation to collection and through review and production. They work with e-discovery vendors and their review and analytical tools; review documents; train and oversee other firm and contract attorneys who review documents; and partner with project managers to perform production quality control.
From 2005-2006, Mr. Allen was a contract attorney for WilmerHale and another international firm in Washington, DC, conducting privilege and document review for regulatory investigations.
Prior to joining the private sector, Mr. Allen was a volunteer attorney with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation on the Anacostia River Initiative, where he worked with a team of pro bono attorneys on Clean Water Act litigation and devised legislative strategy. Mr. Allen also served as a Legislative Correspondent in the Office of United States Representative Peter Visclosky and as an attorney with Boulder County Legal Services in Colorado.
Professional Activities
Mr. Allen is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association and the State of Colorado Bar Association.
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