Bonshock, Michael R.

Clay Bonnet is a 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. Bonnet 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.

Mr. Bonnet possesses significant experience with SEC enforcement actions, as well as complex patent and antitrust litigation matters. He has managed large-scale document reviews and productions across several platforms, and conducted factual research and analysis in connection with negotiation of a settled SEC order. Additionally, he has extensive experience with the technical aspects of privilege, best practices for privilege logs, and drafting of deficiency letters regarding privilege claims of opposing parties.

Prior to his legal career, Mr. Bonnet worked as an accountant and financial analyst for several years. He has specialized experience in investment company accounting and operations.