Elena Gonzalez is a staff attorney in the Securities Department, and a member of the Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. She joined the firm in 2011.
Practice
Ms. Gonzalez’s practice focuses on issues of e-discovery. Specifically, she 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.
Past Experience
Ms. Gonzalez has direct experience with document review and analysis. Before joining the firm full time, she worked as a contract attorney at WilmerHale and several other prominent New York law firms, including Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP and Boies, Schiller, & Flexner, LLP. Ms. Gonzalez has performed document and auditory review for major investment banks, financial services companies and pharmaceutical companies, relating to regulatory investigations, securities class actions and civil litigation. Prior to her contract work, Ms. Gonzalez was an associate at a law firm in upstate New York, where her practice encompassed many areas including criminal, employment/labor, municipal and real estate law.
Professional Activities
Ms. Gonzalez is an active member of the New York State Bar Association and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
