Rana B.
Dawson

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Dawson Rana
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Rana has extensive litigation experience in technology and the Information Law field with a focus on trial, appellate, and alternative dispute resolution matters, including advising clients on discovery and pre-litigation strategies.  Her work has concentrated on issues concerning contracts, fraud, product liability, professional liability, and insurance-related claims.

Rana works with clients to develop strategies for all stages of discovery in litigation, from legal hold, preservation, collection, review, and production of data through trial.  She interviews custodians, identifies key data sources, develops and negotiates electronically stored information (ESI) protocols, negotiates search terms, conducts meet-and-confer sessions with opposing counsel, and handles discovery motions practice.  Rana focuses on delivering tailored, innovative solutions that align with clients’ legal and business goals, provide long-term solutions, and maximize returns.

Before joining Redgrave, Rana was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of its eDiscovery Committee and represented Fortune 100 and 500 clients across various industries in a wide range of litigation matters and handled pre-suit investigations, mediation, and trial strategy.

During law school, Rana participated in the Cornell Law School and Université Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) program, which included one semester of study in Paris at the Sorbonne Law School.  She also served as an Associate and Note Editor of the Cornell International Law Journal from 2006 to 2008 and achieved academic distinction by consistently earning a place on the Dean’s List over the course of her studies.  Rana was further recognized with the prestigious CALI Award for achieving the highest grade in Public International Law in the Fall of 2007.  Rana is fluent in conversational Arabic.

Rana’s work experience includes:

  • Serving as discovery counsel for a large finance and insurance company, including managing large-scale review, collection, and production workflows; developing ESI protocols and protective orders; and briefing and arguing issues relating to complex discovery issues
  • Working with a digital platform company to provide ongoing guidance on eDiscovery and information governance issues, including data preservation efforts related to significant litigation
  • Advising a telecommunications company regarding various information governance issues, including data migration and preservation issues
  • Serving as discovery counsel in the representation of an FDA-regulated company in multidistrict litigation, parallel state court litigations, and related investigations
  • Developing and executing discovery strategies for a major property casualty insurance company involved in significant litigation events
  • Serving on the trial team in a large tobacco litigation matter where the defense verdict was returned after a four-month trial 

Education

  • Cornell Law School, J.D. (2008)
  • Loyola University Chicago, B.S., with honors, summa cum laude (2005)

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Memberships

  • Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI)