Review & Analytics Practice Spotlight: Liz Cherkis

Selecting a review team is a strategic choice that can provide tangible benefits to companies facing significant investigation and litigation events.  We launched Redgrave Review & Analytics (“R&A”) to oversee and conduct strategic document reviews tailored to unique client and matter needs and to leverage the most defensible and efficient tools and workflows to achieve the best client outcomes.  Our R&A team has extensive experience in complex litigation management and document review and brings a robust, tech-savvy, and seamless approach to matters.

Learn more about our R&A team as they reflect on various aspects of document review, discuss important considerations for clients, and share a bit about themselves. 

Liz Cherkis

Liz discusses eDiscovery in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

What excites you about providing these services to clients?

The ever-evolving nature of eDiscovery provides countless opportunities to collaborate and learn.   With each new engagement, I look forward to partnering with clients, their counsel, and case teams to execute an efficient and strategic document review aligned with the overall discovery plan.   I enjoy learning about and implementing new tools and service offerings to address specific client challenges, like AI solutions to identify personally identifiable information (PII) for redaction.

What are the biggest challenges that face clients in this space?

Picking one industry by way of example, some of the biggest challenges facing life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology clients involve managing the volume of data and various documents during discovery, whether for a single case or multi-jurisdictional actions.  The collection of documents from an ever-growing number of data sources requires staying abreast of best practices.  Accelerated identification of the most responsive and important documents requires understanding key issues and leveraging technology and analytics.  Protection of proprietary, confidential, private, and privileged information from disclosure is achieved via protective orders and review protocols and workflows.

What unique qualifications or experiences do you bring to this area of practice? How does that benefit clients?

I have over 20 years of experience overseeing document review and eDiscovery projects, including for life sciences, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology clients.  I understand the challenges companies in highly regulated and highly competitive industries face, such as regulatory requirements and compliance, intellectual property protection, market competition, and proprietary and emerging data sources.   By leveraging this knowledge, I create document review and production plans that align with clients’ discovery strategies and goals.

My favorite place to unwind is ________.

My favorite place to unwind is the beach.   Nothing beats feeling the sand beneath my feet, smelling the salt air, hearing the calm rhythm of the waves, and searching for the perfect seashell!

What's your favorite legal term or phrase that you find amusing or interesting?

“Promissory estoppel” always makes me smile.  To explain this legal doctrine, my Contracts professor transformed into “Promissory Estoppel Man,” complete with a cape! In every example presented, PE Man saved the day by preventing parties from going back on their promises.   Contracts was definitely one of the more memorable classes of my first year of law school.