Dawn Garrison

Senior Proposal Marketing Manager, Lighthouse

Dawn has more than 10 years’ experience in eDiscovery. She is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and West Virginia. She joined Lighthouse in 2021 as a Senior Proposal Marketing Manager, focusing on curating Lighthouse proposals and content for an impactful client experience.

Prior to joining Lighthouse, she practiced at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe focusing on eDiscovery and data privacy. At Orrick, she wore many hats including eDiscovery Vendor Client Consultant, Privacy in a Box Project Manager, Litigation Support Team Manager, Project Assistant Team Manager, and Analytics/Data Team Member. As an eDiscovery Vendor Client Consultant, Dawn regularly advised clients on the best options to meet their eDiscovery needs focusing on white glove service providers and innovative industry disruptors. As part of the Discovery Response Team Manager role, she also helped Orrick to determine the best partner for their internal eDiscovery demands.

Further, Dawn’s career has touched on each stage of the EDRM including:

• Information governance work with Orrick's records team and preservation hold team manager

• Collections work as the manager of Orrick's discovery response team

• Processing experience as the Processing Team Manager including administration of Orrick's in-house Relativity instance

• Analytics work on the Orrick data team

• Review management experience as Project Attorney

• Production work as a Project Attorney and Litigation Support Team Manager

• Presentation experience as Project Assistant Team Manager

Throughout her career, Dawn has had a passion for engaging and improving upon the culture of organizations. At Orrick, she led a local Lean In Circle, chaired the Wheeling office Parent's Forum, and actively participated in the firm's Women's Initiative. Dawn has continued her work in the DEI space at Lighthouse through the Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) Relationship and Family Ties as well as Military and Allies Standing Together, of which she is a founding member.

Outside of work, Dawn stays busy focusing on her family Leah (3), Gage (7), Isaac (14), hubby Jeremy, and goldendoodle Teddy. You will often find her driving to or cheering on her kiddos at their many activities – Leah takes dance and swim, Gage plays baseball, football, and hockey and takes gymnastics, and Isaac participates in a school sponsored gaming club. If not focusing on the kids’ events, she is engaged in supporting her husband's Air Force career through USO and local Red, White, and Blue events.

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