Vanessa Quaciari's practice focuses on navigating through complex global eDiscovery issues, information governance, and developing defensible budget-conscious litigation discovery strategies. She advises clients on best practices for internal electronic data processes including preservation, collection, use of data analytics, privacy concerns, document review, and production for compliance, cross-border disputes, regulatory investigations, and global corporate policies.

Prior to practicing at Baker Botts, Vanessa worked as in-house counsel at a major oil company, a multinational technology company, and a power management company, where she designed and implemented corporate eDiscovery-related policies and advised on all discovery related aspects of litigation and investigations.

EXPERIENCE

• Multinational power management company – investigation in misappropriation of trade secrets

• Multinational technology company – preservation, collection, witness interviews, review of large volume of electronic data for production, and deposition preparation for patent infringement litigation

• Major oil company – Discovery advisor setting identification, preservation, collection, document review, and data analytics framework for high-risk global litigation docket

• Major pipeline company – identification, preservation, collection, witness interviews, large-scale document review, and productions for federal grand jury subpoena

• Major oil company – collection and review of data including mobile forensics for various antitrust litigation, attorneys general investigations, FTC requests, and major bankruptcy litigation

• Major oil company – preservation, collection, and review of highly sensitive material in response to European Commission request

• Major oil company – data disposition advisement for divestments and developed and implemented global cross-function / cross-business data preservation process for departing employees