Brandy Austin

Function as a managing attorney on cases involving Personal Injury, Medicaid and VA Planning, Wills & Probate, Family Law, and Consumer Debt Collection and Defense.

Functioned as a lead litigation attorney on hundreds of personal injury and property damage cases. Developed and implemented litigation, discovery, settlement, and trial strategies. Drafted subpoenas and other requests for documents, questioned witnesses through interviews, testimony, and depositions. Evaluated documentary and testimonial evidence to support or discredit claims of parties to lawsuits or expert witnesses. Prepared litigation related documents, including motions, discovery requests and responses, subpoenas, and settlement agreements. Trained and supervised paralegals, providing guidance on discovery, litigation, and settlements. Advised insurance adjustors, legal assistants, managing partners, and clients of legal strategy of each case in a timely manner. Provided management with memorandums of law and extensive status reports providing knowledge, insight, and understanding of relevant law and facts. Analyzed information to identify trends and relationships and synthesized facts to reach reasonable conclusions, which were then compared to claims and assertions of all parties. Worked with team of investigators to analyze facts and claims of clients, co-parties, and opposing parties.

Functioned as a contract litigation attorney for both Hudosn Legal and Robert Half. Reviewed electronic discovery responses of technology companies in multi-party, multi-claim intellectual property cases, including patent, trademark and copyright cases. Analyzed complex trade secret and intellectual property documents for relevancy and privilege in specific litigated claims. Reviewed second level documents for third party confidentiality. Monitored developments in legal technology and the electronic discovery industry in order to recommend adjustments to practice policies.