Nicole Allen is E-Discovery of Counsel with Kilpatrick’s LitSmart® E-Discovery Team. With more than 20 years of experience in complex litigation, Nicole has managed and assisted with hundreds of document reviews and dozens of depositions and trials. Nicole works with litigation teams in every practice area serviced by Kilpatrick, including trademark and patent infringement, labor and employment, copyright, trade secrets misappropriation, commercial disputes, breach of contract, real estate, landlord tenant, construction, environmental and energy, insurance coverage, and Native American. She has experience with technology assisted review (TAR) and in utilizing tools such as predictive coding, active learning and analytics to narrow data sets needing review. When in the role of review manager, she oversees the day-to-day needs of a review team, provides guidance to reviewers in both technical and substantive aspects of a review, and provides metrics to case teams and clients regarding review scope and progress. In addition, Nicole is well-versed in using various integrated review timeline tools to create comprehensive timelines to assist with overall case strategy, fact development, legal briefing, depositions and trial preparation. Nicole has been a valued member of numerous trial teams where she assisted with witness preparation for direct and cross examination, exhibits and pretrial and post-trial briefing, most recently in Delaware Chancery Court.