Marguerite concentrates her practice in the area of litigation management and information
management and governance.
As national discovery counsel for a major manufacturer, Marguerite coordinates discovery
nationally in products liability litigation. She is responsible for developing overall discovery
strategies; attendance and participation in court conferences and discovery hearings; negotiation of protective orders and discovery compromises; drafting and review of discovery motions, affidavits, and discovery responses; review of all corporate testimony for confidentiality; and the search for and collection of responsive documents. Marguerite has also assisted in the restructuring of a national network of defense counsel and worked with clients and other counsel on larger-scale document collection and review projects.
Marguerite’s information management experience involves helping companies in developing and auditing record retention and information governance policies and in the defensible disposition of information. She has assisted clients in a variety of litigation readiness endeavors, including identifying key people and information sources and establishing protocols and procedures for protecting a company’s trade secrets, both internally and during litigation.
Professional & Civic Activities
– Ohio Women’s Bar Association, Trustee, 2014-2018
Articles & Presentations
– “Record Retention, The Pandemic, And the New Remote Work Environment: Is Your
Business at Risk?,” Co-Author Brandi Doniere, ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer (August
2021)
– “Record Retention and Information Management for Lawyers: Policies for Preserving,
Destroying, and Searching Records,” co-speaker with Brandi Doniere, ALI CLE
Webinar (March 31, 2021)
– “The Duty to Preserve and Records Retention,” co-speaker with Brandi L. Doniere and “Defensibility of the Search Process,” co-speaker with Timothy M. Opsitnick, Drowning in Data: Managing Your Information Before it Manages You, Cleveland, Ohio (December 12,
2019)
– “Information governance: How litigation management helps companies in and out of court,” Smart Business, Akron/Canton (July 1, 2019)
– “Underestimated Factors in Litigation – What You Need to Know: Defensibility of the
Search Process,” Thacker Robinson Zinz CLE, Toledo, OH (November 2017)
– “The Plaintiffs Bar AIEG: What You Don’t Know Could Hurt You,” International Association
of Defense Counsel (AIDC) Mid Year Meeting, Pebble Beach, CA (February 2016)
– “Best Practices and Strategies for Managing Discovery in National and Multi-Forum Parallel
Litigation,” National Association of Minority and Women-Owned Law Firms (NAMWOLF)
– Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN (September 2013)
Distinctions
– Recognized attorney in Who’s Who in Toledo Area Law for Litigation Management —
2016-2021
– Recognized attorney of Ohio Super Lawyers as a Rising Star — 2010, 2012
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