Rachel Tausend is an experienced civil litigator and government investigations attorney with over fifteen years of experience advising clients as they navigate the evolving challenges of electronically stored information (ESI) and evidence in the context of lawsuits, arbitrations, investigations, regulatory examinations and business transactions. She has represented companies and their officers, directors and employees in complex commercial disputes, securities litigation, class actions, IP litigation, employment disputes, and consumer finance litigation, and in internal corporate investigation and investigations by agencies such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and U.K. Financial Conduct Authority. These investigations have involved a broad range of allegations, including accounting fraud, securities fraud, insider trading, data breach, lender misconduct, and failure to comply with licensing, reporting, books and records or other regulatory requirements. Her clients have spanned several industries, including financial services, healthcare and life sciences, technology, manufacturing and energy.
In the litigation and investigations context, Rachel advises and advocates for clients at all discovery stages from identification, preservation and collection through production. She has substantial experience developing search and technology-assisted review (predictive coding) methodologies and protocols, negotiating ESI agreements, managing complex document reviews and navigating discovery disputes. In doing so, she leverages technologies with a focus on innovative, defensible and cost-effective solutions that meet her clients’ needs.
Rachel also assists clients with information governance and data privacy and protection issues and consults on project workflow and management strategies and best practices. An active member of the International Legal Technology Association and Women in e-Discovery, she prepares and presents educational and training materials and programs on e-discovery, data privacy and other related topics. She participated in the TAR Best Practices invitation-only conference held in September 2017 by Duke Law Center for Judicial Studies and has contributed to the forthcoming TAR Protocol stemming from that conference.
