Elizabeth LaRue-Grigg

Practice is devoted to a large variety of civil matter including but not limited to business litigation, insurance defense, employment discrimination, class actions, and banking compliance. Extensive courtroom experience. Conducted discovery in a variety of cases including drafting written discovery, depositions and witness preparation. Ability to review, compile and summarize 50,000+ documents in short periods. Extensive research on a variety of civil subjects. Drafted estate planning documents and provided ongoing advice to current and new clients regarding the same. Managed numerous complex class action matters including but not limited to the areas of consumer protection, breach of contract, Fair Labor Standards Acts violations and retaliation claims. Long-term representation of numerous banking institutions and insurance companies. Extensive experience in developing budgets and cost analysis for clients at various stages of litigation. Admitted to practice in the state of Arkansas and the Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas- U.S. Courts and Bankruptcy Court.

Employed as in-house counsel for the commercial litigation section. Promoted from Counsel I to Counsel II in under 15 months. Managed litigation in a variety of areas- consumer protection, torts (including but not limited to wrongful death, intentional infliction of emotional distress, false imprisonment, defamation, and personal injury), small claims, breach of contract, real property, bankruptcy, employment, tax, and class actions. Developed a new litigation hold process for the more than 200 active litigation matters and 300+ potential litigation matters. Prepared 500+ witnesses for trials and depositions. Coordinated the review of more than a 100,000 emails and internal documents in numerous cases and determined whether or not documents were privileged and whether or not production of same was necessary. Hired, managed and terminated (when appropriate) more than 100 outside local counsel in over 32 states. Developed streamlined procedures for management of outside counsel. Supervised and directed the work of a staff of two (2) to (4) attorneys and six (6) paralegals as well as two (2) administrative assistants. Successfully negotiated settlements with Attorney Generals’ offices in Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Connecticut, and Florida. Attended mediations in numerous states. Responsible for training new attorneys for Counsel I positions and numerous litigation paralegals. Provided legal advice and support for multiple corporate departments. Developed procedures for Internal Fraud, Subpoena Compliance, Executive Complaints Resolution, Financial Services, Offline Support, and Security Department. Drafted numerous memorandums on a variety of subjects including subpoena compliance, document retention, necessity of litigation holds when reasonably certain of the possibility of litigation, and streamlined insurance notification and ongoing status updates for numerous departments nationwide. Experience with Marketing review and Trademarks.

Employed as law clerk. Drafted orders, memorandums, and correspondence. Extensive research on variety of civil subjects including all areas of domestic relations, unique property issues, and products liability questions. Responsible for all probate matters presented to the Judge. Coordinated functions for all circuit judges, as well as, delivered correspondence to each judge. Maintained law library for division.

Employed as paralegal specialist/law clerk. Drafted appellate briefs, pre-trial and trial motions, as well as, responses to habeas corpus petitions, and interoffice memorandums on various subjects. Extensive research on a variety of civil and criminal subjects. Maintained and organized the law library for the office.