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Reminisce with Me

I've never admitted this to anyone, but I love document production. It's not necessarily the actual review of the documents themselves and the analysis of evidence that I enjoy so much-it's the actual process of marshalling the documents along their merry way and all that that entails. From the receipt of the request to the grilling of clients to see what they know to the identification of "relevant" documents, I can't say that I've felt as accomplished as I did when I led an orderly parade of burnt CDs full of email inboxes into the hands of a government investigatory attorney. But frankly, I consider document production to be somewhat of an art form--categorization of documents according to subpoena specification is largely a judgement call save for some clear cut cases. I love keeping Excel spreadsheets with neatly identified columns labeled "status" and "Bates Range." I can't tell you why. Perhaps it was they nifty color-coded keys, or perhaps the tangible work product of stacks and stacks of bankers boxes filled to the brim with paper or CDs. I'll really never know, but to this day, neatly organized privilege logs spark a certain nostalgia in my soul.