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Bingham McCutchen is a lawfirm that focuses on a lot of corporate/high level court cases, leases, loans, and litigation.
http://www.bingham.com/PracticeMain.aspx
I'm a Records Specialist, I have to record all of the lawyers/paralegal's documents, enter them into our database, label them, and keep track of where they are.
We have offices all over the world - http://www.bingham.com/LocationMain.aspx
Thousands are staffed under Bingham. I have to keep track of over 500,000 documents.
McKee Nelson, former lawfirm, was just recently fully merged with Bingham, and I have taken over this site's records department with 1 other co-worker. I have to re-label every single file they've ever had, and this place is a complete mess. They fired their other record's staff so we could come in and shape this place up. The previous Rec dep. kept on losing lawyer's documents, which is not a good thing. That's how the firm loses court cases.
Gonna be a tough few months getting this place straightened up. Working 8AM-10PM every day, even weekends, for a few months. I'll keep track of the game from my iPhone, don't worry about Mafia :-p
edit - Not too long ago, one of the firm's teams was able to release someone from Guantanamo* i'll try and find the story on Insite
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 8, 2008 — In a landmark ruling, a federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to release nine Bingham pro bono clients held at Guantanamo Bay since the U.S. military took them into custody in Pakistan in 2001, reports the Wall Street Journal. This is the first time any detainee at the prison has come so close to freedom through court action. “We're absolutely thrilled,” said Boston partner Sabin Willett, who argued the case for the detainees. “It's a wonderful example of how our justice system can work.” Bingham has been representing the men for four years in what, according to AmLaw Litigation Daily, "has become an inspiring example of pro bono dedication." U.S. District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina said it would be wrong for the U.S. government to continue holding the Uighurs — a persecuted ethnic minority group from western China — since they are no longer considered enemy combatants. The men, who fled China for a better life, were living in a village or camp near the Afghan city of Jalalabad when it was hit by U.S. airstrikes. They fled to Pakistan, where local tribesman took them captive and gave them to U.S. forces in exchange for a bounty. “In the history of our Republic, the military never imprisoned any man so harshly, and for so long, let alone men who are not the enemy,” said Willett. “We have broken faith with the rule of law, and been untrue to the generosity of spirit that is our national character.” Bingham lawyers Susan Baker Manning, Neil McGaraghan, Rheba Rutkowski, Jason Pinney, Francesca Miceli, Sam Rowley, Catherine Murphy, and staff Erika Tillery, Kris Cherubin, Cindy Weisse and Karen Lucey have also been working on this matter. News of this ruling was also reported by the New York Times, the Washington Post, BBC, the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, AmLaw Daily and CNN.com.
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