Vanessa Barsanti
USA Guide 2024
Band 3 : E-Discovery & Information Governance
Band 3
About
Provided by Vanessa Barsanti
Practice Areas
Vanessa Barsanti has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, with a focus in multidistrict litigations, antitrust and restructuring, and is a leader of Kirkland’s eDiscovery Team. As a member of multiple winning trial teams, Vanessa’s experience extends to all stages of litigation, from drafting a complaint to post-trial briefing. She also has extensive experience in managing the discovery process for matters of all sizes, including managing collections, reviews and productions, organizing multi-track offensive and defensive written discovery, drafting successful discovery motions and taking and defending depositions.
Vanessa has won a number of major discovery victories for her clients, including preventing depositions of in-house counsel, modifying and quashing burdensome third-party subpoenas, protecting privileged documents and more.
Vanessa works with clients to develop practical, efficient and defensible discovery strategies, including developing and implementing custom technical workflows to support eDiscovery needs. She is well-versed in sophisticated document and data analysis, making her uniquely situated to assist her clients in addressing large-scale discovery issues.
Professional Memberships
The Sedona Conference, Working Group 1.
Personal
University of Chicago Law School J.D. with Honors, 2010; Texas Christian University B.A., Religion & Political Science, magna cum laude, 2007.
Chambers Review
USA
Vanessa Barsanti is recognized for her ability to assist clients with e-discovery orders relating to complex litigation, including multidistrict cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Vanessa is an expert in her field and an outstanding client adviser."
"Vanessa is a fantastic lawyer - she's an expert and is wise beyond her years. She is adaptable, very responsive and particularly good with responsiveness."
"Vanessa is very strong in e-discovery issues and is very easy to work with. She communicates well and has the right expertise."
"Vanessa is an expert in her field and an outstanding client adviser."
"Vanessa is a fantastic lawyer - she's an expert and is wise beyond her years. She is adaptable, very responsive and particularly good with responsiveness."
"Vanessa is very strong in e-discovery issues and is very easy to work with. She communicates well and has the right expertise."