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E-Discovery & Information Governance

USA - Nationwide

5 Years Ranked

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Provided by Vanessa Barsanti

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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. Her focus is on managing the discovery process for matters of all sizes, including designing strategic and efficient collections, reviews and productions, organizing multi-track offensive and defensive written discovery, drafting and arguing 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; Law360, Legal Tech Advisory Board, 2025.

Personal

University of Chicago Law School J.D. with Honors, 2010; Texas Christian University B.A., Religion & Political Science, magna cum laude, 2007.

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Vanessa Barsanti is recognized for her ability to assist clients with e-discovery orders relating to complex litigation, including multidistrict cases.

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