William Stafford

Research Analyst at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough

Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, South Carolina Area

About

Legal and Business Researcher with 20+ years of experience at large law firms. Currently focused in litigation and business, but recently with 13+ years of labor and employment research. Top skills are in Legal Research and Analytics, Marketing Analytics, and Knowledge Management support.

Experience

  • Research Analyst at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
    Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

  • Legal & Business Research Analyst at Thompson & Knight LLP
    Oct 2020 - Aug 2021 · 11 mos

    Working remotely for this Texas-based law firm, I concentrating on litigation, corporate & securities, real estate and energy law topics.

  • Ogletree Deakins (Greenville, South Carolina Area)
    • Legal Research Supervisor
      May 2017 - Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Before our research department was reorganized and this position was eliminated, I filled a dual role conducting legal research questions for our attorneys and also coordinating team projects and supervising the workload of a staff of legal researchers in locations across the country.

    • Senior Research Librarian
      Jan 2007 - Aug 2020 · 13 yrs 8 mos

      Legal, business and labor union research for 53 offices and 900 attorneys. Part of a team of 8 Research and KM Analysts conducting substantive case law research; backgrounds and AI trends on judges, attorneys, experts, parties, arbitrators; verdicts and settlements; marketing research; copyright clearance; and social media website captures. Created or collaborated on numerous Knowledge Management initiatives to capture prior work-product. Created standardized research checklists for the team on complex research topics. Particular expertise with union research, including the detection of union activity within specific jurisdictions, industries, or companies, monitoring negative news, and analyzing NLRB election results.

  • Research Librarian at Squire Patton Boggs
    2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs

    Formerly Squire Sanders and Dempsey. Legal research in all areas of law.

  • Research Librarian at Steel Hector & Davis LLP
    2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

    Worked in all areas of law for Florida-wide law firm until it was acquired by Squire Sanders & Dempsey.