Suzie Wilson has over 30 years of extensive litigation experience, cumulatively, with document management, trial preparation, staff training and supervision, electronic presentations in the courtroom and preparing PowerPoint presentation projects for mediation and trial. Ms. Wilson works closely with lawyers and experts for the purpose of trial preparation, slide presentations, story boards and animations. Beacon Litigation is a full trial support company offering a variety of litigation support services.

Since the 1990s, Ms. Wilson has worked with training and overseeing staff for database management, data entry and document coding. In the law firm setting, Ms. Wilson conducted herself as a professional complex litigation paralegal and case manager and was often selected by lawyers in other departments to oversee complex high profile litigation.  Suzie dedicated 2 years in the law firm setting managing Deepwater Horizon litigation, also known as BP litigation, on behalf of key defendant, Transocean, overseeing documents in multiple venues.  In years past, Suzie prepared and attended trial in the Blue Dog intellectual property/trade secret litigation.  She also worked on  FEMA formaldehyde products liability litigation and tobacco litigation.

In 2012, Ms. Wilson started Beacon Litigation Consultants, LLC/Beacon Paralegal Services, LLC and in 2013, obtained her certified trainer certification for Trial Director legal technologies. Suzie currently works with law firms, sole practitioners and expert witnesses preparing for trial and in the courtroom setting presenting documents electronically using Trial Director. Suzie has experience with litigation involving oil and gas, maritime, eminent domain expropriation cases, medical malpractice, insurance defense involving extensive medical records, construction litigation, business practice litigation and chemical exposure complex litigation.

Suzie has testified on behalf of a law firm involving wrongful termination of an employee and is seasoned in the courtroom and working with courtroom staff.

Ms. Wilson currently serves on the Board of Directors for the St. Tammany Humane Society. She was appointed to the Development Committee, Finance Committee and Staff Evaluation sub-committee.  Ms. Wilson is committed to community involvement.

Curriculum Vitae available here 

Experience:

• 2012 Established Beacon Paralegal Services, LLC and Beacon Litigation Consultants, LLC 2015
• 2013 Certified Trainer Trial Director – Authorized Reseller
• Summation Database Trainer – Authorized Reseller
• 2010-2016 Database training for attorneys and staff via webinars and/or in office case management/document coding
• Document Management through Excel spreadsheets
• Adobe Professional Document Management
• Tulane University – English Literature
• University of New Orleans – General Studies
• St. Tammany Notary License (Sitting for exam December 2016)
• 1985-2016 Extensive litigation case management experience

 More information on Case Experience available here

Personal Information:

Resident of Mandeville, Louisiana since 2007

• St. Tammany Humane Society, Board of Directors:  2016-present
• Special Education Ministries: 1982-1995
• Labs4Rescue 1990s: Provide transport legs of rescued Labrador Retrievers
• New Heights Therapy Center, Folsom, Louisiana: 2011-2014
• Jefferson Parish SPCA: Adopted 3 West Highland White Terriers 2015 and currently assists with rescue/placement of other Westies through the Jefferson SPCA

 

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