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Steven A. Tasher (Click Here for CV)
Co-Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Wyatt Partners, LLC
P.O. Box 358
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey 07922-0358
Steven Tasher is Co-CEO and Managing Director of Wyatt Partners, LLC, a legal services and management consultant company. He has had a legal and corporate career spanning 35 years. Before launching Wyatt Partners, Steven served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Wyeth and as Senior Vice President of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. His tenure included strategic responsibility for five global operating departments of the company as well as supervision of major legal matters affecting the company.
Steven's legal expertise grew from leading practice groups at two major international law firms and as Deputy Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, where he served as chief counsel to four cabinet officers. He currently sits on the boards of several corporate, philanthropic and academic institutions and is an adjunct faculty member of the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He received a BA degree with Honors from Rutgers University and a JD Degree with Honors from the George Washington University Law School, where he serves on the Board of Advisors.
Wyatt Partners specializes in assisting major corporations in litigation budgeting and monitoring, cost reduction, vendor management, technology solutions and litigation readiness. Wyatt has extensive experience in developing programs specifically designed to reduce and avoid legal fees and costs. During the consulting process with Wyatt Partners, a company will set itself on the road towards efficiency and cost reduction through a two part process. In the first part of the process, Wyatt Partners assists in the establishment of a company-specific, tailored, focused Litigation Budget and Support Program. Once this Program has been implemented, Wyatt provides guidance to assist in the re-invention of a company's relationships with outside counsel and third party vendors in furtherance of litigation cost reduction.
Practice Areas
· Complex Civil Litigation
· Programs for Reduction of Legal Fees and Expenses
· Programs for Reduction of Legal Technology Costs
· Budget Programs for Legal Fees and Expenses
· Reasonableness of Attorney's Fees
Highlights
· Establishment of Litigation Budget Program for Fortune 100 Company
· Assisted Major Pharmaceutical Company in Cost Avoiding $140 million in legal fees and savings of $40 million in legal fees and expenses
· Selected as "Distinguished Neutral" by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution