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Gabriela Barber

@gabrielabarber

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Legal operations leader driving scalable CLM, compliance, and data-driven workflows.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a legal-ops role where I can build scalable CLM and compliance systems, drive automation and metrics, collaborate cross-functionally, and support remote-first, fast-moving teams.

I am a legal operations leader with 10+ years building legal infrastructure, CLM systems, and compliance frameworks across corporate, government, and nonprofit environments. I implement intake systems, automated workflows, and dashboards that enable data-driven decisions and measurable SLA performance.

I have led end-to-end legal operations builds, achieving 100% SLA response rates, reducing external counsel reliance, and creating audit-ready reporting for cross-functional teams. My work spans regulatory compliance (including PFAS, TSCA, DOE, Canadian SB 211), contract monitoring for thousands of agreements, and AI-assisted legal analysis.

I am fluent in English and Spanish, comfortable in remote-first and global teams, and bring a process-improvement mindset with hands-on experience in CLM, automation, metrics reporting, and legal project management.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Founder & Legal Director

Current

Despedidos 813

Jan 2019 - Present (6 years 11 months)

Established and scaled a labor & employment legal practice, building automated intake, document-generation, compliance tracking, and data models that reduced manual work by 50%.

Practice Management Automation Intake Systems Document Generation Compliance Data Modeling Litigation Knowledge Management

Senior Legal Operations Associate

Ziehl-Abegg, Inc.

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years)

Built the legal operations function, designing end-to-end intake, CLM workflows, SOPs, and dashboards that achieved a 100% SLA response rate and enabled data-driven leadership decisions.

Legal Operations CLM Workflow Design Compliance Reporting Dashboarding Automation SOP Development Cross Functional Collaboration

Paralegal, Litigation Support & Legal Systems

A.G. Linett & Associates

Jan 2022 - Jan 2023 (1 year)

Managed docketing, filings, discovery, and document-review workflows for civil litigation, supporting attorneys in high-value cases and improving client communication processes.

Discovery Document Review Client Communication Litigation Support Process Improvement

Senior Legal Analyst

Ministry of Environment

Jan 2017 - Jan 2019 (2 years)

Oversaw compliance monitoring for 3,000+ national contracts, built audit-ready dashboards and escalation workflows that reduced monitoring errors and supported cross-unit adoption.

Compliance Monitoring Contract Management Dashboarding Audit Logs Reporting

Legal, Environmental & Executive Consultant

Various Agencies

Jan 2008 - Jan 2016 (8 years)

Delivered multi-stakeholder legal analysis, policy frameworks, trainings, and compliance systems for international agencies, improving operational efficiency and governance.