Missy Rypkema

As a Project Manager at Bertram LLP, Missy manages all of the firm’s executive employment counseling and civil litigation matters. Missy assists clients and supports firm attorneys by providing regular contact and updates on their cases, and maintaining and managing client and firm deadlines. She manages all phases of counseling and investigation matters, including client intake, factual development and investigation, preparing correspondence, as well as preparing for meetings and conferences. She also serves a critical role in litigation and arbitration, including developing and collecting facts and evidence, managing discovery and litigation databases, preparing discovery requests, responses, and document productions, coordinating and preparing for depositions and hearings, drafting and filing motions, and coordinating and preparing for mediations and settlement conferences. She has substantial experience preparing for evidentiary hearings, arbitrations, and trials.