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Csilla Boga-Lofaro

Associate

New York
T +1 212.589.4660
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cbogalofaro@bakerlaw.com
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Overview

Csilla Boga-Lofaro is a member of the E-Discovery Advocacy and Management team. Csilla has extensive experience handling large-scale discovery, managing projects and workflows in complex commercial litigations, class actions and regulatory inquiries. She serves as a liaison between the legal team, IT personnel, vendors and records management personnel, works with case teams implementing best practices regarding preservation, collections, review and productions of relevant data for timely execution of discovery deadlines and is fully dedicated to serving clients’ needs in order to achieve efficient and cost-effective results.

Csilla has been designated as a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) by the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. She is co-author of the article "Court Guideposts for the Path to Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Adoption" that has been included in the PLI Course Handbook Series of Electronic Discovery since 2018.

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  • Works with litigation teams in securities class actions and regulatory investigations assessing client’s electronically-stored information (ESI), using technology to facilitate discovery, assisting in the collection, processing, review, analysis and production of ESI.
  • Worked with litigation teams in class actions and regulatory investigations of cybersecurity incidents to manage discovery, draft electronically stored information protocols, manage review projects, assist in processing collected data and document production, draft privilege logs, and work with teams developing factual support for depositions and briefs.
  • Member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, an unprecedented recovery effort involving hundreds of actions.
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Experience

  • Works with litigation teams in securities class actions and regulatory investigations assessing client’s electronically-stored information (ESI), using technology to facilitate discovery, assisting in the collection, processing, review, analysis and production of ESI.
  • Worked with litigation teams in class actions and regulatory investigations of cybersecurity incidents to manage discovery, draft electronically stored information protocols, manage review projects, assist in processing collected data and document production, draft privilege logs, and work with teams developing factual support for depositions and briefs.
  • Member of the BakerHostetler team serving as court-appointed counsel to the Securities Investor Protection Act Trustee for the liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, an unprecedented recovery effort involving hundreds of actions.
  • Supported discovery efforts in bankruptcy litigation involving the return of payments made by a corporate estate to a global financial services firm. Assisted in processing collected data and document production, reviewed and redacted documents, drafted privilege logs, and assisted with developing factual support for depositions, briefs and trial.
  • Assisted in the representation of a global financial services firm during a major bankruptcy proceeding. Reviewed and redacted documents, prepared privilege logs and assisted in training and supervising contract attorneys during discovery for multiple matters. 
  • Supported discovery efforts in government enforcement investigations and complex litigation matters, including securities, class actions and internal and regulatory investigations in connection with the representation of one of the world's leading investment banking companies in matters arising from mortgage-backed securities related to the 2008 recession.

Recognitions and Memberships

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Women in eDiscovery, New York City Chapter
  • The Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production
    • Working Groups 1 and 6

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Pro Bono

  • Provided guidance to an international nonprofit organization on the creation and implementation of global privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures.
  • Served as special assistant corporate counsel for the New York City Law Department as a volunteer with the Public Service Program. Conducted and defended numerous depositions in a variety of tort cases against New York City, as well as the Departments of Sanitation, Education, Environmental Protection, and Parks and Recreation.
  • Drafted guide, "A Guide to Collateral Consequences of Juvenile Adjudication," for the National Juvenile Defender Center.

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Admissions

  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
  • New York

Education

  • LL.M., Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
  • LL.B., George Bariţiu University School of Law
  • B.S., Radu Negru College

Languages

  • Hungarian
  • Romanian

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Discovery Advocate
SEC and CFTC Continue Crackdown on Financial Firms Over Off-Channel Communications
By John J. Carney, David Choi, Edward J. Jacobs, Alexandra Karambelas, Lauren P. Lyster, Michelle N. Tanney
May 23, 2023
Key Takeaways Background The SEC and CFTC settlements with HSBC and Scotia Capital come after years of federal regulators’ and prosecutors’ steadily increasing scrutiny of off-channel communications. Anchoring these settlements are...
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Discovery Advocate
Google Sanctioned for Failure to Preserve Internal Chat Messages
By David Choi, Edward J. Jacobs
March 31, 2023
In re Google Play Store Antitrust Litig., 21 MD 2981 (JD) (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 28, 2023) Practical Insight This decision illustrates three trends in e-discovery: (1) employees are increasingly using chat platforms and other means of instant...
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Discovery Advocate
Client and Counsel Sanctioned More Than $2.5 million for ‘Amateur Hour' Discovery Ineptitude
By David Choi, Edward J. Jacobs
March 14, 2023
Practical Insight This case is a cautionary tale for the attorney who may know to say all of the right things when it comes to modern discovery practice but, in fact, lacks the expertise and competence to oversee a defensible discovery...
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Discovery Advocate
DOJ Corporate Criminal Enforcement Updates Shine a Spotlight on Texts and Instant Messaging Applications as Potential Evidence
By Csilla Boga-Lofaro, David Choi, Edward J. Jacobs
March 6, 2023
In September 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a memo announcing revisions to the DOJ’s corporate criminal enforcement policies and practices. The memo made clear that the DOJ expects “all corporations with robust...
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Discovery Advocate
The Supreme Court Dodges—for Now—the Circuit Split on the ‘Dual Purpose' Test for Privilege
By Csilla Boga-Lofaro, David Choi, Edward J. Jacobs, Jennifer C. Negron
February 21, 2023
In re Grand Jury, 23 F.4th 1088 (9th Cir. 2022), appeal dismissed as improvidently granted, In re Grand Jury, 598 U.S. ____ (2023) (No. 21-1397). Summary of the Case: The Supreme Court, which had initially agreed to consider a circuit...
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