E-Discovery Advocacy and Management

What do we do for our clients?

• We understand the unique challenges of electronic evidence because we are trial lawyers, transactional lawyers and technologists with substantial experience in information governance and knowledge of supporting technologies who efficiently oversee the management and handling of electronically stored information in litigation, regulatory and internal investigations.
• Manage the discovery process from preservation to production to data retirement and advise clients regarding future data retention implications. We save clients time and money by focusing only on data relevant to the claims and defenses in a dispute or investigation.
• We know there is no “one size fits all” approach in discovery. We help support in-house legal departments by creating practical, client-specific litigation response plans focused on data that is typically relevant to a client’s ongoing disputes and exposure to future ones, and based on a client’s specific sensitivities, budget and comfort level with technology.
• Work with clients’ legal and IT groups to identify, preserve and search both typical and unusual electronically stored information and provide strong litigation and technical support to ensure that clients, legal professionals and IT are communicating effectively.
• Limit the scope, burden and risk of discovery through advocacy and technology, and help manage high volumes of data by negotiating and defending the use of technology-assisted review tools to slash discovery costs.
• Work with leading forensic analysts to examine, challenge or defend compromised data sources, address the authentication and admissibility of electronic evidence, and defend against claims that evidence has been intentionally or inadvertently spoliated.
• Address the discoverability and management of new data sources targeted by discovery requests as they evolve, such as the cloud, social media, smartphone chat applications and digital personal assistants.
• Advise on information governance strategy and evaluate record management policies to help clients manage document life cycles, and create tailored retention plans that address the defensible deletion and disposition of legacy data that has built up over time or post-litigation.
• Help clients navigate the complexities of cross-border data transfers in connection with litigation and global investigations with a focus on the implications of data privacy legislation on preservation, transfer and production of data that may contain personal data, and help tackle the challenges posed by foreign data privacy regimes.
• Advise clients regarding the implications of the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and assist entities with all aspects of GDPR preparedness by offering practical legal and technical solutions to comply with the new environment.
• Assume leadership roles in the discovery community, writing and speaking in collaboration with The Sedona Conference Institute, Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute, and multiple other publications and organizations.