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Fourth Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute ruler

For Immediate Release
November 5, 2007

Contact:
Kara Tershel
(202) 662-9500

Media Advisory

WHAT:

4th Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute:
The Revised Federal Rules – A Year Later

WHEN:

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:45 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, November 16, 2007, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:

Georgetown University Law Center
Hart Auditorium - McDonough Hall
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001

 

Thursday, November 15, 2007

8:45 – 9:15 a.m.
Keynote Address: Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind – Why Judges Love and Hate E-Discovery

John M. Facciola, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

9:15 – 10:30 a.m.
The Federal Rules Amendments a Year Later – The Practitioners’ Perspective

Moderator: John L. Carroll, Dean, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Thomas Y. Allman, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Craig D. Ball, Law Offices of Craig D. Ball, PC
David J. Lender, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The Federal Rules Amendments a Year Later – The Judicial Perspective
Moderator: Jonathan M. Redgrave
, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP
Jan M. Adler, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
John M. Facciola, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
James C. Francis IV, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Paul W. Grimm, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
David J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Judge, District of Kansas

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Preservation from Legal Holds to Preservation Methodologies
Moderator: Adam I. Cohen
, FTI Consulting, Inc.
Thomas I. Barnett, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Eric M. Friedberg, Stroz Friedberg, LLC
Dan Regard, Managing Director, LECG, LLC
Mark V. Reichenbach, MetaLINCS
Eric J. Schwarz, Risk Advisory Services, Ernst & Young
Edward C. Wolfe, General Motors Corporation

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Non-Compliance: How to Respond & Address When Preservation Goes Awry
Moderator: Amor A. Esteban
, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Steven C. Bennett, Director, E-mail Discovery, Jones Day
Conor R. Crowley, Managing Director, DOAR Litigation Consulting
James C. Francis IV, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Monica W. Latin, Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal LLP
Patrick Oot, Director of Electronic Discovery & Senior Counsel, Verizon Communications

3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Roundtable Discussion: The Risks & Costs of E-Discovery from the Corporate Perspective
Moderator: Ronald J. Hedges
, Nixon Peabody LLP
Allison L. Brecher, Litigation Counsel & E-Discovery Coordinator, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Dawson Horn III, Altria Corporate Services, Inc.
John P. Frantz, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Verizon Communications
Laura M. Kibbe, Managing Director, Discovery Response Team, and Senior Counsel, Pfizer, Inc.
Catherine J. Sosso, Director, E-Discovery Compliance, Union Pacific Railroad Company

 

Friday, November 16, 2007

8:30 – 9:15 a.m.
Sanctions, Sanctions, Sanctions – Is Rule 37 Having Any Practical Impact?
Moderator: James L. Michalowicz
, Director of Client Development, ACT Litigation Services
Gilbert O. Greenman, Williams & Connolly LLP
Ronald J. Hedges, Nixon Peabody LLP
George J. Socha Jr., Socha Consulting LLC
Donald J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
Practical Advice Regarding the "Discovery" in "E-Discovery"
Moderator: Ariana J. Tadler
, Milberg Weiss LLP
John M. Facciola, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
James C. Francis IV, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Jonathan M. Redgrave, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP
Peter S. Spivack, Hogan & Hartson LLP

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.
Use of Automation to Reduce the Risks & Costs of E-Discovery
Moderator: Deidre Paknad
, President & CEO, PSS Systems
Macyl A. Burke, ACT Litigation Services
Andrew Cohen, Fios, Inc.
Robert A. Eisenberg, Capital Legal Solutions, LLC
Sherry B. Harris, Senior Case Management Specialist, Hunton & Williams LLP

Cathy Muir, Senior Corporate Counsel, Nextel Sprint Corporation
Herbert L. Roitblat, Co-founder & Principal, Orca Tec LLC

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
What the New Rules Don’t Tell You About E-Discovery
Shira A. Scheindlin
, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
E-Discovery in Regulatory Proceedings
Moderator: Daniel T. Brown
, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP
Edward F.X. Gilbride, Counsel, Legal Division, Financial Crimes Group, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Matthew C. Hammond, U.S. Department of Justice
Michael R. Moiseyev, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
David C. Shonka, Federal Trade Commission

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
E-Discovery in the Criminal Context
Moderator: John M. Facciola
, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Stephen M. Byers, Cowell & Moring
Christopher N. Manning, Williams & Connolly LLP
Barbara Van Gelder, Wiley Rein LLP

12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Admissibility of ESI
Moderator: Paul W. Grimm
, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Kevin F. Brady, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP
Martin J. Jaron Jr., Holland & Knight LLP
Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Michael E. Lackey Jr., Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

1:45 – 2:45 p.m.
Electronic Document Review: Why Best Practices for Traditional Paper View Doesn’t Translate to ESI
Moderator: John H. Jessen
, Founder & Chairman, Electronic Evidence Discovery, Inc.
Courtney Ingraffia Barton, Vice President, Industry Relations, LexisNexis Applied Discovery
M. James Daley, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP
Anne Kershaw, A. Kershaw, PC Attorneys & Consultants
Mark E. Michels, Managing Attorney, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Timothy M. Opsitnick, Jurlnnov, Ltd.

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Judicial Roundtable: Addressing E-Discovery from the Judicial Perspective
Moderator: John J. Rosenthal
, Howrey LLP
James C. Francis IV, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Kent A. Jordan, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
Lee H. Rosenthal, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Shira A. Scheindlin, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
David J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

 

NOTE: This event is sponsored by Georgetown’s Office of Continuing Legal Education (CLE).

The participants will address the implications, unanticipated consequences and best practices that have emerged a year after the Amended Federal Rules of Civil Procedure were implemented.

Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.