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Sixth Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute: Identifying Today's Problems & Tomorrow's Solutions ruler

For Immediate Release
November 6, 2009

Media Contact:
Kara Tershel
(202) 662-9500

Media Advisory

WHAT:

6th Annual Advanced E-Discovery Institute:
"Identifying Today's Problems & Tomorrow's Solutions"

WHEN:

Thursday, November 12, 2009, 8:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Friday, November 13, 2009, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:

Capital Hilton

1001 16th Street, NW

Washington, D.C.  20036


SCHEDULE:

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009

8:15 - 8:30 a.m.

Welcome & Introductions

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Keynote: "Is the E-Discovery Process Broken, and, If So, Can It Be Fixed?"

Lee H. Rosenthal, Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas

10:00 - 11:15 a.m.

E-Discovery Case Law Update

Kenneth J. Withers, Director of Judicial Education and Content, The Sedona Conference

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

Paul W. Grimm, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Nan R. Nolan, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

James M. Rosenbaum, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Minnesota

Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

David J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Information Everywhere: Understanding New Technologies and Coping With New Problems

James C. Francis, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Anne Kershaw, A. Kershaw PC Attorneys & Consultants

Thomas Morrissey, Senior Director, IT Litigation, Purdue Pharma LP

George Rudoy, Director of Global Practice Technology & Information Services, Shearman & Sterling LLP

1:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Focus Sessions

A: Admissibility of ESI - Once You Have It, Can You Use It?

Kevin F. Brady, Partner, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

Paul W. Grimm, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Barbara Van Gelder, Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

B: Controlling E-Discovery Costs Through Records Management

John J. Rosenthal, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP

Deirdre Brekke, Assistant General Counsel, Pactiv Corporation

Conor R. Crowley, Law Offices of Conor R. Crowley

Richard R. Roberts, Managing Director, Legal Department, Federal Express Corporation

C: Clash of Laws and Cultures: Cross Border E-Discovery and International Data Management

M. James Daley, Daley & Fey LLP

Alexander B. Blumrosen, Attorney, Bernard-Hertz-Bejot

Kenneth N. Rashbaum, Director of Consulting, Fios, Inc.

Lisa J. Sotto, Partner, Hunton & Williams LLP

Christian Zeunert, Vice President and E-Discovery Manager, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.

3:15 - 4:30 p.m.

Technology Focus: Backup Systems - Tapes, Disks and Emerging Media and Methodologies

Daniel L. Regard, CEO, Intelligent Discovery Solutions, Inc.

Craig D. Ball, Law Offices of Craig D. Ball, PC

Quintin Gregor, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Strategic Data Retention

Timothy M. Opsitnick, Senior Partner and General Counsel, Jurlnnov Ltd.

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Ethics and E-Discovery: Hot Topics and New Challenges

Ariana J. Tadler, Partner, Milberg LLP

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

Ralph C. Losey, Co-Chair, E-Discovery Team, Akerman Senterfitt

Edward H. Rippey, Partner, Covington & Burling LLP

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009

8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

FRE 502 in Practice - The First Year in Review

Leslie Wharton, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Joseph R. Slights III, Judge, Superior Court of Delaware

David J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

Patrick Oot, Vice President & General Counsel, The E-Discovery Institute

9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Advanced Search and Retrieval Technology

Jason R. Baron, Director of Litigation, National Archives & Records Administration

Maura R. Grossman, Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

Mark V. Reichenbach, Vice President for Client and Industry Development, Capital Legal Solutions LLC

Herbert L. Roitblat, Co-Founder and Principal, OrcaTec LLC

Ellen M. Voorhees, Computer Scientist, National Institute of Standards & Technology

11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Concurrent Focus Sessions

A: E-Discovery and the Health Care Industry

Jeane A. Thomas, Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP

Katherine L. Ball, Fellow, Division of Health Sciences Informatics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Kimberly Baldwin-Stried Reich, Independent Healthcare Compliance & E-Discovery Consultant

Paul Thompson, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College

B: Litigation Is the Key: How E-Discovery "Fits" Into Civil Actions

Ronald J. Hedges, Counsel, Nixon Peabody LLP

Michelle Greer Galloway, Of Counsel, Cooley Goodward Kronish LLP

Gilbert S. Keteltas, Partner, Howrey LLP

C: Hot Topics in Corporate E-Discovery: Risk Management and Cost Control

Mark E. Michels, Managing Attorney, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Allison L. Brecher, Litigation Counsel and E-Discovery Coordinator, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Tim Crouthamel, Litigation Support Section Head, State Farm Insurance Companies

Vincent M. Catanzaro, Discovery Counsel, Dupont Legal

Andrew P. Drake, Assistant General Counsel, Nationwide Insurance Company

12:45 - 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon Presentation: Controlling E-Discovery Costs in Smaller Stakes Litigation

Paul D. Weiner, National E-Discovery Counsel, Littler Mendelson PC

Joseph Slights III, Judge, Superior Court of Delaware

William P. Butterfield, Partner, Hausfeld LLP

Frank C. Morris Jr., Member, Epstein Becker & Green PC

1:45 - 2:45 p.m.

Concurrent Focus Sessions

A: E-Discovery Project and Process Management

Mark R. Koehn, Of Counsel, Litigation Department, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Carmen Oveissi Field, Managing Director, Daylight Forensic & Advisory LLC

Sherry B. Harris, E-Discovery Advisor, Hunton & Williams LLP

Jonathan M. Redgrave, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP

B: E-Discovery Issues in Business Closings, Downsizings and Bankruptcy

Martin J. Jaron Jr., Partner, Holland & Knight LLP

Judith K. Fitzgerald, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Robert J. Koch, Partner, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

James L. Michalowicz, Director, ACT Litigation Services

C: E-Discovery in Federal Investigations

David C. Shonka, Acting General Counsel, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

Matthew I. Cohen, Managing Director, AlixPartners LLC

Andrew D. Goldsmith, First Assistant Chief, Environmental Crimes Section, U.S. Department of Justice

Miriam Smolen, Associate General Counsel, Fannie Mae

3:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Judicial Roundtable - Perspectives from the Bench on Today's ESI Discovery Problems and Tomorrow's Solutions

Paul W. Grimm, Chief Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

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

Judith K. Fitzgerald, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western District of Pennsylvania

Royce C. Lamberth, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Nan R. Nolan, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Andrew J. Peck, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

David J. Waxse, Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

 

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

Media interested in attending should e-mail mediarelations@law.georgetown.edu.