Nicolas Economou

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Speaking Engagement

• "Risky Business: How the Electronic Information Explosion Is Revolutionizing Discovery" (panelist). Harvard Club of New York City. July 23, 2008.
• "Toward Defensible Document Review: Guidance from Recent Court Opinions" (panelist). H5 Webinar. June 18, 2008.
• "How the Electronic Information Explosion is Transforming the Civil Discovery System" (speaker). Stanford University School of Law. Stanford, CA. February 26, 2008.
• "Perspectives on Electronic Discovery" (speaker). AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) 2008 Mid-Winter Institute. Phoenix, AZ. January 24, 2008.
• "The GC’s Role in Assessing and Managing Risk" (panelist). The Economist Fifth General Counsel Roundtable. New York, NY. December 6, 2007.
• Thought Leadership Summit 2007: And Justice for All: How the Electronic Information Explosion Is Transforming the American Legal System (panelist). Georgetown University Law Center. Washington, DC. March 20, 2007
• "Emerging Technologies for Identity Mapping and Data Mining" (speaker). Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Webinar. February 16, 2006.

Publications

• "The Professionalization of Search and Review in E-Discovery." KMWorld (February 2009).
• "Honest Brokers Are Needed." National Law Journal (May 19, 2008).
• "Of Litigators and Butterflies: The Quest for a Quantum Leap in Large-Scale Document Review." Digital Discovery & e-Discovery 6, no. 7 (July 2006).
• "The Metrics of E-Discovery: Proving What Your Document Review Is Worth." Litigation Support – Tools and Techniques (ILTA White paper) (March 2006).

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Jeff Kangas

Executive Managing Director

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Speaking Engagements

• "Navigating the Regulatory Landscape in the Current Economic Climate: Outlook and Practical Strategies" (panelist). H5 Breakfast Briefing. New York, NY. September 23, 2009.
• "Defensible Data Reduction and Retention: Current Challenges and Implementation Strategies" (speaker). H5 webinar. September 15, 2009.
• "Electronic Records Management and Digital Discovery: Practical Considerations for Legal, Technical, and Operational Success" (panelist). ALI-ABA Electronic Records Management and Digital Discovery. San Francisco, CA. May 17, 2007.
• "Managing Unstructured Information via Subjective Metadata" (speaker). E-Gov Conference. Washington, DC. June 2003.

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Julia Brickell, Esq.

Executive Managing Director and General Counsel

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Speaking Engagements

• "Emerging Technologies: Real Technologies Addressing Real Problems" (panelist). The Second Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence Practitioners' Workshop, ABA Section of Science & Technology Law e-Discovery and Digital Evidence Committee, San Francisco, CA. February 18, 2011.

• "Search Competency: Terms versus Tools" (presenter). ARMA International 55th Annual Conference and Expo, San Francisco, CA. November 9, 2010. 

• "The Art of Negotiation: Using your emotional intelligence to negotiate to your advantage" (presenter). CIO Leadership Workshop, Columbia University, New York, NY. August 5, 2010.

• "Searching for Solutions to the Data Explosion" (panelist). International Association of Defense Counsel Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Spain. July 12, 2010.
• "The Revolutionary Implications of Search Processes on Electronic Records Management Programs" (speaker). MER (Managing Electronic Records) Conference, Chicago, IL. May 18, 2010.
• "Effective Management of Discovery in a Complex Case" (speaker). Council on Litigation Management Annual Conference 2010, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. March 25, 2010.
• "Where Angels Fear to Tread (but Lawyers Must) - Judicial Expectations and the Science of Search" (speaker). Women in eDiscovery. Boston, MA. November 10, 2009.
• "Legacy Data Management" (presenter). J.M. Huber Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. June 4, 2009.
• "Everything You Wanted to Know about Contracts with Vendors Before You Become Too Frightened to Ask" (panelist). The Third Annual National Institute on E-Discovery. Chicago, IL. May 22, 2009.
• "Finding a Better Way to Search: Benchmarking E-Discovery Methods" (panelist). H5 Webinar. December 10, 2008.
• "Best Practices for Developing, Communicating, and Applying Search Terms" (panelist). The Masters Conference for Legal Professionals. Washington, DC. October 16, 2008.
• "Toward Defensible Document Review: Guidance from Recent Court Opinions" (panelist). H5 Webinar. June 18, 2008.
• "Bringing E-Discovery In-House" (panelist). InsideCounsel Roundtable. January 2008.
• Thought Leadership Summit 2007: And Justice for All: How the Electronic Information Explosion Is Transforming the American Legal System (panelist). Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. March 20, 2007.

• "Zubulake, the Federal Rules, Ethics and Beyond: Perspectives for Corporate Counsel" (panelist). CLE Seminar. New York, NY. October 3, 2006.

• "A Blessing or Curse? Technology Views from the Top" (panelist). The Hildebrandt Institute's 5th Annual Legal Technology Leadership Forum: Technology Strategy in the New Millennium. New York, NY. September 28, 2006.
• "Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Effectively Managing E-Discovery" (conference faculty member). The Legal and Strategic Guide to E-Discovery, New York, NY, June 13, 2006.
• "Effective Legal Technology and Practice Management Strategies for Corporate Legal Departments and Law Firms" (panelist). LawTech Forum. New York, NY. November 3-4, 2005.

Publications

• "Searching for Justice: An Immodest Proposal." EDD Update (December 2009).
• "The Search for Professionalism in the Changing World of Electronic Information." Law Practice Today (November 2009).
• "Legacy Data Cleanup." KMWorld (October 2009).
• with A. M. Langer. "Adapting to the Data Explosion: Ensuring Justice for All." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).

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Robert S. Bauer, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

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Speaking Engagements

• "Finding a Better Way to Search: Benchmarking E-Discovery Methods" (moderator). H5 Webinar. December 10, 2008.
• "Automated Legal Sensemaking: The Centrality of Relevance and Intentionality" (paper and presentation). DESI II: Second International Workshop on Supporting Search and Sensemaking for Electronically Stored Information in Discovery Proceedings. University College, London, U.K. June 25, 2008.
• "Information Retrieval Productivity in Legal Matters." Fall 2007 Research Forum, The Paradox of Measuring Information Productivity, Center for Digital Transformation. Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. November 1, 2007.
• "STIR: Simultaneous Achievement of High Precision and High Recall through Socio-Technical Information Retrieval" (paper and presentation). 11th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (DESI Workshop). Stanford, CA. June 4, 2007.
• "Information Risk Management and E-Discovery: Alternative Approaches to Document Review." Webinar. March 1, 2007.
• "Emerging Technologies for Identity Mapping and Data Mining." Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Webinar. February 16, 2006.

Publications

• with D. Brassil, C. Hogan, G. Taranto, and J. S. Brown. "Impedance Matching of Humans <=> Machines in High-Q Information Retrieval Systems." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).

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Michael Rubenstein, Esq.

Managing Director of Global Practice

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Speaking Engagements

• "Conducting an Effective Document-Intensive Internal Investigation" (speaker).
  AIIM Expo + Conference. Philadephia, PA. April 20, 2010.

• "Conducting Defensible E-Discovery without Bankrupting Your Company: How to Build Effective Relationships with Your Law Firm and Discovery Service Providers" (panelist). H5-Duane Morris Breakfast Roundtable. San Francisco, CA. February 9, 2009.

• "Search in Litigation" (guest lecturer). "Litigation and Trial Technology." Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL. January 22, 2009.
• "Concept Searches: Has the Day Arrived for Computers to Replace Lawyers" (panelist). BNA Audioconference. September 9, 2008.
• "Tools & Methods – Technology Solutions Mirroring the EDRM Model" (panelist). Corporate E-Discovery Forum. San Francisco, CA. April 15, 2008.
• "Electronic Discovery as a Process – Practical Considerations and Pitfalls to Avoid" (speaker). PLRB Claims Conference. Orlando, FL. March 19, 2007.

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James Wolf

Practice Director

Speaking Engagements

• "Using Analytics & Non-Linear Searching Techniques to Reduce eDiscovery Review Times" (speaker). AccessData Techno Security & Digital Investigations Conference. Myrtle Beach, SC. June 7, 2010.

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Michael Morneault, Esq.

Senior Practice Director

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Speaking Engagements

• "Handling Complex Litigation in the Small Firm Setting: Breaking Down Barriers and Leveling the Playing Field" (panelist). MCLE Seminar. Boston, MA. March 23, 2009.

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Bruce Hedin, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

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Publications

• with D. W. Oard. "Replication and Automation of Expert Judgments: Information Engineering in Legal E-Discovery." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).

• "Searching in All the Wrong Places: The Effectiveness of Search Tools in E-Discovery." Digital Discovery & e-Evidence 7 (January 2007).

• "Domain Analysis and Representation." In Handbook for Language Engineers, edited by Ali Farghaly. Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications (2003).

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Dan Brassil

Principal Consultant

Speaking Engagements

• "Non-linear Document Review: What the Buzz is About!" (speaker). Association of Litigation Support Professionals, Chicago Chapter. Chicago, IL. March 8, 2011.

• "E-Discovery: An Emerging Field and its Opportunities for Linguists" (speaker). Linguistics Society of America. Berkeley, CA. August 4, 2009.

• "Buyer Beware: How TREC Can Help You Evaluate Your E-Discovery Investment" (speaker). H5 Webinar. March 19, 2009.

Publications

• with C. Hogan and B. Bauer. "Automation of Legal Sensemaking in e-Discovery." In Artificial Intelligence and Law, Volume 18, Number 4. Netherlands (2010).

• with B. Bauer, C. Hogan, G. Taranto, and J. S. Brown. "Impedance Matching of Humans <=> Machines in High-Q Information Retrieval Systems." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).
• with C. Hogan and S. Attfield. "The Centrality of User Modeling to High Recall with High Precision Search." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).
• with C. Hogan and M. Marcus. "Human-Aided Computer Assessment for Exhaustive Search." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).

• with C. Hogan and Bauer, R. "Human-Aided Computer Cognition for e-Discovery." In Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL-09). Barcelona (2009).

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Christopher Hogan

Head of Advanced Research and Development

Speaking Engagements

• "Quality in E-Discovery: Measuring and Achieving It" (speaker). H5 Webinar. July 14, 2009.

Publications

• with B. Bauer, D. Brassil, G. Taranto, and J. S. Brown. "Impedance Matching of Humans <=> Machines in High-Q Information Retrieval Systems." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).
• with D. Brassil and S. Attfield. "The Centrality of User Modeling to High Recall with High Precision Search." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).
• with D. Brassil and M. Marcus. "Human-Aided Computer Assessment for Exhaustive Search." In the Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. San Antonio, Texas (2009).

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Kris Vann

Practice Director

Speaking Engagements

• "E-Discovery Negotiation Strategies - Arming Your Outside Counsel with Insider Knowledge" (speaker). LegalTech West Coast. June 26, 2008.

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