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). 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

• "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

• "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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Robert S. Bauer, Ph.D.

Chief Technology Officer

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Speaking Engagements

• "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.

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Salil Durani

Managing Director of Information Technology

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Speaking Engagements

• “Oracle@Oracle (IT): Siebel IT Application Operation Best Practices – High-Availability Architecture, Change Control, Monitoring, Integration, Disaster Recovery, Performance, Operational Optimizations.” Oracle Open World 2006, San Francisco, CA, October 2006.
• "Oracle@Oracle (IT): A Step-by-Step Approach to Planning for Siebel 7.7/7.8 Upgrades – Best Practices from Siebel IT's Internal Upgrades in Minimizing Issues, Time, and Effort." Oracle Open World 2006, San Francisco, CA, October 2006
• “Application Change Management Best Practices @ Siebel IT.” Information Systems Audit & Control Association (ISACA) San Francisco Chapter, San Francisco, CA, November 17, 2005.
  
• Mr. Durani conducted all the Siebel IT Applications Operations Team sessions at the two-day Siebel IT Summit in Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2005. He presented at every (annual) Siebel User Week in the U.S. and Europe from 2003 to 2005.
  

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Michael Rubenstein, Esq.

Senior Practice Director

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Speaking Engagements

• “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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Philip Strauss, Esq.

Practice Director

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Speaking Engagements

• "The Match Game: Searching and Sampling ESI" (panelist). LegalTech, West Coast 2008; Los Angeles, CA, June 27, 2008.
• “Preparing Your Executives for Deposition Testimony” (speaker). ACC National Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2007.
• “Basics of Financial Accounting for In-House Counsel” (speaker). ACC SFBA Mini MBA Day, San Francisco, CA, September 2007.
• “Managing Your Legal Career” (speaker). Minority Corporate Counsel Association Career Fair, San Francisco, CA, August 2007.
• “Chief Privacy Officer Roundtable” (moderator). ACC SFBA eCommerce/Privacy Committee, Palo Alto, CA, June 2007.
• “General Counsel Roundtable” (speaker). Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, CA, July 2006.
• “Developing Your Board” (speaker). ACC Leadership Development Institute, Washington, DC, March 2006.
• “How to Advance Your In-House Career” (moderator). ACC/SFBA Career Development Committee, Santa Clara, CA, December 2005.
• “International Software Licensing” (speaker). ACI Seminar, San Francisco, CA, October 2005.
• “Protecting Your Company’s Confidential Information” (speaker). ACC National Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2005.
• “CLE Programming” (speaker). ACC Leadership Development Institute, Washington, DC, October 2005.
• “International Employment Contracts – From Marriage to Divorce” (moderator). ACC International Law Committee National Webcast, June 2005.
• “Hallmarks of an Effective In-House Counselor” (speaker). ACC Corporate Counsel University, Dallas, TX, May 2004; Chicago, IL, June 2003; Los Angeles, CA, May 2005.
• “Putting it All Together (New-to-In-House Practice)” (panelist). ACC Corporate Counsel University, Los Angeles, CA, May 2005.
• “Remarks on the Future of American Institutions” (speaker). ACC Annual Gala, San Francisco, CA, April 2005.
  
• “Document Creation & Retention: The Dos and Don’ts in the Employment and Litigation Context” (speaker). ACC/Lex Mundi Presentation, Palo Alto, CA, February 2005.
• “Forging Relationships: Keys to Success for the New In-House Litigation Counsel" (speaker). ACC Litigation Committee National Webcast, December 2005.
• “Doing Business with the Federal Government” (speaker). ACC National Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 2004.
• “Opportunities and Pitfalls in International Licensing” (speaker). ACC/SFBA International Law Committee, Santa Clara, CA, August 2003 & March 2004.
• “Crossing the Pond without Drowning: a Primer on International In-House Legal Practice” (speaker). ACC International Law Committee National Webcast, February 2004.
• 2003 ACC Leadership Development Institute (speaker). San Francisco, CA, October 2003.
• “ACC Boot Camp: an Introduction to In-House Practice” (speaker). ACC National Meeting, Washington, DC, October 2002.
• “SCCBA Primer on Government Contracting” (moderator). Santa Clara, CA, June 2002.

Publications

• Monthly/quarterly columnist on new-to-in-house-practice, lawyer-as-businessperson, and small law department issues, ACC Docket, 2003-present; The Recorder, 2006; Law.com In-House Column, 2007.
• “Extreme Business Makeover.” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel (January 2008).
• “Top 10 Tips for Preparing Executives for Deposition Testimony.” ACC Website (2008)
  “Top 10 New-to-In-House Pointers,” ACC Website (2006).

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Kelly Young, Esq.

Practice Director

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Speaking Engagements

• "E-Discovery Panel Discussion" (panelist). Lawyers for Civil Justice 2008 Spring Membership Meeting, Washington, DC, May 6, 2008.
• “Measuring the Effectiveness of Electronic Document Review Process” (panelist). ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law, Technology in the Practice & Workplace Committee, Chicago, IL, May 2, 2008.
• “First Pass Review” (panelist). ILTA Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, August 22, 2007.

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Thomas N. Murray, Esq.

Corporate Counsel

Speaking Engagements

• "Why Digital Evidence and Corporate Security Do Mix" (speaker). ACC Privacy/eCommerce Committee Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 19, 2008; Palo Alto, CA, March 20, 2008.

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Teresa Jade

Director of Technology and Development

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Speaking Engagements

• “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.
• “Non-Traditional Careers for Linguists: So what can you do with a linguistics degree?” (keynote speaker). University of Texas at Arlington Student Conference in Linguistics and TESOL, Arlington, TX, November 3, 2006.

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Bruce Hedin, Ph.D.

Principal Scientist

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Publications

• "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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