ACEDS

2024 LPP Holiday Party
2024-12-10 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

In-House Budgeting Best Practices, Practical Advice, and All the Experience
2024-11-22 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Online Event
Join NY ACEDS Metro chapter and the ARMA New Jersey chapter for a comprehensive 90 minute discussion on In-House Budgeting Best Practices

The NY ACEDS Metro chapter, the ARMA New Jersey chapter, and legal and governance professionals join together for a 90 minute roundtable presentation and discussion on best practices and lessons learned for professionals asked to create budgets and supporting documentation for internal projects, including information governance projects, data privacy assessments, website refreshes, and AI program development.
Sponsored by legal services company TCDi, the participants will reference the mind-budget connection complimentary budgeting resource, and cover the practical points to address for successful project funding and support, including:

Budget Preparation, Cycle, and Process
Tying Projects to Requirements and Reality – Business Needs and Outside Pressures
Budget Spending, Tracking, and Characterization – Checking the Math
Unbudgeted Funding – the Exception(s) to the Rule
Resources and Benchmarking

Distinguished participants:

Andy Cosgrove, Chief Strategy Officer (TCDI)
Edwina Fernandez, Director – Lead Compliance Officer – Records Management Program (TIAA)
Ann E. Gorr, Principal (Ann Gorr LLC)
Rose Jones, Partner (King & Spalding)
Kimberly Quan, Senior Manager, Information Security (Juniper)
Joe Shepley, Managing Director (Alvarez & Marsal)
James Sherer, Partner (BakerHostetler)
Michelle Six, Of Counsel (Gunster)
Andrea Webster, Associate Director, Legal Innovation & Operations (Novartis)

Bridging Communication Gaps in E-Discovery: Are We All Speaking the Same Language
2024-10-22 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | BakerHostetler, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, New York, NY, 10111, US
Please join us for a lively discussion among panelists representing various stages of the
E-Discovery process followed by networking.

Bridging Communication Gaps in E-Discovery: Are We All Speaking the Same Language?
ACEDS New York and BakerHostetler invite you to join us for a lively discussion among panelists representing various stages of the E-Discovery process. This event will convene leading professionals from diverse segments of the E-Discovery pipeline to address the prevalent communication gaps and will be followed by a networking among industry colleagues.
Our panelists will focus on enhancing understanding of the correct jargon and clarifying the roles and functions of each participant to promote better collaboration.
We will discuss:

Document Collection
Processing Data
Review
Analytics
Production
Best Practices

MODERATOR
Jennifer Negron, Discovery Attorney, BakerHostetler
Jennifer Negron is a skilled Discovery Attorney at BakerHostetler’s New York City office, part of the E-Discovery Advocacy and Management team (EDAM). Jennifer has 14 years of experience and is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist. Jennifer excels in managing off-site vendor-assisted document review and litigation support teams. She is adept at creating comprehensive E-Discovery workflows, from processing to production, across various legal topics, ensuring efficient and effective handling of complex legal matters.

SPEAKERS
Csilla Boga-Lofaro, Associate, BakerHostetler
Csilla has extensive experience handling large-scale discovery, managing projects and workflows in complex commercial litigations, class actions and regulatory inquiries.
Csilla has been designated as a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) by the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists. She is co-author of the article “Court Guideposts for the Path to Technology Assisted Review (TAR) Adoption” that has been included in the PLI Course Handbook Series of Electronic Discovery since 2018.

William Wallace Belt, Managing Director, Complete Discovery Source
Bill has 25 years of experience as a partner, shareholder, and board member of AmLaw 200 law firms, including Williams Mullen where he built one of the first law firm E-Discovery practices. His extensive experience as a trial lawyer, including trying to verdict over 20 jury trials, and his deep experience in legal technology including law firm teams, a “Big Four” consulting firm, and technology providers gives Bill’s clients access to a perspective built upon broad and unique experience, and a deep understanding of his clients’ business and legal technology needs and strategies.
For the last 10 years Bill has participated in and now runs a Corporate-Only Roundtable where corporate E-Discovery teams, judges and industry experts have met to share experiences and discuss emerging challenges and solutions in E-Discovery, Data Privacy and Compliance, that combine technological and legal solutions. He has led managed review teams at both law firms and service providers. His team at Deloitte was selected as a Top 3 managed review provider by the New York and Washington, D.C. Law Journals.
Bill started his career as a trial lawyer and his team’s defense verdict in EMF/mobile phone litigation was selected as a Top 10 Defense Verdict by the National Law Journal. Bill was also recognized by the American Bar Association for his work on the Exxon Valdez litigation. Bill is licensed in CA and VA.

Dorian Ortiz, Litigation Support Senior Analyst, BakerHostetler
Born in the Dominican Republic, Dorian has provided excellent customer experience and has worked passionately as a litigation support analyst for over a decade. Dorian has a bachelor’s degree in technical management from DeVry University NY and an associate degree in computer programming and information technology from ASA college NY. Dorian has also worked as an English as foreign language Teacher for 10 years in the Dominican Republic.

Joe Martinez, Director of Forensics & Technology, Complete Legal
Joe Martinez is a veteran of the United States Army, a former Counterintelligence Special Agent, and has for almost 20 years provided end-to-end services to corporate customers and government entities in the realms of digital forensics, compliance, electronic discovery, and risk management.
Mr. Martinez joined the team at Complete Legal (formerly L2 Services) to provide clients with technical guidance and counsel in the areas of Information Governance, E-Discovery, Digital Forensics. Corporate and Government Compliance, Security Best Practices, Risk Assurance and Mitigation, and the use of Analytics and AI in the legal sphere.

SPONSORS

The Masters Conference: New York
2024-07-24
Morgan Lewis will host the New York event on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. The day will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities. We provide an excellent platform for legal professionals, technology experts, and industry leaders to share their knowledge and insights while exploring innovative solutions to the challenges they face in the legal domain.

ACEDS members: Save 20% on registration with code ACEDSNEWY20

Learn more and register here

A Roundtable Discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Litigation
2024-05-22 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Denver) | Online Event
This discussion will look at some of the generative AI-based tools designed for litigation.

The age of AI has surely taken the legal world by storm. Both law firms and service providers have been incorporating AI into their workflows for years and more recently are beginning to utilize Generative AI and LLMs to focus in on the response data and information in a case. This discussion will look at some of the generative AI-based tools designed for litigation and the speakers will provide their feedback on the risks and rewards of using these new tools. The panel also will consider the ethical implications of using these tools and will look at how client information and confidences can be maintained appropriately when using AI-based technologies.
Speakers
Ignatius Grande, Berkeley Research Group
James Sherer, Baker Hostetler
Tara Emory, Redgrave Data
Khrys McKinney, K L McKinney

A Primer for Understanding the Application of Legal AI
2024-04-11 11:15 - 12:30 (America/New_York)

Revel at Madison – 2023 Annual Holiday Party & Fundraiser
2023-12-07 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)

The Master's Conference: New York
2023-10-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
The Master’s Conference will be in New York with a one-day conference on Wednesday, October 18, 2023. Master’s is the leading legal technology conference that brings together industry experts to share knowledge and explore topics and solutions tailored specifically to their everyday challenges.

ACEDS members: Save 20% on registration with code ACEDSNY20

Learn more and register here

The New Professional Services Work from Home Reality and Risks
2023-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online Event
Discover the real deal about working remotely in the professional services industry, exploring the challenges, perks, and potential pitfalls

The New Professional Services Work from Home Reality, and Risks
Join us for an exciting online event that explores the challenges and risks associated with the new work from home reality in the professional services industry. Discover how professionals are adapting to remote work and learn about the potential pitfalls they face. Our expert speakers will share valuable insights and practical strategies to help you navigate this evolving landscape. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the unique challenges and risks of working remotely in the professional services sector. Register now to secure your spot!
– Agenda: Lunch, Refreshments, and Two Outstanding Guest Speakers

– Host: Todd Mattson, Chief of Practice Systems & Services at Covington & Burling LLP

– Moderator: Harry Buck, ACEDS-NY Chapter President and Founder and CEO of Legal Outsourcing 2.0, Inc.

Featured Speakers:

– Jordan Ellington, Founder & CTO at SessionGuardian

– Matthew Cowherd, Counsel at Redgrave LLP

Agenda Highlights:

– Understanding the status quo for dealing with data security pre-Covid and the changes that Covid has made to the delivery of professional services.

– Navigating the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape: Delve into the dynamic world of cybersecurity with Jordan Ellington, a recognized industry thought leader. Gain valuable insights as he explores cutting-edge cyber defense strategies specifically tailored for remote eDiscovery projects, etc.

– Mastering the Challenges of Discovery: Matthew Cowherd will guide you through the intricacies of discovery management in the modern age of remote work. For example, how are identification, preservation and collection processes being impacted by this? Discover invaluable tips and strategies for effectively addressing discovery challenges in this evolving landscape.

Livestream Option: The entire event will be livestreamed via Zoom, so you can still access the insightful talks and join the discussion remotely.

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to expand your knowledge and connect with like-minded professionals. We’re looking forward to welcoming you on October 16th.
https://zoom.us/j/92418431607

The New Professional Services Work from Home Reality and Risks
2023-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Covington & Burling LLP, New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, USA, 620 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, New York, NY, 10018, US
Discover the challenges of remote work and how to tackle emerging risks associated with data security.

The New Professional Services Work from Home Reality, New Risks, Addressing those Risks and the E-Di
Join us for an exciting in-person event at Covington & Burling LLP, New York Times Building, 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10018, USA. Discover the new reality of professional services work from home and the associated risks. Learn how to effectively address these risks and explore the world of E-Discovery. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to gain valuable insights and network with industry professionals. Reserve your spot now!
– Agenda: Lunch, Refreshments, and Two Outstanding Guest Speakers

– Host: Todd Mattson, Chief of Practice Systems & Services at Covington & Burling LLP

– Moderator: Harry Buck, ACEDS-NY Chapter President and Founder and CEO of Legal Outsourcing 2.0, Inc.

Featured Speakers:

– Jordan Ellington, Founder & CTO at SessionGuardian

– Matthew Cowherd, Counsel at Redgrave LLP

Agenda Highlights:

– Understanding the status quo for dealing with data security pre-Covid and the changes that Covid has made to the delivery of professional services.

– Navigating the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape: Delve into the dynamic world of cybersecurity with Jordan Ellington, a recognized industry thought leader. Gain valuable insights as he explores cutting-edge cyber defense strategies specifically tailored for remote eDiscovery projects, etc.

– Mastering the Challenges of Discovery: Matthew Cowherd will guide you through the intricacies of discovery management in the modern age of remote work. For example, how are identification, preservation and collection processes being impacted by this? Discover invaluable tips and strategies for effectively addressing discovery challenges in this evolving landscape.

Limited Seating: Only 28 In-Person Seats Available!

To reserve your seat for this exclusive event, please RSVP as soon as possible. With just 28 seats available for in-person attendance, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn from renowned experts, network with peers, and savor a delightful meal at Covington.

Artificial Intelligence and Employment Considerations
2023-07-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | BakerHostetler, 45 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10111, New York, NY, 10111, US
Join us July 24, 2023 for a discussion about AI and employment, either in person at Baker Hostetler or virtually.

Participants:
Shareef Farag, Partner, BakerHostetler (LA)James A. Sherer, Partner, BakerHostetler (NY)Ariana Dindiyal, Associate, BakerHostetler (NY)Brittany Yantis, Associate, BakerHostetler (DC)Fulton Wald, Associate, BakerHostetler (NY)
Program outline:
AI is set to affect many disciplines, but its effects carry similar themes.
This presentation discusses AI practice development in the context of job applications according to these themes:
Creation of new information at scale. Present-day job openings are oversaturated with applications, and many HR departments cannot handle the quantity of applications, thus look to AI to help sort through them.
Use of outsourced “black box” technology. As with other AI applications, many HR departments out-source these tools to third party vendors without knowing exactly how the vendors function.
Potential for Bias and back-end audits. Vendors may promote the use of AI not based in science, and/or that relies on biased data sets without self-auditing: this means vendors could be picking candidates who were chosen by biased AI, and the employer might be unaware of this.
New Law. Laws in cities and states have cropped up regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools (AEDT), such as in NYC which now requires employers to disclose when they use AEDT and conduct bias audits to ensure their AI is fair.
Other Legal/Adjacent Standards. “Soft Law” and other similar ethical approaches (e.g., from NIST and the EEOC) can also offer guidance to employers to help avoid lawsuits based on biased AI (or to mitigate their effects).

E-Discovery Day Happy Hour at the Classic Car Club
2022-12-01 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

Risks and Rewards of AI in the Legal Profession
2022-09-29 17:00 - 18:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a webinar.

Should we bow to our robot overlords or use them to our advantage? Join ACEDS NY for an intriguing panel discussion on the risks, rewards, and hidden issues related to AI in the legal profession. Our panel gathers some of the foremost experts on this topic including:

James Sherer, Esq. – Partner, BakerHostetler
Ariana Dindiyal, Esq. – Associate, BakerHostetler
Cat Casey, Esq. – Chief Growth Officer, Reveal Brainspace
Doug Kaminski – Chief Revenue Officer, Cobra Legal Solutions

ACEDS NY Metro Summer Social 2022
2022-07-21 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
The ACEDS NY Metro Chapter is excited to host our first in-person social event of 2022!

We’ve secured space at Amity Hall in Greenwich Village on Thursday July 21st from 6pm – 8pm. Amity Hall is a modern American craft beer and sports destination best known for its diverse selection, handcrafted cocktails and lively atmosphere.
This ACEDS NY Metro event is being generously co-sponsored by our friends at Legal Outsourcing 2.0 and Everlaw. We’ll have an open bar serving wine and beer.
The happy hour will be a wonderful opportunity for us all to connect again in person. Come join members of the NY Metro eDiscovery community to mingle, enjoy cocktails, share stories, find out what’s new and meet some new friends.

ACEDS NY Metro Chapter Meeting
2021-10-28 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Cast your vote for the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter board

Vote on this year’s chapter board nominees, and share your ideas for the coming year! Afterwards, there will be a Zoom discussion on Transitioning to Life After the Pandemic where we will discuss what permanent changes will be a part of our daily work tasks.

Moving Forward: A Secure, Productive, and Mobile Work Experience
2021-03-04 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a panel discussion

Join us for an interactive panel discussion with Kraft Kennedy CTO Chris Owens, covering these topics + the questions you bring to the virtual table:

“War stories” from the 2020 remote landscape
The real reasons behind the things your IT department makes you do
Next Level Remote: more access, collaboration, and productivity
“What” – The Most Expensive Word in Business

GIVEAWAY: To preselect the desired device giveaways for this event, and to enable us to customize the session content, advance participation via this survey is requested.
Moderator:

Ignatius Grande, Director at BRG

Presenters:

James Sherer, Partner at Baker & Hostetler
Ariel Risinger, Legal Counsel, Technology and Commercial Transactions at AXA XL, a division of AXA
Christina Brodeur, Vice President, CRE Credit Portfolio Manager at Investors Bank
Connor McCourt, Enterprise Sales at EPOS
Christopher Owens, Chief Technology Officer at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.

Enduring Impact of Covid on Managed Document Review
2020-12-03 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for an E-Discovery Day event

In this webinar, panelists will discuss

What remote review looks like from a security perspective (what tools are available, what to look out for)
Partnership between law firm, client, hosting provider and review provider
What reviewer training looks like remotely
What Review Management looks like remotely (how to track productivity, security, etc.)
Lessons learned so far (Integreon can integrate responses from several of our corporate and law firm clients)

Moderator:

Deeanna Fleener joined Integreon in March 2020 as Director of Litigation Services. As a subject matter expert, Deeanna has deep knowledge and expertise having worked in the technology industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining Integreon, Deeanna spent over 15 years working in litigation support within large law firms and global eDiscovery service providers. She spent a decade working in Litigation/Practice Support within law firms where she managed large, complex cases using advanced analytics and all technology options available to her. Most recently, Deeanna has consulted with corporations and law firms to create workflows designed to save time and money. Deeanna is a self-proclaimed technology geek whose goal is to help attorneys realize the efficiencies and competitive edge that come with fully utilizing the technology tools available today. Deeanna founded the Boston chapter of Women in eDiscovery and attends many events with ILTA, ACEDS, WiE, EDRM, and Sedona Conference, and has had speaking engagements at WiE, SOLID, Ing3nious eDiscovery and IG Retreat, and Boston Bar Association.

Presenters:

Brad Schaffel is the Manager of Electronic Discovery and Litigation Support at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Mr. Schaffel has held this position since November, 2017. He has over 27 years of experience in various levels of project management in the legal space. Tasked with creating a team of experienced professionals, Brad has been successful in building departments of top-tier individuals who can act as in-house legal technology consultants as well as excellent project managers and technicians. He continuously strives to improve automation and workflow; keeping up with the growing size and complexity of discovery requests is an on-going challenge that requires constant attention.

For many years, Mr. Schaffel has served on industry panels and has been involved in e-discovery education and mentorship. He has been an adjunct professor of eDiscovery and a member of numerous professional associations. Most recently, Brad has been involved with developing distance learning programs on eDiscovery best practices and general knowledge for numerous top-tier law schools. Brad has also hosted podcasts on the topic of eDiscovery, Information Governance, and Litigation Support. Aimed at not only sharing insights from industry powerhouses, the podcasts focused on what it’s like to work in the profession from the perspective of service providers, lawyers, and lit support project managers. Mr. Schaffel is a member of the Charter Class of Certified E-Discovery Specialists and previously served as Vice-President for the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter Board.
Outside of his day job, Brad spends most of his time with family. He is married with two children and lives in Brooklyn. He is an avid hiker particularly in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks

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The State of the eDiscovery Market
2020-12-01 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS New York Metro Chapter for a panel discussion

Join Ari Kaplan, Mallory Acheson, Joseph Borstein and Kimberly “KQ” Quan for a panel discussion on the state of the eDiscovery market.

AI Series - Part IV: The Process of Innovation in the Legal Tech Space
2020-11-25 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a panel discussion.

Each of our three panelists have co-founded a legal tech company. They come from very different backgrounds and have employed very different approaches in solving problems. One is an Amlaw 50, Harvard law grad type. Another has a Carnegie Mellon masters in computer science with an emphasis on NLP and ML. A third is a learn it on the fly, experienced, ACEDS certified eDiscovery specialist. They will discuss the problems they identified, how they tried to solve them, the technologies they used, how they built their solution and how one can reasonably divine quality in their spaces.
Moderator:

Harry Buck, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Legal Outsourcing 2.0
Harry Buck is the Founder and CEO of Legal Outsourcing 2.0 www.legaloutsourcing2.com . Legal Outsourcing 2.0 helps legal technology companies create their solutions and uses legal technology solutions to deliver value to corporate and law firm clients. Harry practiced law for 15 years, mostly as a litigator. During that time, he was twice elected as a State Bar Commissioner and elected as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. For the past 20 years he has been involved in legal technology and legal outsourcing. He received his BA from Brown University and his JD from Pace University Law School. He is a Board Member of the NY Metro Chapter of ACEDS.

Speakers:
John Snyder, Chairman, Agnes Intelligence
John Snyder is a Co-Founder of Agnes Intelligence www.agnesintel.com and currently serves as its Chairman. He graduated from Brown as an undergraduate and Harvard Law School. He clerked for a Federal District Court Judge and spent six years as an associate at Proskauer Rose. He has practiced in Manhattan since 2010 representing technology focused clients. In 2016, he was rated a top 40 under 40 litigator in New York, and since 2017 he has been honored as a “Top 100” Litigation Lawyer in the State of New York.
He founded Agnes Intelligence in 2018 which has created an AI-enabled business and forensics platform for hosting and analyzing big data. It is particularly effective for non-traditional, i.e. audio and visual, media.

Lars Mahler, Chief Science Officer, LegalSifter
Lars Mahler is a Co-Founder of LegalSifter www.legalsifter.com and serves as its Chief Science Officer. Lars received his undergraduate degree from Ohio Wesleyan and a master’s in computer science with a specialization in machine learning and natural language processing from Carnegie Mellon. Lars worked as a manager at Accenture before his graduate work and helped found LegalSifter while he was still in grad school in 2014.
Lars has overseen the development of over 700 algorithms designed to identify legal concepts in unstructured data, such as contracts. LegalSifter offers two products. Its first product (called LegalSifter) uses AI to help clients review and negotiate contracts. Its second product (called Sifter Concierge) is a contract librarian service that organizes and catalogs signed contracts.

Oran Sears, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Canopy
Oran Sears is a Co-Founder of Canopy www.canopyco.io and serves as its Chief Product and Technology Officer. Oran is ACEDS certified and is also certified in cyber investigations and counterintelligence threat analysis. He has spent about 15 years in the software industry much of which involved software solutions in the eDiscovery space. Prior to cofounding Canopy, Oran had a similar role with ZyLAB where he was Director of Sales Engineering and US Product Management.
Oran has overseen the development of not only a tool, but in some ways a new field, protected data discovery. Canopy is specifically designed for data breach discovery including cyber security investigations, analysis and notification reviews. It creates efficiencies by using NLP and ML technology.

AI Series - Part III: Practical Considerations for eDiscovery Practitioners
2020-11-18 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a Panel Discussion.

Join the managers leading TAR and analytics teams at Hogan Lovells, Orrick and Paul Weiss for a discussion on practical applications of machine learning technologies for eDiscovery and investigations. They’ll explain why using AI/TAR/analytics on real cases isn’t nearly as complicated as many believe, how to implement the solutions that make sense for your case, and what key factors should inform your decision-making on how to deploy these technologies.
Moderator:

Lilith Bat-Leah, CEDS, Senior Director of Data Science, FRONTEO
Lilith Bat-Leah, CEDS, is a senior director of data science at FRONTEO, a publicly traded global technology and services company specializing in artificial intelligence, cross-border litigation, managed review, and consulting for the eDiscovery market. She has extensive experience managing, delivering and consulting on electronic discovery, including meet and confer, identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis, and production of electronically stored information. She regularly participates in negotiations around electronic discovery and has provided expert testimony in both domestic and international court proceedings. Ms. Bat-Leah now specializes in the application of statistics, analytics, machine learning and data science within the context of electronic discovery. She writes and speaks on varied topics, including ESI protocols, statistical sampling, and technology assisted review. Ms. Bat-Leah currently serves on the EDRM Advisory Council and the ACEDS New York Chapter board. She is a member of Sedona Conference Working Groups 1 and 6, and was a founding board member of the ACEDS Chicago Chapter. Lilith graduated from Northwestern University magna cum laude and has been CEDS certified since 2015.

Speakers:
Jeremiah Weasenforth, Managing Project Attorney, Orrick
Jeremiah Weasenforth is the Managing Project Attorney in the Orrick Analytics group. Jeremiah manages a team of attorneys and technical non-attorneys that utilize technology and project management discipline to assist with litigation and transactional tasks. Jeremiah’s focus is bringing efficiency to all aspects of such tasks through the use of technology and sound process.
Jeremiah develops and implements workflows around the use of artificial intelligence, advanced analytics and machine learning by assessing case goals and strategy. This includes implementing a broad array of tools designed to achieve cost savings for clients, including predictive analytics, structured analytics, sentiment analysis, and concept analysis technology. Jeremiah has significant experience managing discovery tasks from early case assessment through trial. Jeremiah regularly consults with Orrick attorneys and clients on complex data issues in discovery.
Jeremiah writes and frequently speaks on the use of advanced analytics, including the challenges associated with unique aspects of litigation.

Lindsey Worth, Manager of TAR & Analytics, Americas, Hogan Lovells
Lindsey Worth is the Manager of TAR & Analytics, Americas, for Hogan Lovells. She manages Hogan’s eDiscovery project managers and consultants in the Americas and advises clients on advanced technology and workflow design. Lindsey is a former litigator experienced in leading discovery teams in complex, document-intensive matters. Since turning to eDiscovery consulting, she specializes in advising clients on how to leverage machine learning and analytics. She has defended her clients’ TAR and discovery workflows in deposition, via affidavit, and in mediation before the court.
Lindsey is a former Rhodes Scholar with degrees from Harvard, Oxford, and Yale Law School and is admitted to the bar in California. She also serves as a board member for the NYC chapter of Leading Women in Technology.

Justin Turnofsky, Manager of E-Discovery Review Technology, Paul, Weiss
Justin is Paul, Weiss’ Manager of E-Discovery Review Technology and a founding member of their E-Discovery Analytics and Review Technology team. In his role, Justin counsels legal teams and corporate clients on the most proficient and defensible uses of advanced technologies and analytics to improve efficiency and identify critical documents earlier in the process. As a Relativity and Brainspace Certified Master, Justin develops and presents CLE trainings and certification programs for the firm’s personnel.

AI Series - Part II: Soft Law, Ethics and Standards
2020-11-11 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a panel discussion

This session will focus on ISO and IEEE standards/regulations for AI. It also intersects with concerns regarding racial justice and discrimination issues associated with technology, which highlights transparency/translucency issues also being addressed by standard-setting bodies.
Moderator:

Ignatius Grande, Director, Berkeley Research Group
Ignatius Grande is a Director at Berkeley Research Group. He has been advising clients on issues relating to electronic discovery, information management, and data privacy for more than 15 years. With his legal and technical expertise, Ignatius is able to bridge the gap that can exist between IT and legal/compliance personnel. Ignatius often works with companies to address complex information management issues, including the onboarding of new software and the implementation of advanced technologies. He has performed compliance risk assessments for corporations addressing information management practices and he regularly works with clients to implement or update corporate policies.
Ignatius is a frequent writer and speaker on topics relating to information governance, artificial intelligence, and data privacy. He is president of the New York Metro ACEDS Chapter and is the Vice Chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial & Federal Litigation Section. Ignatius also teaches a course at St. John’s University School of Law. Ignatius has worked for two global law firms and has also served as in-house counsel for a global commodities trading company. He graduated from Yale College in 1996 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1999.

Speakers:
Meribeth Banaschik, Partner, Ernst & Young
As an American litigator and Solicitor of England & Wales with more than 14 years of professional experience, including ten years’ experience in Germany, Meribeth Banaschik is focused on analytics and applied technologies to isolate and address various risks facing modern global organizations, particularly legal risks.
She focuses on the measurement and quality imperatives that impact defensibility and acceptance of technology and technology-driven results in a legal/investigative context.
In addition to leading the German eDiscovery practice, she is also responsible within Forensics for GDPR compliance projects. She therefore has relevant project experience in establishing GDPR compliance teams in Germany and EMEIA.
After receiving her MBA and training as a lawyer in the USA, Meribeth worked as a litigator in the US, as in- house counsel at a German bank, and then moved back to private practice at a top German law firm, before moving to EY in March 2017.

Yohance Bowden, Attorney, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Yohance Bowden is an attorney at New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority with a background in litigation. In addition to his administrative law practice, Yohance has significant experience leveraging emerging technologies for clients in the pharmaceutical and energy industries in products liability and environmental matters. His practice includes Freedom of Information law, litigation in federal and state courts, electronic discovery and information governance matters. Yohance has developed a particular expertise in cross-border discovery issues, including data protection in the European Union. He has worked extensively with international clients on litigations across the globe.

Cat Casey, Chief Innovation Officer, DISCO
Cat Casey is the Chief Innovation Officer for DISCO, the leading cloud-based AI-powered legal technology company, where she spearheads development and strategy for its advanced legal technology solutions. She is a frequent keynote speaker and outspoken advocate of legal professionals embracing technology to deliver better legal outcomes. Casey has over a decade and a half of experience assisting clients with complex ediscovery and forensic needs that arise from litigation, expansive regulation, and complex contractual relationships.
Before joining DISCO, Casey was the director of Global Practice Support for Gibson Dunn, based out of their New York office. She led a global team comprising experienced practitioners in the areas of electronic discovery, data privacy, and information governance. Prior to that, Casey was a leader in the Forensic Technology Practice for PwC. Prior to that Casey built out the antitrust forensic technology practice and served as the national subject matter expert on ediscovery for KPMG. Casey has an A.L.B. from Harvard University and attended Pepperdine School of Law.

James A. Sherer, Partner, BakerHostetler
James Sherer is a Partner in the New York office of BakerHostetler, where he co-leads the Emerging Technology team for the Digital Assets and Data Management group and leads Information Governance and Artificial Intelligence engagements. James also serves as the co-leader of The Sedona Conference® Working Group Eleven Drafting Team on Ethics in AI and Algorithmic Design and is part of the IEEE P2863 Organizational Governance of Artificial Intelligence Working Group. James’s work and scholarship focuses on litigation; discovery management processes; enterprise risk; records and information governance; data privacy, security, and bank secrecy; technology integration issues; artificial intelligence; social media and the Internet of Things, and related merger and acquisition diligence.
James holds an MBA, the CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, and PLS data privacy professional credentials, the CIP and IGP information governance designations, the UCLA Extension Global Cyber Institute’s Cybersecurity Certification, and the CEDS and eDPC eDiscovery specialist credentials. James is U.S. and Global Chambers® Ranked for eDiscovery, a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and serves as a member of The Sedona Conference® Working Groups One, Six, and Eleven. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association eDiscovery Committee as well as the New York eDiscovery Counsel Roundtable. James serves as an elected board member for the New York Chapter of ACEDS, the Stecher & Horowitz Foundation, and the Michigan-based Cleveland Manor Community. He is admitted to practice in New York, Washington DC, and Michigan.

AI Series - Part I: Introduction to Machine Learning
2020-10-29 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a panel discussion on machine learning.

Join data scientists from Brainspace, FRONTEO, NexLP and OpenText for an introduction to the technology that powers TAR and AI. We’ll give a non-technical overview of how the technology works and how that might inform your workflows.
Moderator:
Lilith Bat-Leah, Senior Director of Data Science, FRONTEO USA
Lilith Bat-Leah, CEDS, is a senior director of data science at FRONTEO, a publicly traded global technology and services company specializing in artificial intelligence, cross-border litigation, managed review, and consulting for the eDiscovery market. She has extensive experience managing, delivering and consulting on electronic discovery, including meet and confer, identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, analysis, and production of electronically stored information. She regularly participates in negotiations around electronic discovery and has provided expert testimony in both domestic and international court proceedings. Ms. Bat-Leah now specializes in the application of statistics, analytics, machine learning and data science within the context of electronic discovery. She writes and speaks on varied topics, including ESI protocols, statistical sampling, and technology assisted review. Ms. Bat-Leah currently serves on the EDRM Advisory Council and the ACEDS New York Chapter board. She is a member of Sedona Conference Working Groups 1 and 6, and was a founding board member of the ACEDS Chicago Chapter. Lilith graduated from Northwestern University magna cum laude and has been CEDS certified since 2015.
Speakers:
Dr. Jeremy Pickens, Principal Data Scientist, OpenText
Jeremy Pickens, PhD is one of the world’s leading information retrieval scientists and a pioneer in the field of collaborative exploratory search, a form of information seeking in which a group of people who share a common information need actively collaborate to achieve it. Dr. Pickens has seven patents and patents pending in the field of search and information retrieval. As Principal Data Scientist at OpenText, Dr. Pickens has spearheaded the development of Insight Predict. His ongoing research and development focuses on methods for continuous learning, and the variety of real world technology assisted review workflows that are only possible with this approach. Dr. Pickens earned his doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval. He conducted his post-doctoral work at King’s College, London. Before joining Catalyst Repository Systems and later OpenText, he spent five years as a research scientist at FX Palo Alto Lab, Inc. In addition to his OpenText responsibilities, he continues to organize research workshops and speak at scientific conferences around the world.
Dr. Irina Matveeva, Head of Machine Learning, NexLP
Dr. Irina Matveeva is the Head of Machine Learning at NexLP LLC and Adjunct Professor at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Her research interests include graph-based methods and semi-supervised methods for language applications. Her research focuses on latent semantic models of word and document representations and models of word similarity.
Dr. Matveeva received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. She co-chaired the TextGraphs workshops in 2012, 2011, 2008, and 2007, and is a reviewer for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Journal for Information Retrieval and Journal of Artiﬁcial Intelligence Research.
Dr. David Lewis, Chief Data Scientist, Brainspace
Dr. Lewis brings 30 years of experience designing machine learning and language processing algorithms, dating back to his award-winning dissertation establishing text categorization as a new field of study at the intersection of information retrieval and machine learning. In research at the University of Chicago, Bell Labs, AT&T Labs, and David D. Lewis Consulting, Lewis pioneered many techniques that are now common in text analytics and beyond, including uncertainty sampling, stratified estimation of classification effectiveness, scaling of probabilistic classifier outputs, and high dimensional Bayesian logistic regression. For this work, Lewis was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2006. Since 2000, Lewis has served as an inventor and technology advisor for more than 50 companies and organizations, while continuing to pursue research in computer science. In 2005, Lewis created the first publicly available test collection for e-discovery research (the CDIP or “tobacco” collection), as well as co-founding, with Jason Baron and Doug Oard, the first open evaluation forum for e-discovery research (the TREC Legal Track). Lewis has also served as a consulting expert or expert witness in numerous patent and e-discovery disputes, including the landmark da Silva Moore, Kleen Products, Actos, and Rio Tinto cases. Lewis holds a BA in Mathematics and a BS in Computer Science from Michigan State University, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

ACEDS NY Metro Chapter: Advancing Your eDiscovery Career Into Privacy
2020-09-15 11:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS NY Metro Chapter for a virtual event.

Thanks to the GDPR, CCPA and the increased focus on data privacy, companies and law firms have been increasingly focused on data privacy compliance.
The event will be a discussion with people who have been able to transition from an eDiscovery role to roles more focused on data privacy. It will be a lively discussion about the journey of these professionals and how they navigated their careers into the privacy field. The panelists will share the practices that worked for them, the benefits of certain certifications, the challenges they faced and how they succeeded in overcoming these challenges. We will also discuss how eDiscovery skills can be practically applied in the data privacy industry and steps that eDiscovery professionals can be taking to expand their expertise.
Speakers:
Jared Coseglia, Founder and CEO, TRU Staffing Partners
Jared Michael Coseglia is the founder and CEO of TRU Staffing Partners, a staffing company representing talent and opportunities in the data privacy, e-discovery, and cybersecurity verticals since 2010. Coseglia has successfully placed over 3000 professionals in full-time and temporary positions at the Fortune 1000, Am Law 200, and throughout the global consultancy, service and software provider community. His ability to identify, deliver, mentor, and help retain talent has given him the privilege of quickly becoming the globally recognized “go-to” individual for hiring managers and job seekers in need of staffing solutions or career guidance and management in legal technology and data protection. Coseglia’s unique style of representation, vast network of relationships, and subject matter expertise has helped earn him and TRU a host of awards including the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America rankings two years in a row, #1043 in 2016 and #1189 in 2017.
Eric Pulsipher, MBA, CEDS, CIPP/E, CIPM, Sr. Systems Analyst – Global Legal Applications, NBCUniversal
Eric Pulsipher, MBA, CEDS, CIPP/E, CIPM, is part of NBCUniversal’s Privacy & Compliance team under NBCUniversal’s Global Legal division. He brings extensive law firm experience to help bring balance to all stakeholders’ requirements – including firms BakerHostetler LLP and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. Eric is passionate about leveraging relevant data and tech across eDiscovery, data privacy and compliance programs.
Tracy Bordignon, Director, Information Governance, Privacy and Security, FTI Consulting
Tracy Bordignon is a Director with FTI’s Information Governance, Privacy and Security (IGP&S) practice in the Technology segment. She has nine years of experience consulting to corporate and law firm clients with a focus on leveraging technology to develop and improve e-discovery and information governance practices. Tracy has worked with high-profile clients in a wide array of industries, including healthcare, pharmaceutical, media broadcasting, gaming, petroleum, food, finance, manufacturing and technology. Tracy consults clients regarding information governance and data privacy issues including holistic privacy assessments, data remediation, California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), merger integration and Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR). She has successfully managed dozens of domestic and international e-discovery reviews for high profile mergers, litigations and internal investigations. Tracy has substantial experience handling data related to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Personally identifiable information (PII). Tracy has assisted with deposition/interview preparation and identifying key documents within large data sets using analytics.

ACEDS New England & ACEDS NY Metro Chapter Open Discussion and Trivia Event
2020-08-06 16:00 - 17:00 UTC
Please join us as we discuss “How to Meet the Reality of an Extended Period of Working from Home and Changed Office Environments.”

Test Event - NY Metro Chapter
2020-05-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
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Copy of 1 - Template (Duplicate Me)
2019-07-20 19:00 - 22:00 UTC
