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Bridging the Gap between IT and Counsel

For many inside counsel, life has changed drastically. The bright line that used to divide legal from IT has blurred to near transparency. In order to be in compliance with discovery requirements in many jurisdictions, counsel and IT must work in concert. This new cooperation has revealed long-held misunderstandings and miscommunications between two very foreign departments. How is communication between Legal and IT best facilitated? Where are the common points of failure in that communication? How can we be unified under a common goal?

Featured Speakers:

  Ronni Solomon, Esq, Counsel, King & Spalding

Ronni Solomon’s practice focuses on issues involved in the discovery of electronically stored information. She helps companies develop a plan to guide them through the early disclosure and discussion requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and through all phases of the e-discovery process. She also handles e-discovery issues that arise in litigation on behalf of clients. Ms. Solomon has been quoted in a number of publications, including The Wall Street Journal and the Atlanta Business Chronicle, on e-discovery issues, and has written e-discovery articles featured on law.com.  Ms. Solomon also works with clients to develop records management policies and records retention schedules and otherwise provide records and information management consulting.   Prior to joining King & Spalding, Ms. Solomon was a corporate discovery specialist for one of the largest e-discovery companies in the industry where she advised and consulted with in-house counsel of large corporations on electronic discovery strategies. Ms. Solomon has been a litigator for over thirteen years and practiced at another large firm in Atlanta where she served as National Discovery Counsel for a Fortune 100 company and for one of the largest providers of long-term health care in the United States.  Ms. Solomon is active in electronic discovery and records management industry groups. She is co-chair of the Electronic Discovery Subcommittee of the Pretrial Practice and Discovery Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. Ms. Solomon is Director-elect of the Atlanta chapter of Women in E-Discovery. She is also a member of The Association of Records Managers and Administrators, Inc. (ARMA) and the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production. Ms. Solomon is an active member of the Sedona Conference’s new project team tasked with developing a toolkit for volunteer mediators and court annexed alternative dispute resolution regarding electronic discovery issues.   Ms. Solomon is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery and traditional discovery issues.  

  Craig LeClair, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research, Inc.

Craig LeClair serves Information & Knowledge Management professionals. He is a leading expert on information management and enterprise content management (ECM), with a specific focus on electronic forms, document imaging, document management, document output management, document processing services, and document-centric BPM. He also provides guidance on financial services, corporate governance business process, and content-related issues.  Craig brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to Forrester through his 20 years experience in IT and enterprise content management. Most recently, Craig was a vice president at ADP, focused on next-generation solutions for its document management business. Craig was also a co-founder of docHarbor and has held senior positions with several document management providers during the past 15 years. Craig has both a strong business and technology background, including stints at MITRE and BBN. He is deeply experienced in the software industry, having authored How To Succeed In The Enterprise Software Market, which was released in 2005. Craig earned a B.S. in economics from Georgetown University and an M.B.A from George Washington University.

  Daniel L. Pelc, Esq, Senior Director of Product Management, Merrill Electronic Discovery Services

Daniel Pelc has worked closely with clients facing Electronic Discovery productions since early 2000.  Over those years, Mr. Pelc has led project management teams, supervised litigation consulting efforts and has served as counsel.  A frequent speaker and writer on the subject of Electronic Discovery, he has worked on a global basis to apply that knowledge to client needs.  A licensed attorney in the State of Minnesota, he has applied his extensive background law, technology and business in order to orchestrate successful outcomes for hundreds of clients.  Mr. Pelc focuses his work on Electronic Discovery processing and review applications by leading the Electronic Discovery product management group at Merrill.  His role is to assess client and market needs by conducting frequent research and interviews, implement and launch produect enhancements and assist clients as an industry expert.  Mr. Pelc has specific experience in the discovery and use of digital evidence in Automotive, Pharaceutical and Energy litigations.