The 2010 eDiscovery Dispute Resolution Program, held on January 28-29, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona, was a collaborative effort between The Sedona Conference and the Academy of Court-Appointed Masters. This inaugural training program was specifically designed for special masters, mediators, arbitrators, and other dispute resolution professionals involved in cases where electronically stored information (ESI) plays a critical role.
The program covered essential topics such as the preservation of ESI, scope and proportionality in eDiscovery, cost allocation, the use of search terms and automated search technologies, appropriate forms of ESI production, supervision of forensic inspections, privilege issues in eDiscovery, and sanctions for culpable conduct in discovery. Participants engaged in dialogues with experts and explored tested dispute resolution strategies in these areas.
Notable speakers included Kenneth J. Withers, Director of Judicial Education and Content for The Sedona Conference, and Hon. John L. Carroll, Dean of Cumberland School of Law and former U.S. Magistrate Judge. The program materials were drawn from various commentaries by The Sedona Conference on eDiscovery issues, as well as from toolkits and resources developed to support The Sedona Conference Cooperation Proclamation, a national effort to reduce the cost and contentiousness of discovery.
This program was ideal for experienced special masters, mediators, arbitrators, and other legal and commercial dispute resolution professionals who are involved in or anticipate involvement in disputes where the management of ESI is a significant issue. Attendees gained valuable insights and practical strategies to effectively handle eDiscovery disputes.
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Speakers(11)
Cathy Yanni
JAMS
Deborah R. Trotter
Merlin Law Group, PA
Gregory B. Wood
Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP
Hon. John L. Carroll (ret.)
Dean and Professor of Law at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Judge Carroll served as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Middle District of Alabama for over 14 years. He is a former member of the U.S. Judicial Conference Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and is former Chair of its Discovery Subcommittee. He currently teaches Federal Courts and Complex Litigation at Cumberland School of Law.
Hon. Nancy F. Atlas
Senior U.S. District Judge at U.S. District & Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas
Judge Atlas, appointed in 1995, sits in Houston, Texas. She served on the Committee on Judicial Security of the U.S. Judicial Conference from 2005 to 2015, which she chaired from 2010 to 2015. Before her judgeship, she was a commercial litigator in New York and Texas.
James L. Smith
JAMS
Kenneth J. Withers
Director of Judicial Education and Content at The Sedona Conference
Ken is the Director of Judicial Education and Content for The Sedona Conference, an Arizona-based non-profit law and policy think tank. Since 1989, he has published several widely-distributed papers on electronic discovery and given presentations at more than 250 conferences and workshops for legal, records management, and industry audiences.
Kimothy Taylor
Encore Discovery Solutions
Paul E. Burns
Attorney at Burns Legal Firm
Paul concentrates his practice in patent and other types of intellectual property litigation, counseling, and transactions, as well as commercial litigation, eDiscovery, arbitration, and mediation. He has extensive experience with eDiscovery and serves as eDiscovery counsel in complex litigation and government investigations.
Scott Wrobel
Stout Risius Ross Inc.
Sherry R. Wetsch
Law Office of Sherry Wetsch
Event Details
- Date
- October 14-15, 2010
- 2 days
- Location
- 🇺🇸 Phoenix, United States
- Royal Palms
- Audience
- Special masters, mediators, arbitrators, and other dispute resolution professionals