Speakers
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WEDNESDAY KEYNOTERalph LoseyShareholder and National eDiscovery Counsel, Jackson Lewis P.C.Ralph Losey is the National eDiscovery Counsel for Jackson Lewis P.C., a US labor and employment law firm with over 800 attorneys in 52 offices throughout the United States and Puerto Rico. Since 2006, Mr. Losey has dedicated his law practice to ediscovery-related topics and has experience in Commercial Litigation as a practicing lawyer since 1980. He is an author and frequent speaker at ediscovery CLEs around the world, and is a leading contributor in the field of legal search, including recent landmark decisions on the use of predictive coding, and scientific experiments testing various predictive coding methodologies. Sessions: |
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THURSDAY KEYNOTEMike LipkinFounder and CEO, Environics/LipkinMike Lipkin is the founder and CEO of Environics/Lipkin, the Motivation Company in the Environics Research Group. His mission is to give people the insights that excite them into powerful action. Session: |
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Tom HoweElectronic Discovery Lawyer, Howe & AssociatesTom Howe has consistently been one of the highest-rated guest speakers at previous Technology in Practice conferences due to his unique ability to teach complex technical issues in a manner that is meaningful and relevant for lawyers. He is a regular keynote speaker at legal and technology conferences and CLE’s across the United States and Canada, and has spoken at over 50 software-programming conferences worldwide (US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia). He has authored five books on law and technology including Electronic Discovery Technologies: Practical Tips and Tools for Electronically Stored Information (currently revising). He has also written major software systems for ediscovery vendors, law firms, and corporate clients. Sessions: |
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George SochaPresident and Founder, Socha Consulting LLCGeorge Socha is the president and founder of Socha Consulting LLC, an electronic discovery consulting firm; co-founder of ABIKOS; co-founder of Apersee; and co-founder of EDRM. In 2003 he and Tom Gelbmann launched the Socha-Gelbman Electronic Discovery Survey, now Apersee (apersee.com) and in 2005 they started EDRM (edrm.net). In 2014, George and David Kittrell formed ABIKOS, an e-discovery consulting and technology firm. Mr. Socha is an advisor and expert witness who focuses on the full range of electronic discovery activities. His clients include corporations, governmental agencies, legal vertical market software and services providers, investment firms and law firms. Before launching his consulting firm, George spent 16 years as a litigation attorney in private practice. He received his law degree from Cornell Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Session: |
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Martin TuipExecutive Director, Information Governance, ARMA InternationalMr. Tuip is the Executive Director of Information Governance Products at ARMA International, where he helps organizations assess and improve their information governance programs. With almost 20 years of IT-related experience, Mr. Tuip is widely known and well-regarded as a technical expert and speaker on information governance and archiving. In his career he has helped organizations around the globe plan and deploy large-scale enterprise messaging systems and standards and archiving environments. He is also a published author and ten-time Microsoft MVP for Exchange Server. Sessions: |
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Kelly BernardManager, Legal eDiscovery, BMO Financial GroupAs Manager of Legal eDiscovery at BMO Financial Group, Kelly Bernard implements strategies to maintain appropriate legal hold risk controls while also ensuring efficient and cost effective management of electronic records needed in response to litigation and/or regulatory investigations. Kelly leads an eDiscovery Team in identifying the best solutions to meet the Bank’s discovery obligations (people + process + technology). Kelly has 20+ years of experience in litigation with a focus on cases with voluminous electronic records. She has an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree (with distinction) from the University of Toronto and has been certified as an eDiscovery Specialist. Kelly is a member of the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS) and a member of the Institute of Law Clerks of Ontario (ILCO). |
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The Hon. Colin Campbell, Q.C.Neeson Arbitration ChambersThe Hon. Colin L. Campbell, Q.C. has established his mediation, arbitration and case management practice at Neeson Arbitration Chambers following a distinguished career as litigation counsel and 15 years as a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Prior to his appointment to the Superior Court in 1998, Colin trained and practised in both mediation and arbitration and was a bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada. As a judge Mr. Campbell chaired the Task Force on Discovery in Ontario and is a member of the Joint Task Force on Discovery and Trial Reform of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Institute for Advancement of the American Legal System. Colin is a founding member of what is known as Sedona Canada and a founding Director of Pro Bono Law Ontario and a member of the Board of the Canadian Conference of Judicial Mediation. |
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Dominic DesbiensManager, Application and Training Services, Dentons LLPDominic has more than 15 years’ experience in Information Technology in the legal industry. Throughout his career, he has been heavily involved in software evaluation, selection and implementation including being instrumental in the selection and deployment of numerous litigation support platforms at large Canadian and Global law firms. Dominic has a strong reputation as a dynamic and progressive leader in several areas including project management, IT Operations, Applications and Training management |
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Steve DudgeonProject Manager, Law Group at RBC |
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Mark EkloveGeneral Counsel and Director, Law & Privacy, AllstreamAs General Counsel, Mark takes pride in being a business-minded lawyer who works collaboratively to provide clear and practical legal advice on all aspects of Allstream’s business. He and his team advise on a broad range of legal, privacy and business issues to help the company achieve its objectives in an increasingly competitive marketplace. He joined Allstream’s Law Department in 2006. Prior to his career with Allstream, Mark held progressively senior legal positions at The Citadel General Assurance Company, ultimately serving as Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary. He began his career in private practice. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from York University and an LL.B. from the University of Ottawa and was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1993. |
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Martin Felsky PHD, JDNational E-Discovery Counsel, Borden Ladner GervaisMartin Felsky is the National eDiscovery Counsel at Borden Ladner Gervais. Martin provides the leadership, supervision and coordination of ediscovery projects from inception to completion, including planning, data collection, processing, review, and quality control on a national basis. Martin has advised clients and counsel in all types of legal proceedings including commercial litigation, class actions, arbitrations, investigations and public inquiries. Martin helped draft the Sedona Canada Principles, which are referenced in the Ontario Rules, and has worked with courts in Ontario, Nova Scotia and Manitoba to develop electronic discovery rules in civil litigation. He has recently been appointed as an auditor for the Alberta Government’s document imaging program. |
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Kelly FriedmanPartner, Davis LLPKelly Friedman is a partner in Davis LLP’s Toronto office and is an experienced litigator with unique expertise in electronic information issues, including electronic discovery (ediscovery), data security and privacy. Kelly is known for her efficient, no-nonsense approach to problem solving and dispute resolution. In 2011, Kelly was named as one of Canadian Lawyer’s “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” and she is a frequent contributor to the “D: Drive”, a Davis LLP blog on “E-Discovery, Privacy and All Things Data”. |
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Anne GloverPartner, Blake Cassels and Graydon LLPAs head of the Blakes eDiscovery and Document Management team, Anne advises clients on all aspects of ediscovery and has led some of the largest and most complex document production cases in Canada. She has extensive experience dealing with the Canadian Competition Bureau and is an expert in responding to supplementary information requests (SIRs). Anne also provides advice to clients on document management and retention issues. She helps clients determine how long they need to keep classes of documents, develop implementation plans and be “ediscovery ready” for when they need to produce documents in response to litigation or an investigation. As an advocate, Anne represents clients in court on e-discovery issues. |
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David GreethamVice President of eDiscovery Operations, Ricoh Legal USADavid Greetham has testified as an expert on numerous occasions both nationally and internationally. Notably, David provided testimony in the landmark Coleman Holdings v Morgan Stanley case. He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and is a Certified Computer Crime Investigator by the High Tech Crime Network. David is a Certified Fraud Examiner and is also a former member of the Association of British Investigators and Digital Forensic Research Workshops (DFRWS). He is a frequent speaker for Bar Association meetings and continuing legal education events. David completed his Masters of Science in Forensic Computing from Cranfield University, considered as one of the top five technical universities in the world, which is based at the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom. In addition, David is the inventor and developer of Remlox™, a patent pending, forensically sound “remote collection” tool which has already been used in 36 countries throughout the world. |
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Peter GuteliusAssistant General Counsel, Royal Bank of Canada |
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Marlon HyltonProject Management Lawyer, McCarthy Tetrault LLP/WortzmansMarlon Hylton is an eDiscovery and Information Governance lawyer at McCarthy Tetrault LLP. He provides advice and direction at every stage of the ediscovery process to ensure legal defensibility and to control ediscovery cost for our clients. Mr Hylton also provides legal and technical advice to our clients on defensible information governance systems, including records management, legal hold, email usage, instant messaging, social media, and other related policies. Mr. Hylton has extensive project management experience in electronic document review initiatives, and has supervised extensive review projects, including those occurring in multiple jurisdictions. He is proficient in numerous electronic data collection and processing techniques and with multiple electronic evidence management and review tools. |
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Kelly IngleseDirector, Litigation Support Services, Fasken MartineauWith more than 20 years experience in the legal industry, Kelly is using her experience to build the legal practice support group at Fasken Martineau. Kelly’s focus is on the use of technology in litigation and her current role marks the third time that she has been engaged to build a litigation practice support team in a major Canadian law firm. Her knowledge and understanding of the importance of litigation specific technology, client service and a collaborative approach to change have made her a recognized leader in the legal technology industry both in Canada and internationally. |
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Monique JilesenPartner, Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLPIn her extensive litigation practice, Monique acts as counsel in highly complex proceedings – in both subject matter and legal scope – from inception through to trial. She has extensive experience in the emerging area of ediscovery, working with third-party vendors to ensure that complicated files are managed efficiently and effectively. Monique is the Chair of the Gale Cup Moot Committee, which oversees one of Canada’s most prestigious bilingual law school mooting competitions (sponsored by Lenczner Slaght and the Canadian Bar Association). She is an adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School teaching in the Trial Advocacy program. She is a Team Leader in the Intensive Trial Advocacy program and teaches in continuing legal education programs sponsored by The Advocates’ Society. |
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Jessica KimmelPartner, Goodmans LLPJessica Kimmel has significant experience in commercial disputes and class action defence work. Her expertise extends to corporate/commercial and securities litigation, including shareholder remedies, professional negligence and product liability. Jessica has represented companies and individuals in complex commercial arbitrations and litigation and in major securities, competition and product liability class actions and has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. She has also acted for significant participants in public and private take-over/oppression litigation and in matters before the Ontario and British Columbia Securities Commissions. |
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Seth MagawRegional Digital Support Project Manager, Ricoh Legal USASeth started his career as a civil litigation paralegal. During this time, Seth assisted with all aspects of civil litigation including drafting motions and pleadings, preparing document discovery requests and multiple trials. He specializes in end-user litigation support consulting for multiple litigation support programs. Seth has worked at Ricoh for ten years on all facets of discovery requests including large forensic collection projects, ESI and hosting projects. He was named the project manager recipient of the Circle of Excellence Award at Ricoh. Seth has spoken at many different events on electronic discovery including at an event for the Massachusetts Paralegal Association, the University of New Orleans paralegal program, and the ILTA Statewide meeting for Ohio Litigation Support Professionals. Seth is an active member in both EDRM and ACEDS and has a Bachelor of Science from Northeastern University. |
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Silas McCulloughGeneral Manager Legal Services, mindSHIFT Technologies, a Ricoh CompanySilas joined mindSHIFT Technologies in 1999 and has over 20 years of experience in the IT field. He manages the Legal Professional Services team, which delivers IT systems upgrades and new implementations for law firms. Additionally, his team provides a Private Cloud solution for law firms. His areas of expertise cover both managerial and technical. He has provided high-level IT consulting to law firms by leveraging his technical expertise including Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop, Active Directory, and Exchange. Prior to joining mindSHIFT, Silas was a senior systems engineer at SRA International, legal services division. While there, he worked on several projects at law firms ranging from a multi-office Windows NT server rollout to an e-mail migration from MS Mail to Exchange for a 2,000 person multi-national firm. |
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Deborah MillerManager of Litigation Support & eDiscovery, Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLPDeborah Miller oversees and supports all litigation and technological service requirements for the Advocacy department that involve electronically stored information and eDiscovery. She combines her 22 year career as a Commercial Litigation Law Clerk and her exceptional skills as a project manager with her flair for technology to develop recommendations, project plans, budgets, procedures and specifications for case-specific ediscovery projects or matters involving technology. As a Certified eDiscovery Specialist with ACEDS, the Association of eDiscovery Specialists, she provides strategic advice to counsel on ediscovery matters and consulting services to case teams and clients regarding the delivery of litigation support services and best practices for ediscovery case management that are defensible and cost-effective. |
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Edwina PodemskiCounsel, Alberta Justice |
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Christopher PurdonLitigation Support Manager, McMillan LLPChristopher Purdon is McMillan’s Litigation Support Manger. Chris works with lawyers and directly with clients and their legal teams on all manner of ediscovery and records management projects. Chris advises McMillan lawyers and firm clients as they work through the various ediscovery phases from identification and collection through to review and production, utilizing his deep experience in management of such complex projects to ensure timely and accurate production of electronic records. Chris works extensively with McMillan’s litigation, regulatory and competition law practices assisting on ediscovery projects that require the management of large volumes of electronically stored information. His technical knowledge is invaluable to help deal with the challenges posed by today’s technology and the often massive volume of data being managed by clients. |
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Angelique RebeloDispute Management Team Project Coordinator, RBC Law Group |
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Steve ThackerNational Director of eDiscovery Consulting, Ricoh Legal USASteve Thacker is the National Director of Electronic Discovery Sales & Consulting for Ricoh USA, Inc. a global technology and litigation services provider, where he leads the national eDiscovery consulting team in developing and delivering solutions for both corporate and law firm clients to meet their strategic needs. Stephen provides subject matter expertise and strategic consultation to clients preparing for litigation or responding to investigations or regulatory requests. Leveraging his strong understanding of industry trends, his practical legal experience and his deep roots in technology, he optimizes technology to increase overall efficiency and mitigate cost and risk. |
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Tiana Van DykManager, Litigation Support and eDiscovery, Burnet Duckworth and Palmer LLPAs the Manager of eDiscovery and Litigation Support, Tiana has worked on developing in-house policies and procedures to streamline eDiscovery and control costs. She works closely with clients to facilitate all matters of eDiscovery, while finding creative solutions to manage the various phases of document production. Tiana continues to work on developing a project management model that meets BDP’s needs and provides cost effective services that are aligned with clients’ interests. Tiana is an active member of the EDRM, which looks to create practical resources to improve eDiscovery and Information Governance. As a contributing member of the Maturity Model group, she has worked with industry leaders to develop tools that allow firms, corporations, and departments to assess their eDiscovery proficiency. |
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Lynne VicarsSenior Legal Counsel – Legal Practice Management & eDiscovery, ScotiabankLynne Vicars is responsible for optimizing the Scotiabank’s Legal Services “spend”, both internally and externally, championing Scotiabank’s Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement strategy for legal services and managing the Bank’s external counsel relationships. Lynne is also responsible for Information Governance and heads the Bank’s eDiscovery team, which designs, implements and improves the Bank’s electronic case management systems for litigation and e-Discovery strategy worldwide. Lynne is pivotal in the development and maintenance of Scotiabank’s records retention policies, email retention technical standards and its litigation hold protocols. She is also responsible for providing the Bank with advice and counsel on legal issues relating to records retention, third party demands for record production, mutual legal assistance treaties, privacy, reputational risk and corporate security. |