Broad Spectrum of In-House Corporate Experience Represented on Legal Technology Leadership Summit Panels
Broad Spectrum of In-House Corporate Experience Represented on Legal Technology Leadership Summit Panels
Washington DC (PRWEB) July 25, 2011
Patrick Oot, General Counsel and Co-Founder of the Electronic Discovery Institute (“EDI”), announced today that major corporations have shown overwhelming support for the 2011 Legal Technology Leadership Summit scheduled for Sep. 6-8, 2011 at Amelia Island, Florida. Oot said, “We have speaking commitments from many people who play key leadership roles at major corporations and organizations across the country and internationally.” Those corporations include the following:
Abbott Laboratories
Altria Client Services Inc.
AOL Inc.
Aon
Bank of NY
BP America Inc.
Canam Steel Corporation
Chevron Corporation
CSC
CSX Transportation, Inc.
Deere & Co.
Dish Network
Dupont
ExxonMobil
Fannie Mae
Fedex
Fidelity
Genentech/Roche
Gilead
GlaxoSmithKline
KBR Inc
Lecroy
Lorillard Tobacco Company
McKesson
Microsoft
Motorola Solutions, Inc.
NBC Universal
NYC School Construction Authority
Oracle
Pfizer
Priceline
Printpack, Inc.
Proctor & Gamble
Prudential
Purdue Pharma LP
Quality Distribution
Samsung
State Farm Insurance
SwissRe
Teletech
The Nielsen Company
Towers Watson
Trans Canada
Union Bank
Union Pacific
US SEC
Walmart
WellPoint
Zurich N.A.
Note that some commitments are pending final management approval.
Oot went on to say, “What is equally impressive is the senior leadership roles that the panel members fulfill at their respective organizations. The panel members represent a tremendous aggregation of experience and insight that will deliver exceptional value to participants.” This is a listing of some of those roles played by panel members:
Assistant General Counsel
Associate Director, Commercial Legal Department
Associate General Counsel
Associate General Counsel and Director – Litigation, Arbitration & ADR
Associate General Counsel, Litigation
Chief Information Officer, Vice President of Facilities
Chief Technology Officer
Counsel
Director
Director and Senior Counsel, eDiscovery and Records Management
Director of eDiscovery
Director, Information Management and Compliance
Director, Information Technology
Discovery Counsel
Discovery Counsel and Litigation Support Manager
Global Compliance and Ethics Officer, Associate GC
Group Counsel – E-Discovery and Data Privacy
Manager e-Discovery Compliance
Manager Litigation Discovery
Manager, Litigation Support
Managing Counsel – E-Discovery and Data Management
Managing Director and Senior Managing Counsel
National E-Discovery Counsel
Program Director
Senior Associate General Counsel -Litigation Support Group
Senior Attorney & eDiscovery Counsel
Senior Counsel & Director of Litigation and Risk Management
Senior Director
Senior Director, eDiscovery & Records Management
Senior Director, IT Litigation
Senior Vice President & Chief Litigation Counsel
Senior Vice President, General Counsel – Global Media
Special Counsel for Electronic Discovery
Vice President – Enterprise Risk Management
Vice President – Litigation
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel
Vice President & Counsel
Vice President and Corporate Counsel
Vice President and General Counsel
Vice President Legal & Human Resources
Vice President, Chief Counsel, Litigation
Vice President, E-Discovery Manager
Vice President, Litigation
VP Associate General Counsel
Finally, Oot noted that, “Support for the Summit extends to a broad base of sponsors that serve the legal community.” Those sponsors include:
Applied Discovery
Autonomy
Clearwell Systems
Datacert
Ernst & Young LLP
FTI Attenex
Guidance Software
Mitratech
Nextpoint
Pangea3
Planet Data
Prosearch
QuisLex
Recommind
Robert Haff
TCDI
Thomson Reuters
Valora Technologies
About the 2011 Legal Technology Leadership Summit
The Summit is co-presented by Above the Law, the American Society of Digital Forensics and eDiscovery, and the eDiscovery Institute. Summit information is available at: http://www.legaltechnology2011.com.
About the Electronic Discovery Institute
The Electronic Discovery Institute (http://www.ediscoveryinstitute.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research organization that identifies and promote technologies and processes that can lower the cost or improve the quality of handling electronic discovery. The EDI Web site, has reports and articles available at no cost relating to its prior work in evaluating document categorization and conducting industry surveys on duplicate consolidation, email threading, and predictive coding. Its Judges’ Guide to Cost-Effective E-Discovery has been very well received.
About Above the Law
Above the Law (http://www.AboveTheLaw.com) is a prominent source for original legal news, counting among its readers everyone from general counsels and senior partners at the nation’s biggest firms to the ranks of first-year law students. Written by lawyers for lawyers, Above the Law’s staff blankets institutions like the Supreme Court, law schools, life at firms both big and small, and the impact technology has on the practice of law. It’s the first with salary and bonus information and is a hub of professional advice for legal professionals at all career stages.
About the American Society of Digital Forensics and eDiscovery
The American Society of Digital Forensics and eDiscovery (http://www.asdfed.com) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit association serving attorneys, compliance professionals, digital forensics examiners, litigation support professionals, paralegals and technologists.
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