Leaping Forward: Evolving ESI Protocols Webinar Series
2024-02-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Join us for a 4-part webinar series designed to help you understand and improve your e-discovery practices and modernize your ESI protocols

Have you been using the same ESI Protocols for the past three years?
Have you been meaning to update it but haven’t yet?
Do you feel uncertain about how to include some of the modern sources of discovery?
Legal discovery has changed significantly in the past few years. The protocol you have been using may open the door to significant cost and admissibility issues that you are not anticipating. Join the Midwest Chapters of ACEDS for a special 4-part series designed to provide tales from the trenches, discussion from experts and judges, and then pull it all together with a working session to help you confidently implement updates and changes at your organization.
Leap forward with us on February 29 (Leap Day!) at 12:00 CT for a lively discussion from two practitioners, Angela Shapiro (Shareholder, Butzel Long) and Doug Matthews (Partner, Vorys) for a lively discussion of tales from the trenches and how ESI Protocols have impacted their cases!

Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider
Part 3 – 5/16: Judges Panel
Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Part One Speakers:
Doug Matthews, Esq. Doug is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a commercial litigator in the litigation group. His practice focuses on electronic discovery matters, and he is the head of the firm’s electronic discovery practice group. Doug has represented numerous businesses with regard to the management and discovery of electronically stored information. He has represented both corporate and public entities in a variety of litigation matters, including multiple putative class actions and complex antitrust matters.
Doug regularly speaks nationally and locally on electronic discovery issues. Doug received his J.D. summa cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and his B.A. from the University of Virginia. Doug clerked for The Honorable Joseph P. Kinneary, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and for The Honorable Alan Norris, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Angela Emmerling Shapiro, JD, CEDS
Angela Emmerling Shapiro is a litigation shareholder with Butzel Long in Detroit. A significant portion of Angela’s practice is focused on guiding the firm’s electronic discovery practice and AI initiatives. She also helps clients with global operations navigate evolving privacy laws.
Angela is CEDS certified and has repeatedly been recognized as a Metro-Detroit “Top Lawyer” in the areas of Information Management, eDiscovery, and Information Technology Law by DBusiness Magazine. Crain’s Detroit Business named Angela to its inaugural class of Notable Women in Technology in 2018 and she was a 2020 recipient of Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly’s “Women in the Law” award.
Angela is a member of Butzel Long’s Women’s Leadership, Technology, and Pro Bono Committees. She sits on the Board of Directors for the ACEDS Detroit chapter, co-leads the EDRM TAR Protocol team, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Historical Society for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Angela is a Spartan through and through. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1994 and from the Michigan State University College of Law in 1998.

Leaping Forward: Evolving ESI Protocols Webinar Series, Part II
2024-04-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Join us for Part II of our webinar series. For April, we have a panel discussion: Modern Musings & Present-Day Pitfalls for Protocols.

Modern Musings and Present-Day Pitfalls for Protocols – Things We Didn’t Have to Consider 5 Years Ago
In some ways, the current day challenges with ESI Protocols are the same as they’ve been for years – counsel is hesitant to address eDiscovery issues and resolve them early in the matter. On the other hand, there are new and unique data types and file formats popping up everywhere that are difficult to navigate.
What’s the best way to oversee information governance with Microsoft 365? What’s the best approach to collecting and parsing text messages from mobile devices? What’s the most efficient and effective means of combing through social media channels for relevant communications? Join us for an engaging and practical panel discussion regarding modern-day protocols, how to request the data you need, and avoid agreeing to unreasonable ESI discovery requests.
Join us on April 18, 2024, for a lively and engaging panel discussion!

Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider: Panel Discussion
Part 3 – 5/16: Judges Panel
Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Moderator:
Brett Burney, VP eDiscovery at Nextpoint Law Group
Always anxious to encourage legal professionals to take better advantage of the technology available to them, Brett primarily helps law firms and corporate legal departments successfully navigate their e-discovery challenges. Brett co-authored the eDiscovery Buyers Guide designed to help small- and mid-sized law firms understand the options available for their e-discovery needs. Brett is also the eLaw Evangelist at Nextpoint where he helps to educate lawyers and law firms on the duties and responsibilities around collecting, reviewing, and producing electronically stored information. Brett also serves at the Vice President of eDiscovery Consulting at the Nextpoint Law Group.

Panelists:
Craig Ball, Texas Attorney and Forensic TechnologistCraig Ball hails from Texas, works in Austin, and happily calls the Big Easy home. A graduate of Rice University and the University of Texas School of Law, Craig is a trial lawyer and certified computer forensic examiner. Licensed in Texas since 1982, Craig is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law and at Tulane Law School, teaching Electronic Evidence and Digital Discovery. Craig is an expert in digital forensics, emerging technologies, visual persuasion, electronic discovery, and trial tactics, limiting his practice to service as a court-appointed Special Master in Electronically-Stored Information. An energetic speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs for the bench and the bar throughout the world, Craig is also an instructor in computer forensics and electronic evidence to multiple law enforcement and security agencies. Craig’s articles frequently appear in the national media. For nine years, he wrote the award-winning column on computer forensics and eDiscovery for American Lawyer Media called “Ball in your Court,” and still pens a popular blog of the same name at ballinyourcourt.com.

Andy Keck, President at ProFile DiscoveryAndrew Keck, Chief Technology Officer, is a Co-Founder and Equity Partner of ProFile Discovery, a litigation support company based in Columbus, Ohio. Developing and leading the electronic discovery practice for ProFile Discovery for the last twelve years and has over eighteen years working in the litigation support profession, a background in electronic discovery, and holds a MS in Cybersecurity. He continues to serve as an expert witness for court cases involving forensics and other technical issues with complex IT infrastructures.

Anne Costello, Sr. Information Governance Consultant at EpiqAnne Costello joined Epiq in 2021 and is a Senior Information Governance Consultant. At Epiq she provides Microsoft 365 Information Governance consulting, training, and best practices solutions to corporations and government entities. Anne has over 30 years of experience supporting technology in litigation practice. Anne has broad and deep experience with many commonly used legal software applications and litigation practice support. She believes that technology is key to the efficient delivery of legal services today and to successfully support a legal practice, a technology leader must endeavor to understand the business and practice strategy of the organization and use that understanding to set the IT direction for the firm.

Leaping Forward: Evolving ESI Protocols Webinar Series, Part III
2024-06-06 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Online Event
Join us for Part III of our webinar series. We are bringing a fantastic panel of judges together for an insightful discussion.

The Judges Panel
Midwest ACEDS Chapters are thrilled to bring a fantastic panel of judges together for an insightful discussion moderated by David Horrigan of Relativity.
In previous sessions, we have discussed challenges derived from poorly written or out-of-date ESI protocols from practitioners and industry specialists and their advice on how to modernize protocols to fit modern discovery. In this session, we will hear from the judges as they share their perspective on how ESI protocols affect proceedings, trends they are seeing, and their opinions on where we are going. It is our privilege to have U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Barksdale (M.D. Fla.), U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Goddard (S.D. Cal), and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Richlin (C.D. Cal.) joining us for this session.
Join us on June 6, 2024, for the Judges Panel!

Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider: Panel Discussion
Part 3 – 6/6: The Judges Panel
Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Moderator:
David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director at RelativityDavid Horrigan is Relativity’s discovery counsel and legal education director. An attorney, award-winning journalist, law school guest lecturer, and former e-discovery industry analyst, David has served as counsel at the Entertainment Software Association, reporter and assistant editor at The National Law Journal, and analyst and counsel at 451 Research. The author and co-author of law review articles as well as the annual Data Discovery Legal Year in Review, David is a frequent contributor to Legaltech News, and he was First Runner-Up for Best Legal Analysis in the LexBlog Excellence Awards. His articles have appeared also in The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The New York Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, The Washington Examiner, and others, and he has been cited by media, including American Public Media’s Marketplace, TechRepublic, and The Wall Street Journal. David serves on the Global Advisory Board of ACEDS, the Planning Committee of the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference, and the Resource Board of the National Association of Women Judges. David is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, and he is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/US.

Panelists:
Hon. Patricia Barksdale, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Middle District of FloridaPatricia Barksdale was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2013. Judge Barksdale received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Florida. Judge Barksdale clerked for Circuit Judge Emmett Cox, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and later for District Judge Timothy Corrigan, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She worked in private practice at a national law firm and as in-house counsel for a large corporation before serving eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of Florida. Through an appointment by Chief Justice John Roberts, she recently served as the Magistrate Judge Observer to the Judicial Conference. She has served as Chair of The Florida Bar Federal Practice Committee, President of the Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and President of the Chester Bedell American Inn of Court. She currently serves on the University of Florida Law Center Association Board of Trustees and the Case Management Modernization Board.
Hon. Allison Goddard, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of CaliforniaJudge Allison Goddard was sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of California in August 2019. She graduated from Boston College in 1993 and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000. Judge Goddard spent the first half of her legal career representing corporate defendants in litigation at Cooley LLP and her own law firm, Jaczko Goddard LLP. In 2011, she shifted her practice to representing plaintiffs in complex and intellectual property litigation. She has tried several cases, including class actions and patent infringement disputes. Judge Goddard speaks regularly on eDiscovery and technology in the law. She teaches trial practice and coaches a mock trial team at a local high school. She is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of San Diego School of Law and the Executive Board of the Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court.
Hon. A. Joel Richlin, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Central District of CaliforniaJudge A. Joel Richlin was sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California in July of 2023. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 and received his J.D. from Loyola Law School Los Angeles in 2006. Judge Richlin began his career serving as a law clerk to three judges in the Central District of California for nearly five years, working at both the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court. Judge Richlin then worked in the Los Angeles Office of international law firm, Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was a Senior Counsel in the Business Litigation Group. Judge Richlin ultimately left Foley & Lardner LLP to serve as in-house counsel for Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest hospital systems. Judge Richlin served as the Chief Litigation Officer and then General Counsel for Prime Healthcare, where he led a national legal department of more than 30 attorneys and 19 support staff and was responsible for all litigation on behalf of the company’s hospitals and other business units, which included a real estate development firm and medical school. For the past 16 years, Judge Richlin has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles where he has taught various classes involving appellate brief writing and oral advocacy.

ACEDS Detroit Chapter Social Event-Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
2024-08-01 17:00 - 21:00 (America/Detroit) | Comerica Park, 2100 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, Detroit, MI, 48201, US
Join us for a fun night out at the Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals game with the ACEDS Detroit Chapter!

ACEDS Detroit Chapter Social Event-Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals
Come join us for a fun-filled night at Comerica Park as the Detroit Tigers take on the Kansas City Royals! This in-person event is a great opportunity to connect with fellow ACEDS members, enjoy some baseball, and cheer on our home team. Don’t miss out on the chance to network, socialize, and have a blast at the ballpark. Grab your tickets now and let’s root for the Tigers together!

Your ticket inludes dinner at the Tiger’s Den and your ticket to the game at a low rate of $25.00 per ticket. This event will be an open bar.

What Does the Court Say About eDiscovery and AI
2024-10-16 16:30 - 19:30 (America/Detroit) | Founders Brewing Co, 235 Grandville Avenue Southwest, Grand Rapids, MI 49503, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, US
Come learn about how courts are handling eDiscovery and AI. Brought to you by ACEDS Detroit Chapter and our event sponsor FTI Consulting.

Welcome to the event “What Does the Court say about eDiscovery and Ai” happening on Wed., Oct 16 2024 at Founders Brewing Co. Join us for a lively discussion on the intersection of eDiscovery and Ai with Federal Magistrate Judge Sally J. Berens and Federal Magistrate Judge Beth W. Jantz. Learn about the latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in this exciting field. Network with industry professionals and gain valuable insights into how technology is shaping the future of the legal industry. Don’t miss out on this informative event and register today!

Judge Berens graduated from Harvard University in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and a master’s degree in comparative literature. She went on to earn a law degree, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School. She started her law career as a legal clerk for a federal Court of Appeals judge in Alaska and then practiced civil litigation at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher for 10 years in Palo Alto, California. Judge Berens became an assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan in 2012 and served in that role until she was appointed to the federal court on November 2, 2019.

Judge Jantz graduated from Dartmouth College in 1999 and from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law in 2002. After graduation, she clerked for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals’ Staff Attorneys’ Office from 2002 to 2004. Judge Jantz then practiced at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, focusing on class actions and product liability. From 2008 to 2019, she served as an attorney with the Federal Defender Program for the Northern District of Illinois. Judge Jantz was appointed to the federal court in 2019 and was sworn in on February 10, 2020. Judge Jantz has taught and lectured nationally on e-discovery, electronic case management and review, and mobile and digital devices and data. Judge Jantz has also served on many court committees including the 7th Circuit Advisory Committee on Circuit Rules, the Defender Services’ Automation Working Group, and the 7th Circuit’s E-discovery Pilot Project.

Grateful to our event sponsor FTI Consulting | Technology

Brought to you by the great minds on the board of the Detroit Chapter of ACEDS

E-Discovery Day in Detroit
2024-12-04 17:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)

ACEDS Detroit Chapter-Save the Date & RSVP to Annual Tiger Game
2025-06-17 16:30 - 21:00 (America/Detroit) | Comerica Park, 2100 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, Detroit, MI, 48201, US
Join us for our annual Tiger game on June 17th – save the date and RSVP to secure your spot!

Welcome to the **ACEDS Detroit Chapter** Annual Tiger Game event! Join us on **Tue Jun 17, 2025** at **Comerica Park** for a fun-filled evening of baseball and networking. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow eDiscovery professionals while cheering on the Detroit Tigers. **RSVP** now to secure your spot and mark your calendars. Please note there will be a cost once tickets are released. The ACEDS Detroit Board is working on defraying the cost as much as possible with an attendee count and sponsorship dollars. We can’t wait to see you there!

ACEDS Detroit Symposium
2025-07-23 - 2025-07-24
