Why What We Do Is ImportantACEDS Members Only Webcast
Tom O’ConnorAdvanced DiscoverySenior ESI ConsultantACEDS Advisory Board
Presenter• Senior Consultant, Advanced Discovery • Director, Gulf Coast Legal Technology
Center • Nationally known expert, author and
speaker in areas of computerized litigation support systems and e-discovery
• ACEDS Advisory Board Tom O’ConnorSenior ConsultantAdvanced Discovery
Topics
Too Much Stuff
“Understanding information technology is a necessity for litigators. Why? Because that’s where the evidence lives. “
Why is this important?
Humans: 44,000 yearsGreek democracy: 500 BCMagna Carta: 1215 ADEnlightenment: 1660-1780 ADAmerican Revolution: 1776
Confidence in Justice
Confidence in Justice
Access to Justice• ABF: • 70%% of poor households have a legal problem• Only 4% consult a lawyer• Don’t know they have a legal issue!
• Middle Class• 60% with legal problem don’t consult a lawyer• Too expensive
Duties of Counsel • Duties to Client
Confidentiality Loyalty to Client• Duties to Court
Oversee DiscoveryConfer Early
• Technical Competence• SAME AS IT EVER WAS
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Better Solutions
Technology is NOT the key to successful management of e-Discovery
WHAT IS?
“Litigation habits and customs learned in the days of paper must be revisited and revised. The culture of bench and bar must adjust.”
Hon. Lee RosenthalUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division.Former Chair, Standing Committee on Rules of the Judicial Conference
Paradigm Shift
Education
Cooperation• FRCP say “what” and
“when”• Preservation• Discovery plan (including
production format)
• Mancia case says “how”• Sedona Cooperation
Proclamation
Community
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