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Overview

Amy is a nationally recognized eDiscovery expert and brings over a decade of inhouse eDiscovery experience at Fortune 500 corporations, including management of discovery for the Opioid MDLs for two different companies. Amy is client-centric and focuses on improving litigation response protocols while working to resolve current disputes as efficiently and inexpensively as possible. She brings practical skill to high-dollar, bet-the-company cases and strategic management ability to case portfolios common to all companies, including tort, employment, and internal and government investigations.

Amy has been an adjunct professor of eDiscovery and Legal Operations at three law schools, serves on the board of the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists, and teaches the course for professionals seeking ACEDs certification. Amy frequently writes and speaks about the rapidly changing field of electronic discovery, allowing her to collaborate across the industry and remain up to date on changes in technology used by corporations, technology used in eDiscovery, and case law and judicial attitudes to eDiscovery issues. Using her substantial Legal Operations experience, Amy looks for the best ways to use automation and AI technology to streamline eDiscovery, increase efficiency and quality, and reduce cost to clients.

Experience

  • Prevailed in 80-million-dollar arbitration matter and recovered 30 million in counterclaim
  • Obtained monetary judgment and permanent injunction in a trade secrets theft case
  • Multiple employment case summary judgment victories upheld on appeal to the Tenth Circuit
  • Managed discovery in Opioid MDL for two Fortune 500 companies

News & Insights

  • "Changing the eDiscovery Burnout Blueprint," co-author, White Paper, 2024 (Electronic Discovery Reference Model)
  • The Sedona Conference Primer on Social Media, Second Edition, 2019 (The Sedona Conference®)
  • The Sedona Conference Primer on Managing Electronic Discovery in Small Cases, 2023 (The Sedona Conference®)
  • "Challenges in Vendor Collaboration: Effective Strategies for Legal Partnership," Webinar, 2024
  • "2023 Legal Industry Collaboration Data Survey Results," Webinar, 2023
  • "Balancing In-House and Law Firm Resources to Optimize E-Discovery," Webinar, 2021
  • "Negotiating TAR Protocols: 7 Questions In-house Counsel Must Ask," Webinar, 2022
  • "Changing the Game with eDiscovery Automation," Webinar, 2021
  • "The Lit Hold is Over – What Next?," Webinar, 2023
  • "What Does Reasonably Accessible Mean?," White Paper, 2019 (ufldiscoveryconference.com)

Involvement

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Georgetown AEDI Advisory Board, 2021-present
  • ACEDS Advisory Board, 2021-present
  • CLOC, 2020-present
  • ILTA, 2015-present
  • The Sedona Conference, Member, 2013-present
  • ACEDS Ohio Chapter Board Member, 2022-23
  • The Sedona Conference, Steering Committee Member, 2018-21

Civic & Community Service

  • Mind-Budget Connection, 2022-24
  • Animal Rescue Foundation, 2014-24
  • T-Town TNR (Trap Neuter Release), 2015-19

Education

  • Rutgers School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2010
  • Yale University, B.A., cum laude, 1989

Admissions

  • Ohio, 2020
  • Oklahoma, 2010
  • Tenth Circuit, 2011

*Admitted to practice in Oklahoma and Ohio. Not admitted to practice in Florida.

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