AJ Shankar is the Founder & CEO of Everlaw, an AI-powered cloud-based software for litigation and investigations that helps legal teams chart a straighter path to the truth. Before founding Everlaw, AJ graduated from Harvard with an AB in Mathematics and Computer Science and received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jad Abumrad is the creator and former host of the podcast Radiolab, which has over 12 million downloads per month and airs on over 600 radio stations across the country. Radiolab combines compelling storytelling with innovative audio production to make complex ideas accessible, engaging, and emotionally resonant.

Abumrad has also served as a reporter and producer for many well-known podcasts, including All Things Considered, Morning Edition, On the Media, and more. He created and produced the podcast More Perfect, which is a series about untold Supreme Court stories that dives into the human side of the court, discussing history-making decisions in a real and relatable way.

Gloria Lee is the Chief Legal Officer (CLO) at Everlaw, a cloud-based platform that unlocks the collaborative power of litigation and investigative teams.

As the company’s legal strategist, Gloria advises Everlaw’s executive leaders and Board of Directors to drive business growth while mitigating risk. She leads the legal department and is responsible for all legal, regulatory and privacy issues across the company.
Gloria brings to Everlaw over 25 years of experience as a ground-breaking trial lawyer and in-house counsel, with deep expertise in litigation, regulatory issues, technology and legal operations.

As CLO of Commure, a health-tech unicorn, Gloria oversaw the legal, regulatory, compliance, and security functions, and closed a merger with an imputed value of $6 billion. She also served as General Counsel (GC) at Newsela, an ed-tech unicorn. As Newsela’s first GC, she built the legal function from scratch, executed on a mandate to get the company IPO-ready and helped complete five acquisitions over two years.

Prior to Commure, Gloria served as VP, Deputy GC at Fitbit where she built and led various legal functions over time, helping the company launch more than 20 new products and services, and expand from 60 to more than 100 countries. In addition to successfully defending Fitbit in contentious patent and intellectual property litigation, Gloria was the company’s lead lawyer in Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, shepherding the deal through rigorous antitrust review. Gloria worked with regulators around the world for nearly 15 months to successfully clear the merger in a climate of intense antitrust scrutiny of Big Tech, while dealing with novel data privacy issues.

Gloria has also held leadership positions at McKesson, a Fortune 10 healthcare company, where she advised on complex and novel legal matters. Prior, Gloria was a trial lawyer with the Oakland City Attorney’s Office, an attorney with the law firm of Morrison & Foerster, and a judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Pallmeyer of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois.

Gloria received her B.A. with Honors from Swarthmore College and her J.D. Magna Cum Laude from the University of Minnesota Law School. She lives in the East Bay with her family and dog. She and her family love to travel, eating their way through countries. Ever the consummate litigation attorney, Gloria is a long time yoga devotee who still struggles to clear her mind.

With nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of law, design, and technology, Rachel Gonzalez is the Director of Customer & Partner Marketing at Everlaw. In this role, she leads a team dedicated to amplifying the voice of the customer, building a vibrant user community, and showcasing the transformative stories of legal professionals. Under her leadership, her team’s initiatives have helped elevate Everlaw to the number-one position in its software category, as ranked by hundreds of independent, verified reviews.

Prior to her current role, Rachel drove growth and demand generation for Everlaw. Her career in legal tech also includes five years at Rocket Lawyer, where she served as a Product Manager and Team Lead for Legal Content. She began her career on the legal team at the global design firm IDEO, where she spent five years handling contracts and legal specializations.

Bob is a lawyer, veteran legal journalist, and award-winning blogger and podcaster. In 2011, he was named to the inaugural Fastcase 50, honoring “the law’s smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries and leaders.” Earlier in his career, he was editor-in-chief of several legal publications, including The National Law Journal, and editorial director of ALM’s Litigation Services Division.

Kostantino ‘Dean’ Athanasopoulos, a federal eLitigation Specialist in the U.S. Department of Justice. He has dedicated his career to justice and has a history of innovation, having created his own Litigation Support Unit and implementing new technologies. Dean has been recognized with numerous DOJ and federal agency awards, including the Director’s Award, one of the DOJ’s highest honors, for his contributions to historic jury verdicts. He currently serves as the eLitigation Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia.

Ross Barna is a paralegal manager at Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C., a law firm specialized in labor, employment, and class actions. Prior to joining Lichten & Liss-Riordan, Ross has worked as a litigation paralegal across a wide range of companies and firms in his 20-year career, such as Proskauer Rose, Aetna, Greenberg Traurig, and Fox Rothschild.

Aaron is the U.S. Vice President of Litigation Support & Legal Operations at Balfour Beatty. With 25+ years of litigation experience and over 120 trials, he brings practical insight to the intersection of law, operations, and technology. He teaches legal technology—including AI in law—at SMU in Dallas and serves on advisory boards for Consero and Brightflag. A former DAPA President and current ACEDS North Texas board member, Aaron studied AI/ML at MIT and is currently a second-year law student at UNT Dallas College of Law. A frequent speaker, he’s known for translating complex legal and technology concepts into actionable strategies.

As Associate County Counselor and Administrative Law Manager for St. Louis County, Jennifer is responsible for managing the county government’s labor and employment team, including union negotiations, progressive discipline and EEOC complaints, legal opinions, document and case management system, ediscovery system and processes, records retention, and support staff.

AUSA Berman is the head of eLitigation for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio. Mr. Berman and his team facilitate the Office’s ediscovery practice and provide consultative guidance on complex issues at the intersection of technology and the law in both civil and criminal cases.

Mr. Berman brings his prior experience in IT to his technology-centered law practice. In addition to serving as both a state and federal prosecutor, his career includes years spent defending and trying civil cases. Mr. Berman holds a J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and a B.A. from Macalester College. He is a member of the California, Florida, Minnesota, and Ohio bars.

Stephanie Biehl has dedicated her career to advocacy on behalf of communities and individuals taking on prodigious and powerful adversaries in complex, high-stakes litigation. She has a variety of experience prosecuting cases from investigation through trial and appeals and has been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star consistently throughout her practice.

Before joining Sher Edling, Stephanie was successful in obtaining multimillion-dollar recoveries through complex cases in the business, consumer, employment, securities, derivative, and class action fields. She and her teams were routinely appointed Lead Counsel and Class Counsel in a variety of state and federal cases.

Stephanie was a judicial extern for Senior District Judge Charles R. Breyer for the Northern District of California, and she graduated cum laude from UC Hastings College of the Law. While at Hastings, she earned her concentration in Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, was an award-winning member of the nationally-renowned Hastings Trial Team, and was the Executive Notes Editor of the Hastings Business Law Journal.

Prior to law school, Stephanie attended Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) where she received her BS in Business Administration and her BA in Spanish Studies. She graduated summa cum laude, as the valedictorian of her class. Stephanie also had the honor of being the Undergraduate Commencement Speaker and receiving the highest leadership and excellence awards from her academic schools, the Cross Country team, multiple student life groups, the NDNU Board of Trustees, and the City of Belmont.

Adam is an senior associate in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the labor and employment group. He represents management in a broad range of employment and traditional labor law matters, including matters arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act and its amendments, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Adam has experience defending employers in single-plaintiff, class and collective actions in both state and federal court, as well as in matters before the National Labor Relations Board, the Ohio State Employment Relations Board, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and other similar state agencies throughout the country.

Adam received his J.D. from The University of Toledo College of Law, where he was an executive editor of the University of Toledo Law Review. Adam received his B.S. from Mercyhurst University.

Julie is the director of practice technology at Vorys, where she has dedicated over 30 years to the field of legal technology. With a paralegal degree and extensive experience in both law firms and in-house litigation departments, Julie leads a team of accomplished legal technologists. She is deeply passionate about the intersection of law, technology and leadership.

Julie serves as the executive vice president on the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) board of directors. She also co-chaired ILTA’s conference in 2019-2020. In recognition of her contributions, Julie received ILTA’s Contributor of the Year Award in 2020 and the Distinguished Peer Award for Litigation and Practice Support in 2011. Additionally, she is a member of the global advisory board for the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDs) and holds CEDs certification. Julie is also certified in Prosci’s Change Management, the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Lean Six Sigma.

Kelsey is a paralegal for Cairncross & Hempelmann’s Litigation team. She has worked in the legal industry for over a decade and supports the team by offering an extensive legal skill set and a proficiency in managing large caseloads.

Kelsey specializes in ediscovery and supports the team by developing efficient workflows for all aspects of discovery, including data preservation, collection, and processing; negotiating search terms, custodians, and ESI agreements; document review, quality control, and production; curating complex searches for targeted review; and preparing for depositions, hearings, and trial.

At the forefront of innovation, Kelsey leads her team in leveraging Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to streamline document review in an ethical way to increase efficiency and generate cost savings to our clients. Her commitment is evident through her Everlaw AI product certification, received in 2023, and her extensive experience in data operations and analytics. She has also testified at trial in an expert capacity on ediscovery, further underscoring her knowledge and experience.

Stephanie joined NAAG as a NAAG training program counsel for the Center for Legal Advocacy and Faculty Development in August 2021. Her duties include assisting in providing legal skills training, developing and enhancing skills courses, and engaging in faculty recruitment and development.

Prior to coming to NAAG, Stephanie served an assistant attorney general at the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office in the Civil Litigation Section for 17 years. At the Attorney General’s Office, she practiced in complex litigation involving a wide variety of legal issues including: tort, civil rights, employment law, inmate litigation, declaratory judgment, constitutionality issues, administrative law, and appellate work. She appeared and argued before the Nebraska Court of Appeals, the Nebraska Supreme Court, and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Stephanie obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with Minors in Spanish and Latin American Studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2001 and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 2004. She is a member of the Nebraska State Bar Association and is a native of Papillion, Nebraska. Stephanie is married with three children, and enjoys running, bicycling, traveling and spending time with her family and friends.

Albert Chen has served as Holland & Knight’s Ediscovery Services Client Solutions Manager for nearly 15 years. In his role, he leads a team of professionals to provide best-in-class ediscovery services. With a focus on goals, processes, and tools, Albert and his team are entrusted with ediscovery strategy such as data mapping, fact development, analytics, predictive coding, GenAI, and trial presentation.

Albert is involved in enhancing the business practice of Holland & Knights Ediscovery Services department with future proofing skill set with continuous development of human resource, defensible workflows, and process improvement.

Catherine Choe is Chief of Staff and Head of Legal Operations for the Legal department at Zendesk, an AI-powered customer service and experience management platform. In her role, she collaborates with and advises the CLO and the Legal leadership team on department strategy and operations to ensure that Legal facilitates growth and mitigates risk in support of Zendesk’s mission to power exceptional service for every person on the planet.

Prior to joining Zendesk, Catherine established the Legal operations function at Everlaw, where she helped turn Sales into Legal’s biggest fans and enabled Legal to see around corners and predict and mitigate risks early. Before joining Everlaw, Catherine worked as a consultant delivering results in program management, operations, sales enablement, business planning, and executive education for her clients. Catherine earned a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and a B.S. from Texas A&M University.

Catherine’s stakeholders have said she turns red tape into glitter. She lives in San Francisco, where she painstakingly picks shreds of cilantro out of her food.

Suzanne Clark started her journey at Beasley Allen in 2021 and currently supports various litigation efforts, notably in the areas of social media addiction and hair relaxer cases. In her role, she assists with the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI).

She loves diving into the technical details and finds it rewarding to support litigation by managing electronic data. She became a Certified eDiscovery Specialist in 2014 and was recognized as a Relativity Review Management Specialist from 2019 to 2022. She also earned a Mass Tort MDL Certificate from Duke University’s Bolch Judicial Institute in 2019 and was honored as the ACEDS Outstanding Local Leader in 2015.

The Social Media Adolescent Addiction case has been the most impactful of her career. By addressing the harms caused by social media, she is helping protect our youth. As a mother of two teenage boys, she understands firsthand the importance of safeguarding our children and holding responsible companies accountable.

Suzanne is deeply involved in professional and community organizations, reflecting her dedication to law and her community. She is a Planning Committee Member for the University of Florida College of Law E-Discovery Conference, a Board Member of the Plaintiffs Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum (CLEF), and a Director-at-Large for ACEDS Jacksonville. Additionally, Suzanne is involved in the Jacksonville Justice Association. She has served on the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association board and held leadership roles in the Jacksonville Bar Association, EDRM, and Creeks Youth Lacrosse.

Suzanne considers herself a child of the Southeast. Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised in Jacksonville, Florida, she now lives in Florida with her two teenage sons, their golden retriever and two cats. Outside of work, Suzanne is very involved in her church and her kids’ sports activities, including football, lacrosse, and shot put. She’s also a big fan of SEC football (Go, Gators!). In her free time, she enjoys sports photography, capturing action shots of her sons’ games, and being right in the middle of the excitement.

Judge Conti is a Senior District Judge. She served as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania from 2013 until December 2018. She has authored articles on ediscovery and is a frequent lecturer at seminars on patent law, ediscovery and cybersecurity. Judge Conti currently is a judicial advisor and a member of the steering committee for the Sedona Conference’s Working Group 10 on Patent Litigation Best Practices. Judge Conti was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and is a former Chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System. She received the American Inns of Court 2009 Professionalism Award for the Third Circuit and the 2016 W. Edward Sell Business Lawyer Award from the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Business Law Section. Prior to her appointment, she was a shareholder with the Pittsburgh office of Buchanan Ingersoll, Professional Corporation, now Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney (“Buchanan”), and prior to joining Buchanan she was an equity partner with Kirkpatrick, Lockhart, Johnson & Hutchison, now known as K&L Gates LLP. Judge Conti was a tenured Professor of Law at Duquesne University and taught courses on civil procedure, corporations, corporate finance, corporate reorganizations and bankruptcy.

The Hon. David S. Cunningham III is a Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge. He serves as the Supervising Judge for the Complex Civil Litigation Program, presiding over product liability cases, consumer protection class actions, labor-related class actions, and mass torts. He was appointed to the court by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on January 22, 2009.

Judge Cunningham began his distinguished legal career after graduating with a B.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California in 1977 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1980. He started as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice, where his work on voting rights cases contributed to the extension of the Voting Rights Act. Returning to California in 1983, he clerked for a federal judge before entering private practice. He worked at the law firm of Finley Kumble Heine Underberg Manley & Casey, and later developed a public law practice representing various municipal entities and public utilities. In 2006, he became a principal at Meyers Nave, focusing on eminent domain and public law.

In addition to his private practice, Judge Cunningham has held significant public service roles. From 2001 to 2005, he served as a Los Angeles Police Commissioner, becoming president in 2003 and helping to lead the department through a period of critical reforms. He has also maintained a strong connection to academia, teaching at Loyola Law School early in his career and later at USC’s Gould Law School since 2015. From 2016 to 2019, he served on the Executive Board of the California Judges Association.

For the past 30+ years, Steve Davis has performed and supervised hundreds of investigations on behalf of governmental agencies, corporations and law firms involving civil and criminal matters. Steve is a Licensed Private Investigator in the State of Texas and the Private Security Company Manager for Purpose Legal. Steve has been with Purpose Legal (and its predecessor company Digital Discovery) for the past 16 years. He has testified on behalf of his clients on over 50 occasions relating to investigative findings on both causation and damages.

Steven oversees the firm’s ediscovery consulting, processing, analytics, and document review capabilities, and manages the Litigation Support Department.

He is responsible for the overall strategic planning of litigation technology for the firm, including development of recommended practices and standard operating procedures, and the selection of preferred vendor partnerships. Steven also advises clients and litigation teams on evidence management, ESI protocols, best practices, trial technology, and ediscovery project workflow.

Professor Delfino joined the tenure-track research faculty after more than two decades of service in various academic and administrative leadership roles at LMU Loyola Law School. Her professional journey reflects a deep commitment to teaching excellence, institutional service, and scholarly inquiry that bridges doctrine, practice, and public relevance.

From 2022 to 2025, Professor Delfino served as Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning. In that capacity, she oversaw the law school’s 21 live-client clinics, its robust array of legal skills courses, and its extensive experiential learning programs, including trial and appellate advocacy, field placements, public interest and entertainment law programs, practicums, and academic centers. As Associate Dean, she worked closely with the LLS and LMU administrations on curricular design, academic policy, faculty development, and strategic budgetary planning. She also led initiatives to support teaching excellence, particularly in clinical pedagogy and professional skills instruction.

Prior to her tenure as Associate Dean, Professor Delfino served for a decade as a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Loyola’s Field Placement Program. From 2006 to 2025, she served as the Faculty Director of Loyola’s nationally ranked Moot Court Program, where she developed and taught an intensive summer “boot camp” for advanced legal writing and oral advocacy students. Under her leadership, Loyola teams achieved consistent national recognition for excellence in brief writing and oral advocacy.

Professor Delfino teaches both doctrinal and experiential courses in civil procedure, appellate law, professional responsibility, civil procedure, and judicial process. In addition, she teaches a seminar on generative AI and the future of legal practice, exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping the legal profession, legal reasoning, and access to justice. She is also a faculty member in Loyola’s innovative part-time evening hybrid J.D. program, where she designed and teaches core courses tailored to the program’s distinctive pedagogical format, including ethical lawyering, appellate advocacy, and moot court.

Her research lies at the intersection of law, current events, and systemic disruptions—examining how the legal system responds to emergent threats such as the opioid epidemic, synthetic media and deepfake technologies, and mass migration. Her scholarship draws from multiple disciplines to address institutional design, risk allocation, and access to justice, with an emphasis on how law can offer redress, deterrence, and resilience in the face of unfolding societal challenges. She advocates for scholarship that engages across disciplines—connecting legal inquiry with fields such as business, humanities, public health, engineering, and the social sciences.

Before transitioning to full-time academia, Professor Delfino served for 17 years as a Lead Senior Appellate Attorney at the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Seven. There, she researched and drafted over 900 bench memoranda and legal opinions across a broad range of subject areas, including complex civil litigation, felony criminal appeals, dependency and delinquency matters, probate, and family law. She joined Loyola’s adjunct faculty in 1999 and began teaching while maintaining her full-time role at the court.

In addition to her work at Loyola, Professor Delfino is a longtime member of the adjunct faculty at Glendale Community College, where she has taught courses in California State and Local Government and political science. From 1999 to 2014, she served as a volunteer neutral for the Los Angeles County Superior Court, presiding as a mediator, arbitrator, and judge pro tem in more than 100 limited civil and small claims matters.

Earlier in her legal career, Professor Delfino practiced complex business litigation at Kirkland & Ellis and later at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where she handled a wide range of civil matters, including intellectual property disputes, construction defect litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and employment law.

She began her legal career with judicial clerkships for the Honorable Cliff Young of the Nevada Supreme Court and the Honorable William Shubb of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Before attending law school, Professor Delfino served as an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District, working in schools in South Central Los Angeles.

Mark B. DeSanto, a Shareholder in the firm’s Consumer Protection practice group, and has over a decade of class action litigation experience in federal courts throughout the United States, during which he has helped recover over $350 million for his consumer, pension participant, investor, and employee clients in class actions involving false and misleading advertising, defective products, data breaches, ERISA litigation, securities litigation, employee rights, and other consumer protection litigation. Mr. DeSanto has been instrumental in litigating some of the largest and most prominent data breach MDLs in the U.S., including In re MOVEit Customer Data Sec. Breach, No. 1:23-md-03083 (D. Mass.) (data breach affecting over 90 million consumers and involving over 200 defendants), and In Re: Change Healthcare, Inc. Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig., No. 24-md-03108 (D. Minn.) (data breach impacting over 190 million individuals and hundreds of thousands of healthcare providers), and has been appointed to lead counsel positions numerous times.

Every year from 2018-2025, Mr. DeSanto has been named a Rising Star by Pennsylvania Super Lawyers (a distinction reserved for only 2.5% of lawyers in Pennsylvania) based on his professional achievements. In 2025 Mr. DeSanto was named to Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation. Mr. DeSanto was also named to the Legal Intelligencer’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track” list. On numerous occasions, Mr. DeSanto has spoken on panels related to consumer class action litigation. Further, Mr. DeSanto authored a chapter of a course handbook published by the Practising Law Institute for the 23rd Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute, titled Chapter 57: The Impact of Payment Card II on Class Action Litigation & Settlements.

Mr. DeSanto received his Juris Doctor (J.D.), cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law in 2013, where he was a member of the National Security and Armed Conflict Law Review, earned Dean’s List distinction multiple semesters, earned President’s Honor Roll distinction (4.0 GPA), and honors distinction in Trial & Litigation Skills I and II courses. Prior to attending law school, Mr. DeSanto attended the University of Miami where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Finance in 2009.

Mr. DeSanto is admitted to practice law in Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr. serves as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Missouri and sits in Jefferson City. He is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School. He began his legal career in service to our country as an Air Force Judge Advocate, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Assistant Special Counsel for the Waco Investigation. Later, he was named partner at two law firms and head of litigation at a financial services firm. Judge Epps is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Lisa leads the Ediscovery Solutions team at Hanson, Bridgett, an AmLaw 200 California-born firm with more than 200 attorneys. She is a legal executive and passionate technologist always looking to innovate and collaborate with case teams and clients to optimize people, process and technology. Her prior experience includes roles as a litigation support manager, senior project manager and workflow consultant. Lisa is a Certified Ediscovery Specialist.

Brian Faerstein served as an Assistant United States Attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles from 2015 to 2025. As a federal prosecutor, he led investigations and tried cases spanning fraud, money laundering, public corruption, civil rights, environmental offenses, and narcotics trafficking, among other areas. In his final years in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, Brian focused on holding public officials and law enforcement officers accountable for breaches of the public trust in the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section. He secured convictions in high-profile trials, including the former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor in a RICO bribery case arising from the Los Angeles City Hall corruption probe, the captain of the Conception dive boat for the deaths of 34 victims in a fatal boat fire, and a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy for civil rights violations. For his work on the City Hall corruption prosecution, Brian and his colleagues were recognized as the 2025 Prosecutors of the Year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association. Earlier in his career, Brian practiced for a decade at Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in San Francisco, counseling corporate and individual clients on complex litigation, business disputes, government enforcement, and internal investigations. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rachel Fernandez is the Director of Sales Engineering at Sandline Global, where she partners with legal teams to design and implement innovative technology solutions for complex discovery challenges. With more than seven years of experience empowering talent and leveraging technology, Rachel specializes in delivering tailored, cost-effective solutions for clients. Her expertise includes managing global teams, optimizing workflows, and driving efficiencies through advanced analytics and tech integration in the ediscovery space.

Prior to joining Sandline, Rachel served as Director of Managed Review for HLP Integration, Consultant, Advanced Technologies for Epiq, and Consultant at UnitedLex. A graduate of Barry University’s Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law, Rachel began her legal career as a Assistant Public Defender for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida and an Associate at Bryant Law Firm in Miami, Florida.

As the Accelerated Discovery and Review Center Manager, Jeff leads Holland & Knights’s GenAI ediscovery workflow design and execution for litigations and investigations. In his role, he also helps lead the Review Center team, focusing on training, professional development, and workflow efficiency while ensuring the use of standardized methodologies and processes.

A major focus of Jeff’s work is to raise awareness of his team’s services and their value within the firm, ensuring attorneys have access to the best tools and strategies to enhance case outcomes and client support. His role is centered on advancing legal technology and optimizing discovery and review approaches to streamline workflows, control costs, and improve results.

Prior to Holland & Knight, Jeff served as Director of Client Services for Level Legal and RVM Enterprises, worked as a Senior Manager in EY’s Fraud, Investigations, and Dispute Services team, and was VP of Managed Review at UBIC, now FRONTEO.

Jodi Hanslick is the paralegal manager for the Minnesota Cannabis Expungement Board, a unique state agency created to review cannabis-related felony cases and some misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor cases for potential expungement. Prior to joining the CEB, Jodi worked for the City of Minneapolis Attorney’s Office as the office’s enterprise information management analyst, where she managed ediscovery for matters large or small, including through two massive federal and state investigations.

Susan Har is counsel at Hecker Fink LLP.

Susan is a highly accomplished trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor. Susan joins the firm after serving as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California from 2019 to 2025. A member of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Section, Susan investigated and prosecuted some of the most high-profile and complex white collar cases of the United States Attorney’s Office, including the sprawling corruption pay-to-play scheme in Los Angeles City Hall, resulting in the district’s first ever RICO conviction of an elected official (Councilmember José Huizar) and 10 other convictions of senior officials, developers, lobbyists, and corporations. Separately, she successfully prosecuted bribery, extortion, and corruption at the highest levels of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office stemming from a massive faulty billing scandal at the Nation’s largest public utility, resulting in numerous convictions.

Susan has served as lead or co-lead counsel in over a dozen federal and state criminal jury trials, including against a Los Angeles Deputy Mayor for facilitating the RICO scheme with Huizar; a foreign billion-dollar real estate development company on various bribery, wire fraud, and Travel Act offenses; a then-sitting U.S. Congressman for a false statement and obstruction scheme relating to illegal campaign contributions from a foreign billionaire; and the president of a labor union for a long-time conspiracy to embezzle health care funds. Susan has also prosecuted a number of significant civil rights cases and served as the district’s Hate Crimes Coordinator. Following the conviction of a Veterans Affairs police officer for beating a man 45 times with a police baton, she led a separate impactful criminal investigation into officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for Constitutional violations and related offenses, breaking through the blue wall of silence and securing the conviction of a sheriff’s deputy for using excessive force against a transgender teacher in retaliation for exercising his First Amendment rights. Susan also investigated the 2022 mass shooting in Laguna Woods and ultimately charged the shooter with 98 federal hate crimes and weapons and explosives offenses. Throughout her tenure at the Office, Susan has briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Susan was a litigator at Munger, Tolles and Olson where her practice focused on complex civil litigation, including on behalf of financial and academic institutions. While at MTO, she served as a volunteer prosecutor for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office where she solo tried numerous criminal matters to verdict. Susan clerked for the Honorable A. Wallace Tashima of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for the Honorable Cormac J. Carney of the Central District of California.

Susan received her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where she was a member of the Order of the Coif. She graduated, with honors, from Claremont McKenna College and was a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea.

LaTrece is an operations professional with over 18 years of work experience, with 10 years in the legal industry. She has a deep knowledge of optimizing processes and programs, supporting executive leadership, building strategic relationships with law firms, vendors, and business partners, while leading an effective team that supports a global department.

Rose is dedicated to understanding and managing the intersection of legal and technical issues that now largely dominate American and global litigation, data breach response, and government investigations. She devotes her entire practice to crisis management, edata, and technology. Rose is ranked in Chambers USA and Chambers Global as one of the world’s top lawyers in ediscovery litigation practice. According to Chambers USA, Rose is a “seasoned counsellor to clients on diverse eddiscovery concerns as they relate to government investigations” while Legal 500 notes “Rose Jones is particularly experienced in cross-functional collaboration, advising businesses on information governance, data privacy and security, and discovery.”

Judge Young B. Kim is a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois and has served on the bench for the Eastern Division (Chicago) since 2010. He was born in South Korea and his family emigrated to the United States when he was 11 years old. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Loyola University School of Law in Chicago. Before taking the bench, he served as an Assistant Cook County Public Defender, law clerk to District Judge Charles R. Norgle, Sr. of the Northern District of Illinois, an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and an Administrative Judge for the EEOC. As a federal judge he particularly enjoys presiding over citizenship naturalization ceremonies in the ceremonial courtroom where he himself was naturalized as a U.S. citizen in 1986.

Elizabeth Koenig leads consulting services at ILS, managing a team of ediscovery consultants and advising Plaintiffs’ attorneys on all aspects of ediscovery. She has nearly a decade of experience working with Plaintiffs’ attorneys on the nation’s most high-profile mass tort and class action litigations. Elizabeth is an ACEDS-certified Ediscovery Specialist and frequently writes and presents on electronic discovery issues.

Before joining ILS, Elizabeth spent eight years practicing law at Milbank LLP in New York City and Los Angeles. Elizabeth holds a J.D. from UCLA School of Law and a B.A. from Boston University, and is a member of the California, New York, and Massachusetts bars.

Eric serves as the liaison between the legal and technology teams at the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office. He uses his specialized knowledge and experience to create technology-based solutions for complex problems. He helps develop case strategy related to the collection, review, and production of information. In the courtroom, he helps his colleagues communicate their theory of the case through exhibits and other visuals.

Prior to the AGO, Eric worked for a boutique digital forensics firm specializing in the investigation of trade secret theft. He has served as both a testifying and consulting expert witness.

Douglass A. Kreis, a partner with the firm, received his B.A. degree from Mercer University, attending under a four-year academic/athletic scholarship, and his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law. While in law school, Mr. Kreis earned the distinction as Cumberland’s 1997 National Environmental/Toxic Tort Law Conference Representative (Washington, D.C.). After gaining significant trial advocacy experience through Cumberland’s Trial Advocacy Program/Moot Court Competitions, Mr. Kreis accepted a prestigious internship with future Alabama Supreme Court Justice, Michael Bolin.

Over the past twenty years, Mr. Kreis has dedicated himself towards seeking justice for clients injured by defective pharmaceutical drugs and medical devices – successfully representing thousands of clients in litigation throughout the country. Mr. Kreis has successfully pursued claims against major manufacturers including: Wyeth/Pfizer; Bayer; Smith & Nephew, Zimmer, Biomet, Stryker Orthopedics/Howmedica, Wright Medical Mentor; Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon; American Medical Systems; Bard; Covidien; Coloplast; Atrium/Getinge; and others.

Along the way, Mr. Kreis has become one of the most knowledgeable attorneys in the country regarding the interplay between law and science. Mr. Kreis has gained the respect of his colleagues and has been asked to speak at many mass tort seminars and symposiums throughout the country during which he addresses science and law in the context of epidemiology; the potential modes of failure (general and specific causation); and the pathology, histology and presentation of related injuries.

Mr. Kreis recently put his specialized skillset to work in taking the lead role in identifying and retaining the world’s preeminent experts in acoustics, audiology, military hearing conservation and Military Safety to support U.S. Service Members and Veterans in what is the largest litigation in history. These cases are pending against Minneapolis based 3M relating to a defective earplug (Combat Arms Version 2) which lead to hearing damage, including: hearing loss; tinnitus; hyperacusis and exacerbation of PTSD.

Mr. Kreis has held leadership and committee positions on national litigations, including: Lead Counsel (IN RE MENTOR CORP. OBTAPE TRANSOBTURATOR SLING PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION MDL (MDL 2004); Executive Committee (In re: Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2441); Steering Committee (In Re: Biomet M2A Magnum Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket 2391); and Expert Committee (In Re: Combat Arms Earplug Products Liability Litigation (MDL 2885).

Steven Lerner has been a senior reporter at Law360 since 2020, focusing on legal technology and alternative legal service providers. He writes a monthly column called “Technically Speaking” for Law360 Pulse, where he explores various aspects of legal technology and its impact on the legal industry. Through his coverage, Lerner shares insights, trends, and analysis related to legal tech innovations. In addition to his writing, Lerner has participated in several panels and webinars about legal tech.

Angela Y. Li is an associate attorney in the Orange County office of Theodora Oringher. Prior to joining Theodora Oringher, Angela was an associate with Lubin Olson where she practiced real estate, construction, and development disputes, including disputes in the multifamily, affordable housing, and renewable energy sectors. Angela is a graduate of University of California, Los Angeles School of Law where she was the Chair of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association. Angela was recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship 2014-2017 and First Place Winner of Lowell Milken Institute-Sandler Prize Competition.

Brandon is an attorney and consultant with a focus on the deployment of text-based analytics, AI and other advanced technologies in ediscovery.

Brandon has over 20 years of experience in a variety of legal backgrounds focused on document review, advanced conceptual analytics and general ediscovery processes. He began his career as a litigator, practicing with a national firm that specialized in general corporate litigation. He has since held several positions in the ediscovery industry, managing the processes of collection, processing, review and client services. He has led numerous efforts and initiatives focused on improving ediscovery services, including the ISO certification process.

Brandon brings to Tanenholz a wealth of knowledge and experience surrounding the use of advanced technologies to aid in the review of data within a legal context. His experience includes expertise and innovation to proven methods for efficient, effective and defensible review. From the application of standard TAR methodologies to the use of tools to more effectively understand data sets, Brandon helps the firm continue to deliver the best review results in the industry.

Brandon holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he is a member of the Michigan State Bar. He has spoken on multiple occasions on the topics of the use of advanced analytics in ediscovery, proper analysis and review design and other technology issues in ediscovery.

Bobby is a member of Winston’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy Group and focuses on navigating complex ediscovery, digital forensics, cross-border, and data privacy issues in high-stakes litigation and investigations using his unique combination of both hands-on technical skill and two decades of business and litigation experience.

A true “techno” lawyer, he uses his technical knowledge and legal expertise to serve clients across numerous sectors and industries. Bobby serves as a trusted ediscovery advisor to Fortune 500 clients, and in this role, he provides counseling and guidance in connection with legally defensible and standardized company-wide discovery practices.

Sam is a Senior Associate (Barrister) in the Litigation Department, specialising in commercial litigation.

He works closely with the Partners on the Litigation team and especially with Lewis Baglietto KC and Moshe Levy. He has experience in a wide range of civil and criminal matters and has appeared regularly in the Gibraltar courts since having been Called to the Bar.

Sam’s busy litigation practice involves a number of areas including commercial disputes, civil fraud, judicial review, trust law, competition law, telecommunications and libel cases.

Bridget is President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Dispute Resolution.

She is also a Strategic Advisor to the Future of the Profession Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Until the end of 2022, McCormack was Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, a position her peers selected her for in January 2019 after she served for six years as a Justice. While on the Court, she championed innovation and the use of technology to improve access to justice.

A graduate of New York University Law School, McCormack started her legal career in New York City. In 1996, she joined the Yale Law School faculty. She then joined the University of Michigan Law School faculty in 1998, where she taught criminal law, legal ethics, and numerous clinics. She was Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs from 2002 until 2012.

McCormack was elected to The American Law Institute in 2013. The Attorney General of the United States appointed her to the National Commission on Forensic Science in 2014. In 2019, the Governor of Michigan named her Co-Chair of the Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration. In 2020, she joined the American Bar Association’s Council on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar and currently serves as Vice Chair. In 2021, the Governor of Michigan asked her to co-chair the Michigan Task Force on Forensic Science and to chair the Michigan Jail Reform Advisory Council. She also chaired the Michigan Judicial Council, the strategic planning body for the judicial branch. In 2021, McCormack was also appointed to serve nationally on The Council of State Governments Healthy States National Task Force and the ABA Center for Innovation’s Governing Council. She was also named Chair of the ABA Board of Elections.

McCormack is an Editor of the ABA’s preeminent publication, Litigation Journal. She speaks and writes frequently about access to justice, innovation in the legal profession, and legal education.

Considered the “Magic Man,” independent fire litigation consultant Greg McCullough specializes in uncovering the key evidence that makes the case in fire-related litigation.

Gordon Moffat is an experienced leader in ediscovery and legal technology, skilled in managing projects, teams, and processes. He’s passionate about achieving informed consensus and dedicated to delivering exceptional results.

Joy, Founder and CEO of Practice Aligned Resources, is recognized industry-wide as a leader in the litigation support industry. She brings decades of experience, having led some of the most well-respected global practice support groups, to her consulting practice. Blending education with technological agnosticism, Joy focuses on aligning people, process and technology to best fit her clients’ situations and find the right solution for their needs.

Casey Newton is the founder and editor of Platformer, an independent publication devoted to exploring the intersection of technology and democracy. Of Platformer, it is said “there’s no better way to understand how social networks and the modern internet shapes our lives.” Always evolving with the news, Casey’s current work focuses on the rise of artificial intelligence, how social media affects human behavior and politics, government regulation of Big Tech, as well as the declining trust in government and ongoing threats to democracy. He also co-hosts Hard Fork, the critically acclaimed New York Times podcast about the future that is already here, alongside Kevin Roose.

Nilay Patel is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Verge, the technology and culture brand from Vox Media. In his decade at Vox, Patel has grown The Verge into one of the largest and most influential tech sites, with a global audience of millions of monthly readers. Under his leadership, The Verge has been nominated for a National Magazine Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Justin Peña is an experienced Senior Paralegal with a demonstrated history of defending Fortune 500 companies through all aspects of litigation in labor/employment law, business litigation and class actions. He’s also an ediscovery and trial specialist.

Peter is the Ediscovery Director at the Cincinnati office of Dinsmore & Shohl, where he manages the litigation support department and oversees the firm’s ediscovery initiatives. Peter is also an internal consultant for collection and culling methodologies and designing review protocols. Prior to Dinsmore, Peter was Associate General Counsel at Mimecast North America and Ediscovery Solutions Director at CA.

Elizabeth (Liz) Roper is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s North America Litigation and Global Dispute Resolution Practice, specializing in investigations, data security, and white collar defense. Liz advises clients on cybersecurity compliance, incident response, government investigations, internal investigations, and criminal defense matters. With over 15 years of experience in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, including over four years as Bureau Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau (CITB), Liz pairs deep investigative experience with expertise in new technologies and electronic evidence, including digital forensics, mobile device data, network forensics, and blockchain analysis.

Liz has obtained the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) certification.

Dave Shargel represents companies and executives in both internal and government investigations, as well as complex commercial disputes and arbitrations, across a wide range of business sectors and circumstances.

He has experience representing clients before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), among other regulators. He has also represented clients before the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and advises clients on sanctions compliance and related issues.

His litigation experience includes contract disputes, shareholder disputes, business valuation, insurance coverage, civil RICO, and fraud. He also handles real estate, aviation, construction and employment disputes, as well as matters involving constitutional law, such as under the Commerce and Due Process clauses. Dave has also successfully defended consumer class actions, such as those involving the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and food labeling.

Dave is also highly adept at leveraging legal technology in his practice. He leads the firm’s ePractice Department, assisting clients and other Bracewell lawyers with best practices and guidance concerning electronically stored information (ESI) and digital forensics.

Dave devotes his pro bono efforts to clients in a variety of subject matters, including asylum and landlord-tenant disputes. Dave also serves as an adjunct professor of legal writing at Brooklyn Law School.

Tyson leads eLitigation efforts at the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas and is a member of the Executive Office of United States Attorneys’ eLitigation Working Group. Tyson and his team manage the flow of case evidence in civil and criminal matters from intake to production and regularly consult with case teams on emerging eDiscovery issues.

Prior to the working at the USAO, Tyson served as in-house counsel to a federal law enforcement agency and is a graduate of Duke University School of Law.

Strategic, forward-thinking and results-driven, Joseph Tate brings more than 25 years of experience at the intersection of law, technology, and business operations to his role as Director of Ediscovery. A respected legal innovator, Joe has built and scaled high-performing eDiscovery and litigation support functions across Am Law 100 firms, government agencies and corporate legal departments. He has a deep track record of aligning legal, business and technical strategies to deliver defensible, efficient, and cost-effective outcomes for clients navigating complex disputes and investigations.

Leading the firm’s ediscovery efforts, Joe works closely with practice group leaders to deliver strategic, technology-driven solutions for clients through added litigation support and legal technology. With a sharp focus on innovation, efficiency, and scalability, he is driving the next phase of growth in the firm’s discovery services. Whether optimizing workflows or integrating cutting-edge platforms, Joe’s forward-thinking leadership is elevating client service and helping teams manage complex matters with greater speed, precision and value.

Jonathan is an experienced attorney with a broad expertise. Before joining the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, he assisted WilmerHale with the representation of clients across a range of issues including, but not limited to, FCPA matters and other investigations. In addition, he assisted WilmerHale’s bank regulation and investment management group with various B/D matters and also represented companies with everything from incorporation to IPO or exit.

Since leaving WilmerHale, Jonathan has been assisting Ohio’s Attorneys General with litigation best practices, with a large focus on discovery matters, including privilege considerations and sanction avoidance.

Honieh Udenka is an associate in the Business Trial Practice Group in the firm’s Orange County office.

Honieh represents clients’ interests across the country in complex disputes in a variety of fields, including brand, reputation, and crisis management, as well as commercial and business litigation. Honieh has experience in complex disputes on matters of national significance, ranging from litigation matters involving global companies, to defense and investigation work for individuals and C-suite executives. Honieh is able to develop strong relationships with clients through a client-centered approach to lawyering and by providing thoughtful analysis, judgment, and solutions to demanding and complex challenges.

Honieh is committed to expanding access to justice in Orange County through the provision of free legal services to underserved populations. To that end, she incorporates pro bono matters into her practice. Honieh is deeply committed to racial justice and the diversification of the legal profession, and she advances this mission in her role on the board of the Thurgood Marshall Bar Association and Community Legal Aid of Southern California.

Ed leads technology and workflow strategy at GEICO, overseeing the design and execution of initiatives that enhance ediscovery, information governance, and records management operations. Ed plans legal department strategy on discovery best practices and leverages technology in-house and with vendors.

Joan Washburn is the Director of Legal Support Services for Holland & Knight LLP and is based out of the firm’s Boston office. Her primary responsibilities include leading the firm’s efforts in developing and implementing strategies for the management of complex controversy matters with specific emphasis on ediscovery, managed document review and risk management. She joined the firm in 2006.

Navan Ward joined Beasley Allen in 2002 and currently works in the Atlanta Office. He focuses on products liability cases, particularly those involving defective metal-on-metal hip implants and proton pump inhibitors (PPI). He is also helping spearhead the Hair Relaxer litigation in both federal and state courts.

Passionate about paying it forward, he does all he can to help law students, new lawyers, and lawyers new to his practice areas succeed. Navan has an impressive list of awards and recognitions that highlight his dedication and excellence in the legal field. Most recently, he received the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Harry Philo award, which recognizes an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the civil justice system and whose work has advanced the safety and protection of American consumers. Navan also holds the Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating for top legal ability and ethics, received the AAJ Minority Caucus Stalwart Award in 2017, and has been consistently included in editions of The Best Lawyers in America® for Mass Torts, Healthcare, Personal Injury and Product Liability, and Super Lawyers lists, as well as being named one of the Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. Additionally, he received the AAJ Distinguished Service Award in 2012 and 2015, the AAJ Wiedemann & Wysocki Award in 2014, was honored as Beasley Allen’s Litigator of the Year in 2013, and was named Beasley Allen’s Mass Torts Section Lawyer of the Year in 2011 and 2014.

Navan has a distinguished record of successfully litigating cases involving defective hip implants, securing billions in settlements against major manufacturers like Johnson & Johnson, DePuy, Zimmer, Biomet, and Stryker. One of his most memorable cases involved a defective medical device that caused significant injuries, ultimately leading to his client’s death. The care, dedication, and strength shown by his client’s spouse before and after the client’s passing exemplified the profound love we should all strive to show each other. He has also overseen significant pharmaceutical litigations, including cases involving Meridia, Permax, Dostinex, PPIs, hormone replacement therapy, and COX-2 inhibitors (Vioxx, Celebrex, & Bextra), achieving substantial verdicts and settlements. Additionally, he has held leadership roles in major litigations and has a strong track record in nursing home neglect and wrongful death cases, obtaining millions for his clients.

He is active in prestigious legal organizations at both local and national levels. Navan served as President of the American Association for Justice (2021-2022), the world’s largest plaintiffs’ lawyers organization, and served as a national officer and on its Executive Committee. He also chaired the Minority Caucus, Legal Affairs, and the Diversity & Inclusion Committee. Navan is a co-founding Executive Committee member of “Shades of Mass,” an initiative promoting minority leadership in civil actions. Recently, he was elected to the board of Public Justice. Additionally, he is a member of the American Bar Association and serves on the National Black Lawyers Top 100 Executive Committee while also leading various state and local legal associations.

Navan and his wife, Bridget, are proud parents of twin boys, Roman and Jaxon. The family is actively engaged in their community through the Christian Culture Center – Atlanta. Navan is deeply committed to supporting his sons and encouraging them to pursue success in all their endeavors. In his free time, he enjoys traveling with friends and family and unwinding on the golf course.

Cal Yeaman works as a Project Attorney in Orrick Analytics where he leads an interdisciplinary litigation support team that focuses on the intersection of law, technology and data.

In his capacity as a Project Attorney Cal works with clients and case teams to advise and consult on ediscovery collections, analyze data, manage review, and shepherd cases through to disposition. Cal also works as part of the innovation organization as a key team member focusing on using data, innovation and process to drive operational excellence in the delivery of legal services.

Nikki is a principal at Altitude Collective, a consultancy that provides technology modernization and change management services. The primary focus is supporting SNAP and Medicaid delivery teams as they respond to HR1 by implementing process and technology changes.

Nikki works collaboratively with the team to provide services including technical and capacity assessment, team building and upskilling, design research and prototyping, use case selection and pilot program design, AI marketplace navigation and vendor evaluation, compliance audits and governance framework development, and responsible automation adoption planning.

Before Altitude, Nikki was Technology Modernization Advisor at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she helped lead generative AI prototyping engagements to modernize operational functions and set standards.

Isabel is a Customer Onboarding Specilaist at Everlaw. Prior to joining Everlaw, she worked as a legal assistant for a boutique law firm in San Francisco. As a former Everlaw user, Isabel’s goal is to help all new customers feel confident tackling their discovery challenges using Everlaw as quickly as possible. Outside of work, Isabel enjoys reading, cooking, and exploring the Bay Area through running and hiking.

John Carr is the director of federal programs at Everlaw, where he supports Everlaw’s strategic federal customers, including the U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Courts, and U.S. Department of the Interior, and is especially interested in identifying solutions to improve ESI sharing across parties.

In this role, John also helped to stand up the “Everlaw for CJA” program which provides much-needed ediscovery support to Criminal Justice Act Panel attorneys across the country.

Prior to joining Everlaw, John was a senior leadership consultant for the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Chief Information Officer’s Innovation Engineering team, where he applied design thinking approaches to several key initiatives across the agency, including ways to improve investigative data sharing.

Alexander Crisel is a User Education Manager at Everlaw. His approach to User Education stems from his background using inquiry based learning as a science teacher. He believes asking the right questions creates an engaging environment where users can learn from each other. Outside of work, Alex enjoys trying new restaurants, exploring the outdoors and trivia nights with friends.

Alex Hafez leads the Solutions Architects team at Everlaw. He provides technical support and subject matter expertise throughout the sales cycle. Prior to Everlaw, he worked as a Solutions Architect at FTI Consulting and as a Project Manager at Advanced Discovery. Alex is a licensed attorney and has worked for law firms and legal services providers in the Washington, D.C. area.

Joshua Harvey is the Director of Public Sector Customer Success at Everlaw, where he leads efforts to help government agencies modernize legal workflows and drive lasting impact. He brings nearly two decades of experience spanning legal practice, teaching, and customer success leadership.

Before joining Everlaw, Joshua spent over seven years at Lex Machina, most recently as Head of Customer Success, where he built and scaled high-performing teams supporting enterprise clients. Earlier in his career, he held client success and consulting roles at LexisNexis and served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office of the Public Defender in Florida. He also taught as an adjunct instructor at Westwood College.

David Hedgepeth is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Everlaw, where he partners with high-value clients to align technology with strategic goals, drive adoption, and ensure lasting impact. With more than two decades of experience spanning law, ediscovery, and client success, David brings a rare blend of legal expertise and business acumen to every engagement.

Before joining Everlaw, David managed complex discovery projects at Leidos and Integreon, and practiced as an ediscovery attorney supporting major antitrust matters and government investigations before agencies including the FTC, SEC, and DOJ. Earlier in his career, he built deep litigation support experience as a paralegal at top law firms and later transitioned into advertising and media roles, giving him a uniquely well-rounded perspective on client service and communication.

Across roles, David has earned a reputation as a trusted advisor who thrives at the intersection of people, process, and technology. His work has helped legal teams improve efficiency, defensibility, and outcomes on matters of national scale.

Chuck Kellner is an ediscovery strategist with a record of success helping clients give and get the discovery they need with fairness and proportionality. His experience spans litigation support in Am Law 50 and Big Eight, expert testimony in state and federal courts, and thought leadership and consulting to industry leaders and educational organizations.

Kaitlyn is an Onboarding Specialist at Everlaw and started the role in March of 2025. Before that, she spent over 3.5 years in the Support department sharpening her Everlaw skills and helping clients with all types of requests. She’s excited to take this knowledge a step further by providing new clients with outstanding Onboarding experiences that focus on their specific eDiscovery workflows and goals. Outside of work, Kaitlyn enjoys concerts, weight lifting and taking her cat for walks in the yard!

Alyssa is a dedicated User Education Specialist at Everlaw, where she loves empowering users to feel at ease and confident with the platform. Before diving into the world of user education, Alyssa sharpened her skills as a Customer Support Specialist, gaining deep insights into what users truly need. When she’s not crafting engaging training sessions, Alyssa enjoys cozying up with her beloved cats or getting creative with her crochet projects.

Sandro manages Everlaw’s Large Legal customer success team. Sandro has more than 15 years of professional experience in ediscovery, customer success, and legal practice.

Aubrey Patrick is a Team Lead on Everlaw’s User Education team. Prior to joining Everlaw she was a teacher in the Bay area, teaching a range of topics including coding and mathematics. Now Aubrey leverages that teaching background, working to break down complex topics and ensure users feel confident and prepared using Everlaw.

Aaron Patton is a Sr. Solutions Architect at Everlaw, where he partners with customers and prospects to help ensure successful integration of Everlaw into legal workflows. A longtime ediscovery professional, Aaron also devotes his time to content creation, both ediscovery-related and not, as a screenwriter, ghostwriter, and as the persona behind Gates Dogfish, an ediscovery meme account.

Yvonne Pham is Legal Director and Associate General Counsel at Everlaw, where she leads the commercial, product counseling, and intellectual property functions. As the company’s first product counsel, she built the legal frameworks that support product development, privacy, and IP strategy, and has become an early thought leader on the legal and ethical dimensions of generative AI. She also serves as the executive sponsor of Everlaw’s Asian American Pacific Islander employee resource group.

Yvonne’s career spans more than a decade advising technology companies at the cutting edge of innovation. Before Everlaw, she held in-house roles at Tesla, Cruise, and Lime, counseling on strategic transactions, product development, and regulatory challenges in fast-moving industries including automotive, autonomous vehicles, and mobility. She began her career at Reed Smith, where she advised clients on finance, M&A, and corporate governance across diverse industries.

Her work reflects a consistent focus on helping organizations navigate complexity, scale responsibly, and innovate with integrity.

Chris Rauen is an attorney and Sr. Solutions Architect at Everlaw, where he provides technical support and subject matter expertise throughout the sales cycle. A long-time ediscovery expert, Rauen’s experience includes work at Wilson Sonsini and Ropes & Gray as well as more than a decade’s experience in the ediscovery space, as a project manager for service providers, customer success manager for key accounts, and solutions architect.

Jessica Shane is Director of Sales for State, Local, and Education (SLED) organizations at Everlaw, where she leads a team dedicated to helping public sector organizations modernize their approach to litigation, FOIA, and public records response with a GovRAMP-certified cloud platform. She partners with state attorneys general, cities, counties, and educational institutions to bring cutting-edge legal technology to complex challenges, driving efficiency, transparency, and public trust.

Prior to Everlaw, Jessica spent more than a decade building and leading high-performing sales organizations at DocuSign and SAP Concur, where she spearheaded public sector, nonprofit, and higher education initiatives.

With over 20 years of experience at the intersection of technology and the public good, Jessica brings a proven track record of equipping government agencies with the tools they need to serve their communities more effectively.

Margot is a User Education Specialist and started with Everlaw in 2017. Prior to joining the User Education team, Margot was focused on enabling Everlaw’s customer-facing employees to deliver outstanding customer service. She’s excited to apply her enablement expertise and product knowledge towards creating effective and engaging learning experiences for Everlaw users!

Carrie is a User Education Specialist with a background in Educational Publishing. Carrie combines their knowledge of instructional experience design with platform prowess to create engaging learning opportunities for Everlaw users of all levels. Outside of Everlaw, Carrie enjoys developing recipes, rockclimbing, and taking their dog for walks along the beach.

Kayla Teese is a User Education Manager at Everlaw. She’s passionate about witnessing the “lightbulb moment" in training sessions when users say “Oh, that’s how you do it?! That’s going to make my job so much easier!” Before Everlaw, you could find Kayla in a classroom in San Francisco teaching literature and history to teenagers.

Sean Wiederkehr is an expert ediscovery practitioner with a record of success helping clients give and get the discovery they need. His current role on Everlaw’s Solution Architect team assists law firms and corporations in validating their technical requirements and highlighting the value that our platform can bring to their organizations.

Sean has 18 years of experience in the ediscovery space and has worked for both boutique litigation shops and Am Law 50 firms. He has experience at every stage of the EDRM cycle and has worked on matters covering a broad spectrum of practice area including regulatory investigations, complex litigation, and other disputes.

Sean holds a BA from UCLA. He lives in New York where he hosts a weekly pub trivia night and plays music in a band.

Gordon Wilson is an Enterprise Account Executive at Everlaw, where he works closely with law firms to help them simplify complex legal work and embrace digital transformation in litigation. With more than 13 years of experience in sales — six of them dedicated to the legal sector — he brings a deep understanding of the challenges facing legal professionals today and the technology that can drive meaningful change.

Gordon’s career path spans from high-growth SaaS companies to professional sports organizations, giving him a unique perspective on relationship building, client engagement, and organizational transformation. Since joining Everlaw, he has partnered with leading firms to improve collaboration, streamline workflows, and enable teams to deliver stronger outcomes for clients.

Grounded in both practical experience and a broad professional network, Gordon is committed to advancing conversations about innovation in the legal industry, with a focus on how firms can adapt to evolving demands while maintaining excellence in client service.