1. Theres No Crying In Baseballor in eDiscovery
April 30, 2010

2. About Kevin Nugent
18 Years experience in Management & eDiscovery Services
Consulted and worked for Xerox, Pitney Bowes, IKON, Lockheed Martin, Bayer
Spoken widely on the use of methods to minimize data and manage eDiscovery costs
BS in Public Administration & Inter-Governmental Relations from Eastern Michigan University
Has served as the Regional Director for Encore since 2007
Board Member , Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
3. About Encore Discovery Solutions
Founded in 1995 as Lex Solutio in Phoenix, AZ
Became Encore Legal Solutions in 2004 and Encore Discovery Solutions in 2008
Private equity ownership (Frontenac Company of Chicago)
Continued evolution of service offering in legal technology to a knowledge-based provider of electronic discovery services
Company is materially profitable and operates with no long-term debt
4. 5. Theres No Crying In Baseballor in eDiscovery
A View From The Dugout Of How To Deal with eDiscovery Challenges
April 27, 2010
6. 7. Winning In Baseball and eDiscovery Matters depend upon good Defense and good Offense
Litigation Readiness
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8. Litigation Readiness Timeline
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Litigation Readiness
Is your client ready?

Early disclosure

10. Meet & Confers 11. Rule 30(b)(6) depositions 12. Cost shiftingOur objective is to help our clients get ahead of the electronic discovery curve so they can control risk and costs and gain better case outcomes.
13. Part of Being Prepared Requires a Plan
Developing an ESI Strategy

The Client, Outside Counsel and the eDiscovery Provider need to be on the same page

14. Determine who the key Custodians should be 15. Review options going forward; cost sharing, cost shifting, data sampling 16. What resources and tools do you have available