May MALSP Meeting - Building an Effective and Impactful eDiscovery Program in 2020
SYNOPSIS:
Effectively managing eDiscovery does not require an attorney to be a computer expert. On the contrary, an attorney can successfully manage eDiscovery by creating a customized, defensible program that mitigates risk, increases efficiencies, and reduces costs. Identifying and managing key performance indicators allows legal leaders to constantly optimize the discovery process and gain ongoing efficiency at scale. In identifying metrics that matter within five key areas, leaders can build on their existing discovery programs and coordinate their legal support teams while adhering to the business imperative for cost efficiency, reducing costs by 30%–50%.
Our monthly discussion on May 21 will include an overview of the 5 KPIs listed below including how to use these indicators to build out a coordinated, programmatic approach that meets the needs for reasonable supervision and cost savings within the current legal landscape.
- Collection of Relevant Data
- Promotion Rate
- Data Relevancy & Reuse
- Effective Review Speed
- Review Geography
MODERATOR:
Neil Vachhani, Vice President, Litigation & Regulatory Services, UnitedLex
For over 14 years, Neil Vachhani has advised Fortune 500 and AMLAW 200 clients on a broad array of preservation, ediscovery litigation readiness, and litigation response challenges. Neil brings extensive experience in advising large enterprise managed services clients, helping organizations implement defensible and cost-effective solutions to accelerate speed to legal intelligence and achieve better legal outcomes. He focuses on innovative program design, implementation, and continuous process improvement to ensure constant alignment with UnitedLex clients’ global objectives and operations strategies.
Neil earned his JD from the University of Minnesota Law School and his BA from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
PANELISTS:
Amy Ambroson Reid, Director of Client Engagement, Global Litigation Services, UnitedLex
Amy Ambroson Reid manages a team of subject-matter experts creating customized eDiscovery programs across operations for lifecycle clients. Her team implements efficiencies and best practices across the entire Electronic Discovery Reference Model. Amy also provides consulting services performing litigation readiness assessments for multinational corporate clients.
Before this role, Amy ran UnitedLex’s document review team in Overland Park, Kansas, and was the program manager for reviews coming out of the UnitedLex Litigation Knowledge Centers. She has worked on cases in a variety of areas, including pharmaceutical, criminal, banking, real estate, insurance, trademark infringement, and environmental law. During her tenure at UnitedLex, Amy has worked across all client profiles and lead coordinated processes from start to finish, including search-term refinement, protocol consulting, supervising review teams, conducting focus groups, and ensuring quality of the finished product.
Amy earned her JD from the University of Iowa College of Law. While in law school, she wrote for the Journal of Corporation Law and spent a semester working at the University of Iowa Legal Clinic.
Ryan Bosselman, Vice President - Products, Litigation & Regulatory, UnitedLex
Ryan creates tailored client solutions designed to achieve cost reduction, risk mitigation, and workflow standardization. As part of his role, Ryan drives UnitedLex’s program reporting initiative, which provides metrics that matter to clients in near real-time. Ryan has led expansion of the company’s international litigation operations, including spending two years in London building out UnitedLex’s delivery center. He works closely with the business development team to support opportunities and drive product alignment to client needs.
Before joining UnitedLex, Ryan worked as an actuarial associate for Physicians Mutual in Omaha, Nebraska. In his role, he was responsible for the companies claim reserve calculations and premium projections. He also drove the department’s initiative to automate its internal reporting requirements.
Ryan earned a degree in mathematics from the University of Nebraska–Omaha.
LOCATION:
ONLINE! Meeting link will be sent to all registered attendees prior to the meeting start time
DATE & TIME:
5/21/20 @ 12pm
ONLINE PRESENCE SPONSORED BY: UnitedLex
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