US DISTRICT JUDGE JAMES ROSENBAUM (RET.)
US DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
Judge Rosenbaum is a Minnesota native who began practice in Chicago, Illinois,
as a VISTA lawyer, trying federal civil rights cases. In 1972, he returned to private
practice in Minnesota, specializing in trial work, and later was named one of
Minnesota's "100 Most Influential Lawyers." In 1981, Judge Rosenbaum was
appointed Minnesota's United States Attorney, serving until 1985, when he was
appointed to the United States District Court. From 1997 to 2005, Judge
Rosenbaum served as the Eighth Circuit's elected representative to the Judicial
Conference of the United States, the Judiciary's governing authority. His articles
in The Green Bag, In Defense of the Delete Key, In Defense of the Hard Drive, In
Defense of the Sugar Bowl, and In Defense of Rule 808, are recognized for their
analysis of the intersection of law, privacy and technology. For the past several
years Judge Rosenbaum has lectured, both at home and abroad, on legal
technology, electronic discovery, and intellectual property issues, and he serves
on the Advisory Board of The Sedona Conference®
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STEVEN BENNETT, ESQ.
JONES DAY - NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Steven Bennett is a partner in the New York office of Jones Day, where his
practice focuses on domestic and international commercial litigation and
arbitration, including cases involving bankruptcy, construction, corporate, energy,
insurance, intellectual property, and securities. He also serves as chair of the
firm's e-Discovery Committee. Before joining Jones Day, he served as an
Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and Chief of its Tax
and Bankruptcy Unit. He is a member of the Large Case Advisory Committee for
the American Arbitration Association and a member of the ADR Subcommittee of
the New York State Bar Association Committee on Civil Litigation. Mr. Bennett is
the author of Arbitration: Essential Concepts (American Lawyer Media, 2002) and
writes a continuing column, "Arbitration," which has appeared in the New York
Law Journal since 2004. He is a founding member of The Sedona Conference®
Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery
and Disclosure. He also co-teaches courses on advanced civil procedure (e-
discovery) at Rutgers Law School, and similar courses at New York Law School
and Fordham.
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BILL SPEROS, ESQ.
BAKER, HOSTETLER - CLEVELAND, OHIO
Mr. Speros is an attorney who serves law firms, in-house corporate counsel and
governmental entities by leading litigation-related automation projects. He does
so by marshaling technology to help attorneys and staff acquire, assess, produce
documents and to present discovered documents. He manages the acquisition,
analysis and presentation of evidence for corporate counsel and their law firms.
Mr. Speros frequently speaks at national and regional technology-related
conferences including the American Bar Association's TechShow, LawNet's
national conference, various continuing legal education seminars and other legal
industry conferences.
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DUANE LITES, DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION SUPPORT
JACKSON WALKER - DALLAS, TEXAS
Duane Lites has over 20 years of litigation support experience, and has spent 12
of those managing Litigation Support departments in several large law firms. He
is currently the Director of Litigation Support at Jackson Walker LLP in Dallas, TX.
He is responsible for coordinating all Litigation Support technology services for
the Firm's attorneys, paralegals and support staff. He is a frequent speaker and
very active in the litigation support industry. He is former President of the DFW
Association of Litigation Support Managers (DFWALSM), a member of the
Executive Committee of the National Association of Litigation Support Managers
(NALSM), Owner/moderator of the National Litigation Support Listserv with over
8,500+ members, member of the EDRM Metrics 2 project, and on the Editorial
Board of the Litigation Today Magazine.
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MATT RITA, ESQ.
FORD & HARRISON - DENVER, COLORADO
Matt Rita's practice encompasses complex litigation at both the trial and appellate
levels, with substantial experience in the employment law arena. While serving
as an advocate in adversarial contexts, he provides substantive legal advice and
counseling on an ongoing basis. He strives to keep clients apprised of
developments in the law, both informally and through publications and
presentations. Most recently, he presented a national webinar on caregivers in
the modern workplace, which followed several presentations he had given on
topics such as new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 and ethical issues in the age of
electronic discovery.
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SEAN R. GALLAGHER, ESQ.
POLSINELLI SHUGHART PC - DENVER, COLORADO
Sean Gallagher is a shareholder in the Denver, Colorado office of Polsinelli
Shughart PC, where he handles a wide breadth of complex commercial litigation
matters including computer software litigation, fraud and misrepresentation
claims, corporate governance disputes, and employment disputes. Mr. Gallagher
has been involved in helping companies handle records management and
eDiscovery issues since 1994. Mr. Gallagher counsels clients in all aspects of
the records management and eDiscovery life cycle. He is the co-chair of the
Technology Subcommittee of the American Bar Association’s Employment Rights
and Responsibilities committee, and regularly speaks and moderates programs
on electronic discovery around the country. He is a member of The Sedona
Conference’s Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document
Retention and Production, and recently drafted white papers for The Sedona
Conference on proportionality and judicial tools for eDiscovery. He is currently
leading the Sedona Conference team that is drafting the conference’s newest
commentary on “Proportionality in the e-Discovery Process.” Gallagher was
selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in 2011. Mr. Gallagher
has also been listed named by the prestigious Chambers USA guide as a
Leading Lawyer for Business and for the last five years has been recognized as a
Colorado “SuperLawyer.” Mr. Gallagher received his B.B.A. from Baylor University
in 1984 and his J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1987.
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