Regan Adams, Esq.
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Thomas Y. Allman
Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

LIDDLE & ROBINSON

James A. Batson
Partner, Liddle & Robinson LLP

Marilyn T. Bota
President & Principal, Bluestone Process Dynamics

Kevin F. Brady
Partner, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

Michael A. Clark
CEO, EDDix LLC

Matthew I. Cohen
Counsel, Skadden Arps, LLP

Judge Ronald J. Hedges
U.S. Magistrate Judge (N.J.)

Mark Kindy
CPA, Senior Managing Director - Forensic and Litigation Consulting, FTI Consulting Inc.

Meredith Kotler
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC

Deidre Paknad
President & CEO, PSS Systems Inc.
Founder, CGOC

Harry Pugh
Managing Director, Operations & Technology Policy Coordinator, Citigroup

Mark A, Ricca, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant to the COO, New York Community Bank

James Santangelo
IDRS Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Gideon Schor
Attorney, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC

James Wright, P.E.
Litigation Support & E-Discovery Specialist, Halliburton Company

Regan Adams, Esq.
Director, Navigant Consulting, Inc.

Regan is a Director in Navigant’s New York office, responsible for it’s legal and regulatory information management services, advising clients on legal and regulatory retention issues, policy and procedures. She comes to Navigant with a combination of 20 years experience in banking and securities, litigation, and law enforcement, including five years working as an in-house contract litigation attorney with JP Morgan Chase.

While at JP Morgan Chase, Regan worked extensively with global discovery, regulatory requirements, and retention policies and procedures in relation to major litigations and /or investigations. She was involved with, and coordinated broad-based litigation and regulatory discovery for several lengthy, high-profile matters. Regan also developed and implemented retention policies, procedures, and legal directives for regulatory compliance and legal initiatives. Her responsibilities included handling multiple regulatory subpoenas and litigation-related requests and ensuring the integrity and timely response of information to regulators and to the courts.

Regan also developed an in-house Legal Data Recovery unit in conjunction with the banks IT department and an in-house Evidence Lab for the preservation and production of electronic data. She implemented and documented legal data best practices and procedures to ensure data–integrity and completeness of e-evidence produced. Regan’s development of JP Morgan’s in-house legal data discovery processes resulted in new controls and produced substantial cost-savings in regulatory and litigation discovery expense.

Thomas Y. Allman
Senior Counsel, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP

As senior counsel with Mayer Brown, Tom provides consulting and legal representation to major US and international corporations with interests in updating policies and procedures to accommodate changes in corporate compliance activities, including e-discovery, electronic information management and integration of technologies.

Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2004, Tom was Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel for BASF Corporation where he was responsible for all NAFTA legal, compliance, intellectual property issues; for the Washington Office of Legislative Affairs; and for managing the Legal Department of more than 50 lawyers. While at BASF Tom served as Committee Chair for ACC, CJRG, LCJ and other Industry advocacy groups, developed and implemented E-Discovery, Records Management integration and Information Management Initiatives, and led a coalition of corporations supporting Amendments to E-Discovery Federal Rules.

Previous to that, Tom was with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister where he was a Partner for more than twenty years. There he specialized in Commercial Litigation and corporate governance, including shareholder litigation.

James A. Batson
Partner, Liddle & Robinson LLP

LIDDLE & ROBINSON

Jim represents individuals in all aspects of litigation. Although employment disputes make up the majority of matters upon which he works, his experience also encompasses a broad array of commercial disputes.

A leader in the field of electronic discovery, Jim was counsel of record for the plaintiff on all of the widely-followed Zubulake v. UBS Warburg decisions. This expertise often proves critical to achieving a successful result in litigation, as e-mails and other forms of electronic communication increasingly become the critical evidence upon which cases are won and lost. For instance, in Zubulake V, the Court ordered UBS to pay monetary sanctions and granted plaintiff’s request that an adverse inference instruction be given to the jury at trial. Ultimately, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Laura Zubulake in the amount of $29.2 Million, which consisted of $9.1 Million in compensatory damages and $20.1 Million in punitive damages.

In addition to numerous state and federal courts, Jim has appeared in arbitrations at the NYSE, the NASD, the American Arbitration Association and the Chicago Board of Trade. He has also argued appeals before the New York Appellate Division and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Marilyn T. Bota
President & Principal, Bluestone Process Dynamics

BLUESTONE PROCESS DYNAMICS

As president of Bluestone Process Dynamics, Marilyn brings over 20 years of GE executive, international business, design engineering, and document life cycle management experience. She developed programs introducing quality, records management and consultative selling in the aircraft engine industry and at Genworth Financial, formerly GE Financial. Her role prior to leaving GE was VP, Records Management where she created and implemented a company-wide Records Management program, as well as comprehensive business policies for all associates.

Program development, leading change and focusing on the client experience are Marilyn’s areas of expertise. Marilyn credentials include Six Sigma Quality Leader and Master Black Belt certifications, MBA from Xavier University and BE degree in Structural Engineering from Youngstown State University.

Marilyn is Chairman-elect of Junior Achievement of Central Virginia and is in the 2006 class of Leadership Metro Richmond.

Kevin F. Brady
Partner, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

Kevin F. Brady recently joined Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP as Of Counsel to the Business, Commercial and Corporate Practice Group. Prior to joining Connolly Bove, Kevin was Counsel in the Complex Mass Torts and Insurance Group of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in Wilmington, Delaware, for almost 20 years. He is a member of the Georgetown University CLE Advisory Board for the E-Discovery Institute and a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production.

Kevin is the former chair of the Board of Bar Examiners of the Delaware Supreme Court; member of the Ad Hoc Committee for Electronic Discovery of the U.S. District Court of Delaware and a member of the Delaware Court of Chancery Rules Committee. He is frequently requested to participate as an author, speaker and presenter in the areas of electronic discovery, insurance and ethical issues.

Michael A. Clark
CEO, EDDix LLC

EDDix

In his roles as CEO of two public companies, Michael got up-close and personal with the key issues relating to corporate governance, accountability and reporting.

A veteran of start-ups and turnarounds, he has distinguished himself over the past 25 years as a pioneer in the field of one-to-one marketing across multiple media and industries, including senior executive positions at Portel, Sperry & Hutchinson, Citibank, TSS Ltd., netValue, and E-Sync Networks. Each of the businesses Michael has led has leveraged new forms of enabling technology as the principal market differentiator.

Matthew I. Cohen
Counsel, Skadden Arps, LLP

As counsel in the Complex Mass Torts and Insurance Litigation Department at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Matt represents defendants against individual and class action claims involving economic loss, personal injury and property damage. He also advises clients regarding electronic discovery issues as well as in the development of strategies to mitigate the risks associated with the use, storage and retention of data stored electronically. Matt has managed the preservation, collection, processing, review and production of electronic data in cases involving tens of terabytes of data on behalf of companies involved in nationwide product liability litigation and regulatory investigations. He has also assisted clients in revising their document retention policies to address electronic data, and in drafting and implementing discovery response plans.

Matt is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production and an editor of the Working Group’s RFP+ White Paper. He is also a faculty member and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Electronic Discovery program. Mr. Cohen is a frequent lecturer and has written a number of articles on electronic discovery.

Judge Ronald J. Hedges
U.S. Magistrate Judge (New Jersey)

With his B.A. from the University of Maryland and J.D. from Georgetown, Judge Hedges has served as a United States Magistrate Judge since 1986. He sits in Newark, New Jersey. Judge Hedges is a member of, among other organizations, the American Law Institute. He has lectured on various topics, including electronic discovery, for the ALI-ABA Committee on Continuing Legal Education and other organizations.

Judge Hedges is the author of articles on various subjects and is the co-editor of the Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices Addressing Protective Orders, Confidentiality & Public Access in Civil Cases. He also sits on Georgetown University Law Center's National Law Alumni Board and the E-Discovery Institute Advisory Board.

Mark Kindy
CPA, Senior Managing Director - Forensic and Litigation Consulting, FTI Consulting Inc.

Mark Kindy is a senior managing director for FTI’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in New York. Mr. Kindy has a track record of building and growing businesses including three distinct businesses at Andersen. He has extensive litigation services and media and entertainment industry expertise and has over 20 years of strategy, operations, financial and consulting experience, including managing P&Ls exceeding $30MM with staffs up to 700 dispersed globally.

Prior to joining FTI, Mr. Kindy was the Chief Executive Officer at Applied Discovery, part of the LexisNexis group, where he ran this market leading electronic discovery processing and application service provider. Mr. Kindy was responsible for this business which served 36 of the top 50 law firms.

Prior to that, he worked at BearingPoint as the Global Key Account Managing Director for Viacom and News Corp., and as Co-Leader of the Digital Content Practice including digital media, rights and licensing, digital rights, and digital asset management. Prior to BearingPoint, Mr. Kindy was with Andersen for more than 18 years in roles including Partner in their Business Consulting Media and Entertainment division (where he was Co-founder and Global Leader of their Digital Content Practice), Partner in the Litigation Consulting business, and co-founder of the Application Service Provider Business, which included the hosting of image, text, audio and video for litigation clients.

Meredith E. Kotler
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC

Meredith is a partner in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Her practice focuses principally on commercial and securities litigation, government and internal investigations, and appellate work.

Meredith previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. During the last year and a half of her tenure, she served as the Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney in the civil division, where she supervised approximately 50 attorneys in briefing and arguing appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Meredith was lead counsel for the United States in the WorldCom bankruptcy proceedings, and co-counsel for the United States in the consolidated WorldCom securities class actions pending in the Southern District of New York. She has argued 17 appeals before the Second Circuit, and dozens of emergency applications for orders to show cause and preliminary injunctions in federal district court.

In addition, Meredith has handled a broad range of civil matters from the pre-complaint stage through trial and appeal. Her litigation experience includes challenges to administrative and regulatory action, as well as securities, constitutional, telecommunications, employment, civil rights, bankruptcy, tax, international law, and labor matters.

Deidre Paknad
President & CEO, PSS Systems, Inc.
Founder, CGOC

Deidre is a seasoned entrepreneur and software industry veteran with over 20 years experience including developing software solutions for SEC and FDA regulated markets. She founded the CGOC in early 2004 and assembled an ecosystem of domain experts as a resource to executives who seek advice, guidance and insight on critical compliance and oversight challenges.

Deidre joined PSS from Certus, where she launched the company’s Sarbanes Oxley compliance strategy and solution. Prior to Certus, Deidre founded and was CEO of CoVia Technologies, a company that was inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for its innovation. Deidre has held numerous marketing and operations management positions in the software, consumer and healthcare industries.

Harry Pugh
Managing Director, Operations & Technology Policy Coordinator, Citigroup

Harry is currently the Managing Director of Reengineering for Operations and Technology at Citigroup where he leads the development and implementation of a number of corporate policies. Prior to this role, he was Chief of Staff at Citigroup Mortgages. His long, successful tenure at Citigroup also includes Director of Recoveries US Card Products and as Controller for Global Bank Cards. He holds a BA and a Masters degree from Harvard University.

Mark Ricca, Esq.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant to the COO, NYCBancorp

Mark has been Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Company and its primary subsidiary, New York Community Bank, since 2003, and was named Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer in 2005.

Previously, he was an executive with Haven Bancorp, Inc. with roles including General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer. Before joining Haven Bancorp, Mr. Ricca was a partner in the law firm of Ricca & Donnelly and worked for General Electric Company, holding various positions in finance, auditing, management and financial sales.

Mr. Ricca is Chairman of the Insurance Committee of the Community Bankers Association of New York State.

James Santangelo
IDRS Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers

James is director in IDRS with more than 15 years of diversified systems technology experience and specializes in the assessment, recommendation, evaluation and implementation of technology solutions for record management programs. These technology solutions include email and document archiving, content management, file systems and backup, among others. James focuses on the design and development of content management systems – identifying business, functional and technology requirements. He has project management proficiency derived from his years of managing successful development and delivery of solutions to meet client needs.

Clients James has provided record management services for include American Express, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, CarrAmerica, CMS Energy and US Bancorp. He also has provided tax department content management solutions for companies such as Aetna, AT&T, Eli Lilly, General Electric, Kodak, Schlumberger and Shell Oil. He has developed workflow and knowledge sharing solutions for IBM, Lucent, McKinsey and Viacom. James is recognized as an expert in content management and has been published on KMMagazine.com and the Americas Insurance Digest.

Gideon A. Schor
Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC

Gideon Schor is a partner in the firm's New York office, where his practice focuses on securities litigation, compliance matters, white collar crime, and internal investigations. Gideon joined Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati from Credit Suisse, where he served as director of litigation for the Americas. During his tenure, he was responsible for the company's civil litigation docket in North and South America, specializing in securities underwriting, investment banking, derivatives, asset management, and real estate. As chair of Credit Suisse's e-discovery project, he designed Web-based workflow software for tracking large-scale corporate discovery, and developed deep expertise in document retention and data storage media.

Prior to Credit Suisse, Gideon spent 13 years in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he was appointed chief appellate attorney in 1999. He supervised all of the federal government's civil appellate litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, including recommendations to the U.S. Solicitor General concerning Supreme Court review. Besides litigating more than 200 appeals, he maintained a steady trial practice, representing dozens of federal agencies in complex regulatory and constitutional matters and focusing on commercial fraud, the False Claims Act, and civil RICO. In 2001, he received the Justice Department's Director's Award. His work has resulted in 99 reported decisions and 50 other Web-accessible decisions.

A frequent lecturer on electronic discovery, Gideon has been an adjunct professor at New York Law School and Fordham Law School, where he taught conflict of laws and legal writing, respectively. He is a member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and served on the Amicus Committee of the Securities Industry Association.

James Wright, P.E.
Litigation Support & E-Discovery Specialist, Halliburton Company

Jim spent over 25 years in the Engineering and Construction industry before founding a Project Management consulting group in 1991 where he became active as a testifying expert. In 2001 he was recruited to Halliburton as an in-house expert, where his research into electronic discovery lead to his current position. He is an advocate for greater participation by corporate clients in e-discovery and is an often-requested speaker on the subject.