Advisory Board

A former President of the American Bar Association and retired partner at the Tallahassee office of Holland & Knight, she serves as Chief Privacy Officer at TLO, a firm in Boca Raton, Florida that specializes in fraud, risk and investigatory technology tools. She oversees the development and monitoring of policies related to privacy protection of people, client and employee data. She also served as chair of the Florida Commission on Ethics and as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. She has been active in many national organizations, including service on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and member of the American Law Institute, and has received numerous awards for her contributions to society and the legal profession. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University and a JD from the University of Florida.

Director of High Tech Investigations for Prudential Financial, he leads a team of highly skilled E-Discovery and digital forensics practitioners. He supervises collection and processing efforts, develops E-Discovery policy, consults with internal departments and outside counsel as a subject matter expert, and oversees digital investigations. Prior to joining Prudential, he was a Principal with Guidance Software's Professional Services Division, working with AmLaw 100 firms and Fortune 1000 corporations to address their E-Discovery needs. During this time he oversaw collection and processing efforts on matters comprising more than 3,000 custodians, as well as complex post-litigation compliance actions. He began his career as the manager of the Louisiana Department of Justice's computer forensics team, a highlight of which was providing expert testimony in the trial of convicted serial killer Sean Vincent Gillis. He also spent several years as a computer forensic examiner assigned to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Cyber Division.

A former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and legal counsel to the Governor of Florida and the Florida House of Representatives, Arthur J. England, Jr. practices appellate, trial support, and constitutional law at the international firm, Greenberg Traurig. He served as chair of The Florida Bar’s first Appellate Practice Certification Committee, formed and serves as co-chair of his firm’s national appellate practice group, is board certified in appellate law, and authored Florida’s administrative procedures act, deceptive and unfair trade practices act, and corporate income tax code. As a member of the Florida Supreme Court, he took a leading role in the Court’s adoption of the nation’s pioneering decisions which allowed cameras in all courts and created the interest on lawyers’ trust account (IOLTA) program. He graduated with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and from its law school, and has taught income tax and appellate practice as an adjunct professor at Florida State University College of Law.

A partner at Colson Hicks Eidson in Miami, he is one of the nation's premier trial attorneys, specializing over the past 20 years in products liability, class action, business litigation, medical malpractice and personal injury litigation. Board certified as a specialist in civil trial and business litigation law, he has achieved 21 multi-million-dollar jury verdicts and numerous settlements of that size. He is a past president of the Dade County Bar Association and Dade County Trial Lawyers Association, and past director of the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and member of the Florida Bar Board of Governors and its Executive Committee. A member of National Board of Trustees of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, he has written numerous articles on various aspects of litigation, including e-discovery. He is an adjunct professor of litigation and trial skills at the University of Miami School of Law, where he earned, cum laude, his JD degree.

A litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York, he focuses his practice on the defense of consumer and securities class actions and the electronic discovery challenges presented by complex litigation and investigative matters in these and other types of legal matters. Recommended by The Legal 500 US (2011) for Securities Litigation and Data Protection and Privacy and recognized as a Securities Litigation “Star” in the IFLR Benchmark Litigation Guide (2010), he is a frequent author on class action defense and e-discovery strategies for various legal publications, including Bloomberg Class Action Litigation Reporter. Among his recent litigation projects, he designed and implemented electronic discovery strategies for complex U.S.-based and international investigations, including the global internal investigation of Siemens AG, and conducted internal investigations for companies following the threat or imposition of e-discovery and other sanctions.

Principal of Lex Aperta in Seattle, which specializes in e-discovery legal advice and consulting, Helen Bergman Moure has been a commercial litigator in federal and state court for 17 years. Since 1999, she has devoted her practice to efficient, cost-effective e-discovery and document review services to clients ranging from entrepreneurs to Fortune 100 corporations. Previously, as a partner at K&L Gates in Seattle, she helped found the firm’s e-Discovery Analysis and Technology (e-DAT) Group and develop the Patterns document review software created by Attenex, now owned by FTI. She is very experienced in structuring and supervising projects involving all aspects of discovery, from custodian identification and retention to collection, processing, review, and post-production litigation support. She advises public and private organizations on litigation readiness and in designing and implementing document retention systems. She is a frequent speaker on e-discovery and actively participates in The Sedona Conference®. A member of the bars of Florida and Washington, she earned her JD from Boston University School of Law.

At Stroock, he introduced formal project management principles and standardized work-flow processes for all phases of electronic discovery, and is one of the principal authors of the firm’s best practices guidelines on electronic discovery, document review and production. He also spearheaded the development of an attorney and paralegal training program in the use of litigation technology tools. He earned a B.S. from SUNY, graduating cum laude, and studied law for a year at the University of London. Mike is a member of the Project Management Institute and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is also a member of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) and the East Coast Association of Litigation Support Managers (ECALSM).

An experienced commercial litigator and consultant to businesses on e-discovery and risk management, he is Partner at Parsons Farnell & Grein in Portland, Oregon, and has extensive "in the trenches" experience litigating ESI-intensive matters. Previously, at Holland & Knight he was one of the founding members of the Electronic Data Discovery Specialty Team, providing e-discovery training firmwide and consulting litigation teams across the country. He has handled e-discovery disputes from many angles: judicial law clerk, insurance defense counsel, and, more recently, as private litigation counsel and mediator. He is co-editor of the leading ABA newsletter on pretrial practice, an author of the ACEDS Certification Examination Preparation Manual, and frequent speaker at e-discovery CLE programs nationwide.

National President of the Association of Litigation Support Professionals (ALSP), she is Director of Marketing and Business Development for Forensics Consulting Solutions, in Austin, Texas. She has worked in the legal field since 1974, as a discovery project manager in complex cases at the local and national levels, including work for the plaintiffs’ team in the multidistrict litigation involving silicone breast implants, and previously as a paralegal. Nationally recognized for her record of promoting and educating the e-discovery community, she has been active in various associations in the legal field, including ARMA and Women in E-Discovery. During her tenure as National President of ALSP, membership has grown by 45%, according to a 2011 survey by Litigation Support Today. She has received numerous awards, including ARMA’s Award of Achievement, Ambassador Award and Spirit of Education Award. A frequent speaker on various issues in the legal field, she received a US Department of Justice Mentor Award.