Extract from George Socha’s article “#eDiscoveryLeadersLive featuring Crystal O’Donnell of Heuristica Discovery Counsel”
Crystal O’Donnell, Chief Executive Officer and Senior Counsel at Heuristica Discovery Counsel, joins George Socha, Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal, for the first in a special set of ACEDS #eDiscoveryLeadersLive sessions broadcast from the Reveal stage at Legalweek 2023.
The founder and CEO of Heuristica Discovery Counsel LLP, Crystal has extensive experience as litigation and eDiscovery counsel having practiced with a leading litigation firm and the Crown Law Office – Civil of the Ministry of the Attorney General (Ontario). Crystal is the Chair of the Board of Directors of CanLII and Lexum, the Chair of a Uniform Law Conference of Canada (ULCC) Working Group, an elected Council member of the OBA, and a member of the EDRM Global Advisory Council. Crystal is recognized as a leading eDiscovery counsel in the Who’s Who Legal, Canada and Global, and was the recipient of the Ontario Bar Association President’s Award in 2020 for contributions to the advancement of justice.
After sharing her background and explaining what her eDiscovery law firm does, Crystal discussed differences between how eDiscovery is handled in Canada and the US.
