Have you been using the same ESI Protocols for the past three years?

Have you been meaning to update it but haven’t yet?

Do you feel uncertain about how to include some of the modern sources of discovery?

Legal discovery has changed significantly in the past few years. The protocol you have been using may open the door to significant cost and admissibility issues that you are not anticipating. Join the Midwest Chapters of ACEDS for a special 4-part series designed to provide tales from the trenches, discussion from experts and judges, and then pull it all together with a working session to help you confidently implement updates and changes at your organization.

Leap forward with us on February 29 (Leap Day!) at 12:00 CT for a lively discussion from two practitioners, Angela Shapiro (Shareholder, Butzel Long) and Doug Matthews (Partner, Vorys) for a lively discussion of tales from the trenches and how ESI Protocols have impacted their cases!

• Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
• Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider
• Part 3 – 5/16: Judges Panel
• Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Part One Speakers:

Doug Matthews, Esq.
Doug is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a commercial litigator in the litigation group. His practice focuses on electronic discovery matters, and he is the head of the firm’s electronic discovery practice group. Doug has represented numerous businesses with regard to the management and discovery of electronically stored information. He has represented both corporate and public entities in a variety of litigation matters, including multiple putative class actions and complex antitrust matters.

Doug regularly speaks nationally and locally on electronic discovery issues. Doug received his J.D. summa cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and his B.A. from the University of Virginia. Doug clerked for The Honorable Joseph P. Kinneary, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and for The Honorable Alan Norris, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Angela Emmerling Shapiro, JD, CEDS

Angela Emmerling Shapiro is a litigation shareholder with Butzel Long in Detroit. A significant portion of Angela’s practice is focused on guiding the firm’s electronic discovery practice and AI initiatives. She also helps clients with global operations navigate evolving privacy laws.

Angela is CEDS certified and has repeatedly been recognized as a Metro-Detroit “Top Lawyer” in the areas of Information Management, eDiscovery, and Information Technology Law by DBusiness Magazine. Crain’s Detroit Business named Angela to its inaugural class of Notable Women in Technology in 2018 and she was a 2020 recipient of Michigan Lawyer’s Weekly’s “Women in the Law” award.

Angela is a member of Butzel Long’s Women’s Leadership, Technology, and Pro Bono Committees. She sits on the Board of Directors for the ACEDS Detroit chapter, co-leads the EDRM TAR Protocol team, and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Historical Society for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Angela is a Spartan through and through. She graduated from Michigan State University in 1994 and from the Michigan State University College of Law in 1998.