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KHRISTI DRIVER is a partner in the law firm of Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC, where her practice is focused on civil trials and appeals. Ms. Driver has represented insurers and insured's in a wide variety of matters, including products liability, insurance coverage matters, property and casualty claims, fraud, bad faith and punitive damages claims, and employment discrimination cases. She also has extensive expertise in electronic data discovery and regularly advises clients on electronic data retention policies. Ms. Driver is a frequent speaker and author on electronic data discovery topics. She has been named by the Defense Research Institute (DRI) as Chair of Marketing for DRI's Electronic Discovery Committee. Ms. Driver was awarded full scholarships to both the University of Alabama and Cumberland School of Law. At law school, she was active in both trial advocacy competitions and as an Editor on the Cumberland Law Review . Ms. Driver is an active member of the Birmingham Bar Association, serving in a variety of key committee roles, including as an elected member of the Executive Committee, a member of the board of directors for the Women Lawyers' Section and as a member of the Entertainment Committee. In recognition of her professional achievements and community service, she was named to the Birmingham Business Journal's "Top 40 Under 40" for 2009, as well as receiving the 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association. Most recently, Ms. Driver was named a 2011 Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of Insurance Coverage. GREGORY L. FORDHAM founded K & F Consulting, Inc. in 1991, and has since provided a variety of litigation support services in the fields of electronic discovery, computer forensics, and damages quantification. He has written extensively in those fields. Mr. Fordham's writings have appeared in publications like the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology , the American Bar Association's Procurement Lawyer , Martindale-Hubbell's Counsel to Counsel Labor and Employment Law Alert , and the Bureau of National Affair's Digital Discovery and e-Evidence and Federal Contracts Report . In addition, he has testified as an expert witness in various state and federal courts on subjects involving e-discovery, computer forensics and damages quantification Mr. Fordham earned his B.B.A. degree from Emory University in Atlanta, and is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor, a certified computer examiner and a Microsoft certified professional. KIMBERLY T. POWELL is a partner in Balch & Bingham LLP's Birmingham office. She has a general business litigation practice with a focus on representing special committees of board of directors and disputes involving intellectual property, as well as nationwide litigation management experience. She also works with immigration matters and is the chair of the firm's Electronic Discovery Practice Group. Ms. Powell counsels clients and lawyers in navigating corporate document retention issues and developing and implementing strategies for managing electronic discovery. She received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Wake Forest University and her J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Ms. Powell is a member of the Alabama State Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section (Immediate Past President); Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum, Chair Programs (2009); Birmingham Bar Association; and the Alabama Law Institute Model State Trademark Bill Committee (passed by the Alabama legislature, effective January 1, 2011).
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