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STEVEN CLARK is the Director of Litigation Support for Lathrop & Gage, LLP in Kansas City, MO. In this role, he consults with case teams and their clients on project planning, software selection, systems integration and issues surrounding ESI; including defensible collection methodologies, optimized ESI processing/review workflows, and litigation contingency and readiness planning. Mr. Clark also assists in establishing project teams and solutions tailored to meet the unique requirements of the firm's clients. He also works with the firm's management team to create and implement strategies for providing leading litigation technology solutions and best practices. Prior to joining Lathrop & Gage, LLP, Mr. Clark was the vice president of client services at a leading e-discovery technology provider where he was responsible for all aspects of project management and client satisfaction. He also served as a project attorney at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in Washington, D.C., where his work focused on developing document review and production standards, as well as implementing procedures and protocols for handling ESI. MATTHEW GASAWAY is the senior litigation consultant for the Litigation Services division at UnitedLex. As a litigation consultant, Mr. Gasaway provides advice to counsel for UnitedLex's clients regarding their practices for maintaining and preserving electronically stored information, and regarding discovery requirements in all relevant jurisdictions. As a practicing litigator for nine years prior to joining UnitedLex, he gained extensive experience in all aspects of discovery, including the production of electronically stored information, and he gained first-hand knowledge of the difficulties faced by counsel in managing that process. In his practice as a litigation consultant, Mr. Gasaway combines that litigation experience with his knowledge and familiarity with the technologies used in today's complex litigation in order to provide the most efficient solutions for UnitedLex's clients. In the years prior to his joining UnitedLex, he was an active trial litigator in Chicago. He initially practiced with the Chicago law firm of Peterson & Ross, and in 2003, joined with six Peterson & Ross partners to form the law firm of Chittenden, Murday & Novotny, where he practiced through 2009. At CMN, Mr. Gasaway's practice focused on the defense of general commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class action litigation, securities and financial disputes, and insurance litigation regarding group healthcare claims issues. He became one of CMN's top resources on ESI issues, drafting and contributing to the firm's annual e-discovery survey for presentation to corporate counsel. During his eight years with CMN, he was responsible for a variety of commercial litigation matters, most recently winning a trial verdict in an intellectual property case involving the provenance of computer software, with defendants located in the U.S., Europe and India, and successfully defending a class action dispute alleging a conspiracy involving multiple Chicago health organizations. Mr. Gasaway earned his juris doctorate at the University of Iowa School of Law in 2001. Since joining UnitedLex in 2009, he has worked to assist UnitedLex's corporate and law firm clients through all stages of e-discovery, from the preservation of potentially relevant data sources to the identification and review of critical data. In concert with UnitedLex's other attorney consultants, Mr. Gasaway has presented and demonstrated the principles of e-discovery through continuing legal education programs, and continues to work with counsel for UnitedLex's corporate clients regarding their company's readiness for litigation and the best practices for e-discovery. JAY E. HEIDRICK is an attorney in the law firm of Polsinelli Shughart, PC, where his practice focuses on personal injury and business litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Heidrick has frequently lectured before attorneys on civil litigation matters for the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of numerous national and local bar associations. Mr. Heidrick is licensed to practice in both Kansas and Missouri, and has handled civil litigation cases throughout the Midwest. Mr. Heidrick earned his B.A. degree from Kansas State University and his J.D. degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. ROBIN E. STEWART is an attorney with Lathrop & Gage, LLP. In addition to developing and chairing the Lathrop & Gage, LLP E-Discovery Practice Group, Ms. Stewart concentrates her time representing clients in complex commercial litigation throughout the country. As part of Ms. Stewart's e-discovery practice, she frequently advises clients in all aspects of e-discovery ranging from data retention policies to early case assessment, vendor selection, outsourcing, collection, review, production, and other e-discovery related issues. She is adept at formulating efficient and effective approaches to handling client data and meeting discovery obligations in a cost efficient manner. Ms. Stewart is a member of the Association of Women Lawyers, Associated Youth Services (vice president, Board of Directors), American and Kansas bar associations, the Missouri Bar, and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association as well as an advisory board member of LexisNexis. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Kansas and her J.D. degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. HON. DAVID J. WAXSE is a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas. He has written several pioneering decisions in electronic discovery disputes, including Williams v. Sprint/United Management Co., 230 F.R.D. 640 (D. Kan. Sept. 29, 2005) , interpreting the scope of electronic discovery to include metadata and Williams v Sprint/UnitedManagement Co. 2006 WL 1867478, 99 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas.(BNA) 1489 , (D. Kan. July 1,2006) using the procedure created by the new federal rules of civil procedure to resolve issues of inadvertently produced electronically stored information. He also is an observer to The Sedona Conference Working Groups on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) and International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6). He has been a lecturer in law at the University of Kansas School of Law and has made presentations on electronic discovery and other topics in programs presented by the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Defense Research Institute, the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Washburn Law School, Georgetown Law School, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, ALI-ABA, IQPC, The American Conference Institute, PLI, Kroll Ontrack, Marcus Evans, Pike & Fisher, and LexisNexis Applied Discovery. Judge Waxse received his B.A. degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. degree from Columbia University. Prior to his appointment as a magistrate judge, he was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon of Overland Park, Kansas.
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