CALSM Past Events

Location: Winston & Strawn

Join us to plan the programming for 2009. This is the best time for members to be heard about what they did and did not like in 2008, and what direction they would like us to take for the upcoming year.

Merrill Legal Solutions 311 S. Wacker Drive

Presenter: Terri Tipton, V.P. Professional Services, is a 16 year veteran with IPRO Tech. Terri has been providing training or overseeing training services to IPRO’s client base for the past 14 years.

Terri Tipton’s presentation will cover the power, as well as tips and tricks available in the IPRO Tech Software Suite. Some of the topics to be covered include: Manipulating and Massaging the Image database with LFP files, Tips & Tricks for IPRO Build, the ins and outs of the IPRO Tech Utility.

Lunch will be provided courtesy of IPRO Tech, Inc.

Please RSVP to Rrosenberg@legalarts.com Location: Legal Arts 77 W. Wacker Drive Suite 4800 Chicago, IL

Join us for an educational presentation regarding Managing Complex Litigation Matters. Heather Pottle of Daegis and John Parker from Epiq will share some of their experiences with us.

Heather Pottle has been a Senior Project Manager with Daegis since 2006, and has over 10 years of managing complex litgation matters. Daegis is an independent, privately owned company, and has direct input and oversight when it comes to recommending cost-efficient solutions for consulting, data collection, e-discovery processing, hosting, review, paper discovery and production services. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in NY, Boston and Chicago.

John Parker, Director of Discovery Solutions, at Epiq Systems, has spent the past seven years in the eDiscovery legal space dealing with product development, consulting and project management of high volume, multi-party, aggressive, complex cases. Epiq, a leading provider of litigation, bankruptcy, and class action solutions to the legal industry, has nine locations throughout the US and UK, is Epiq is Safe Harbor certified and has expertise with data affected by US export controls. Epiq’s bankruptcy division is handling the claims for the Lehman Brothers case and rated in the Top 5 for eDiscovery service providers in the 2008 Socha-Gelbmann Report.

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Salon 1 of Trump Tower 401 N. Wabash Chicago, IL

Food, fun & cocktails for paid members only. Thanks to vendor members for making this event possible!

RSVP to Greg Houston by 07/24/08. E-Mail to ghouston@winston.com or by telephone: 312-558-5600.

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McDermott Will & Emery 227 W. Monroe Street Chicago, IL

A round table discussion on points to consider when selecting an ediscovery service provider.

Location: Winston & Strawn LLP, 35 W. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60601

The panel addressed essential topics, such as:

1. How to structure a cost-effective e-discovery plan
2. The meet & confer process
3. How to use technology to accelerate and prioritize document review
4. Outsourcing document review.

The panelists were:

The Honorable Judge Peter Flynn, Cook County Circuit Court, Illinois (Chancery Division)

Paul Brabant, Vice President, Epiq Systems

Staci Bush, Discovery Manager, Novus Law LLC

Kevin Behan, Practice Support ESI Coordinator, Winston & Strawn LLP

The discussion was webcast live for those who could not attend courtesy of Epiq Sytems, Inc.

10pin Bowling Lounge 330 N State St Chicago, Illinois 60610

Eat, Drink, Bowl, and get to know the people that make up CALSM

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10 pin Bowling Alley at Marina City

An after-work social event for current and prospective members... bowling included. Photos to review the evidence.

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