The Judges Panel

Midwest ACEDS Chapters are thrilled to bring together a fantastic panel of judges for an insightful discussion moderated by David Horrigan, Relativity.

In previous sessions, we discussed challenges derived from poorly written or out-of-date ESI protocols from practitioners and industry specialists and their advice on modernizing protocols to fit modern discovery. In this session, we will hear from the judges as they share their perspectives on how ESI Protocols affect proceedings, the trends they are seeing, and their opinions on where we are going.

We are privileged to have U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Goddard (S.D. Cal) and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Richlin (C.D. Cal.) join us for this session. Additional judges are to be announced.

Join us on June 6, 2024, for the Judges Panel!

• Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
• Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider: Panel Discussion
• Part 3 – 6/6: The Judges Panel
• Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Moderator:

David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director at Relativity
David Horrigan is Relativity’s discovery counsel and legal education director. An attorney, award-winning journalist, law school guest lecturer, and former e-discovery industry analyst, David has served as counsel at the Entertainment Software Association, reporter and assistant editor at The National Law Journal, and analyst and counsel at 451 Research. The author and co-author of law review articles as well as the annual Data Discovery Legal Year in Review, David is a frequent contributor to Legaltech News, and he was First Runner-Up for Best Legal Analysis in the LexBlog Excellence Awards. His articles have appeared also in The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The New York Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, The Washington Examiner, and others, and he has been cited by media, including American Public Media’s Marketplace, TechRepublic, and The Wall Street Journal. David serves on the Global Advisory Board of ACEDS, the Planning Committee of the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference, and the Resource Board of the National Association of Women Judges. David is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, and he is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/US.

Panelists:

Hon. Allison Goddard, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California
Judge Allison Goddard was sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of California in August 2019. She graduated from Boston College in 1993 and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000. Judge Goddard spent the first half of her legal career representing corporate defendants in litigation at Cooley LLP and her own law firm, Jaczko Goddard LLP. In 2011, she shifted her practice to representing plaintiffs in complex and intellectual property litigation. She has tried several cases, including class actions and patent infringement disputes. Judge Goddard speaks regularly on eDiscovery and other litigation issues. She is a member of the Advisory Board of the San Diego Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and the Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court.

Hon. A. Joel Richlin, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Central District of California
Andrew Keck, Chief Technology Officer, is a Co-Founder and Equity Partner of ProFile Discovery, a litigation support company based in Columbus, Ohio. Developing and leading the electronic discovery practice for ProFile Discovery for the last twelve years and has over eighteen years working in the litigation support profession, a background in electronic discovery, and holds a MS in Cybersecurity. He continues to serve as an expert witness for court cases involving forensics and other technical issues with complex IT infrastructures.