E-Discovery | Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP

Practice Overview

Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P. advises clients of all sizes regarding e-discovery. The firm’s approach is to take the time to understand the unique aspects of each client’s electronic systems and collaboratively design a program or litigation plan that is defensible, efficient, and reduces costs. The firm’s experience in numerous complex class actions provides us with unique, up-to-date knowledge of vendor capabilities, technologies, and costs. Our e-discovery services cover client’s needs before and during litigation, as described below.

The firm’s e-discovery practice group is led by attorney Brian Clark. Brian frequently presents at CLEs regarding e-discovery, is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group 1, is a Board Member for the Twin Cities Chapter of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, and served on the Minnesota State Bar Association E-Discovery Working Group. For the past four years he has taught e-discovery at the University of Minnesota Law School.

If you have questions, please contact Brian Clark (612-339-6900, bdclark@locklaw.com)

Our Services

Litigation Readiness:

The greatest cost savings in e-discovery involve implementing defensible retention policies before litigation and ensuring those policies are followed. We can help:

Develop and implement information governance policies to significantly reduce e-discovery costs.
Train in-house IT and legal staff regarding standard operating procedures for defensible litigation holds, preservation, and collection.

Litigation E-Discovery Strategy:

Our unique mix of plaintiff and defense side work from smaller single-party cases to highly complex class action litigation allows us to provide unique insights into all aspects of e-discovery. We can help:

Coordinate document collection with in-house IT staff or outside forensic consultants to ensure a defensible process is used.
Analyze and select high quality attorney review vendors that reduce costs and provide clear transparency to clients regarding the accuracy and progress of the review.
Select effective, low cost e-discovery platforms that fit each unique case, including harnessing Technology Assisted Review to significantly reduce linear review.
Identify cost-saving solutions for unique technical challenges of each client’s business, such as automatic-redaction of Personal Health Information and Personally Identifiable Information for companies in the health care industry.
Negotiate or advise clients regarding e-discovery protocols and defensible collection and search processes.