ACEDS

ACAN Annual Meeting 2025
2025-03-05 - 2025-03-08

ACEDS DC Chapter eDiscovery Day Celebration
2024-12-05 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York) | Bobby Van’s Grill, 1201 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20005, Washington, DC, 20005, US
Come celebrate eDiscovery Day with the ACEDS DC Chapter – join us for a day of networking, learning, and fun!

Join the ACEDS DC Chapter, the DC Bar, the DC & Richmond Chapters of Women in eDiscovery, the Black eDiscovery Network (BEN), and BDiscovery for a regional eDiscovery Day networking event on December 5th, proudly sponsored by Reveal. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with industry peers and celebrate eDiscovery Day with the regional community!

Enhancing Support for Litigations Comprehensively Through Data Analytics and E-Discovery
2024-10-10 12:00 - 13:15 (America/New_York)

Social Media Investigations and Analysis
2024-09-18 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 2020 K St NW, 2020 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20006, Washington, DC, 20006, US
Learn how to boost your litigation support using data analytics and e-discovery tools at our interactive in-person event!

Welcome to our event:
How to find individuals, preserve data from sites, analyze and review data from social media sites and associated services.

Updated trends around digital forensics on mobile devices
2024-08-15 12:00 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | 2020 K St NW, 2020 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20006, Washington, DC, 20006, US
Learn how to boost your litigation support using data analytics and e-discovery tools at our interactive in-person event!

Welcome to our event:
Forensic investigations and what is/is not possible for retrieving, analyzing, and producing data from mobile devices. What data is available from applications, system files, etc.

The Masters Conference: DC
2024-04-17
Sidley Austin will host the Washington, D.C. event on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. The day will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities. We provide an excellent platform for legal professionals, technology experts, and industry leaders to share their knowledge and insights while exploring innovative solutions to the challenges they face in the legal domain.

ACEDS members: Save 20% on registration with code ACEDSWASHDC20

Learn more and register here

Getting the most out of Analytics…Beyond Continuous Active Learning
2024-01-18 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | 2020 K St NW, 2020 K Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20006, Washington, DC, 20006, US
Join ACEDS and Control Risks for an interactive discussion regarding the use of Analytics in your workflows. (Located on the P1Lower Level)

We are all interested in using analytics to gain insights, accelerate review, and save money, and this can be done in myriad ways. Join ACEDS and Control Risks for an interactive discussion about utilizing Analytics across structured and unstructured data sets in ways beyond traditional Continuous Active Learning workflows.

Negotiating Better ESI Agreements
2023-10-25 15:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)

Happy Hour and eDiscovery Expert Panel
2023-07-19 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Deloitte DC, 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest 10th floor, Washington, DC 20004, Washington, DC, 20004, US
Beyond eDiscovery: Enhancing Technical Literacy Throughout Your Organization

Summary:
Though the use of AI in the legal industry is not new, it’s applicability and use continue to grow at an accelerated pace. Considerations regarding how AI is used, its algorithms and results, and the expectation for future applications of Generative AI need to be understood and addressed. During this discussion, the panel will speak to how AI has woven its way into everyday legal, investigative, and eDiscovery workstreams. Attorneys not only need a level of technical competency regarding the technology being used on their matters, they need to understand where else technology will present itself. Questions surrounding data creation and authentication will require a level of technical literacy beyond eDiscovery and forensic teams to include other stakeholders within an organization.

Speakers:
Steven Berrent, (Deloitte) – Moderator
Kelley Hempson (Deloitte)
Zviad Gurili (WilmerHale)
Julian Ackert (iDS)

E-Discovery Day Happy Hour
2022-12-01 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)

eDiscovery Expert Panel and Membership Drive
2022-11-10 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for a virtual event

Emerging technologies and best practices make it challenging for eDiscovery professionals to stay abreast of the evolving services landscape. New data types, security and privacy concerns are growing every day. Join industry thought leaders Sheryl Rahn of Barrister Digital Solutions and Monica Harris of Cellebrite Enterprise Solutions for a deep dive into current challenges across the EDRM along with proposed solutions.
S﻿peakers:

Sheryl Rahn is an exceptional Director of Project Management/Program with extraordinary management skills. Sheryl has managed litigation and technology projects at various Litigation Support companies since 2005 both as an electronic discovery webhosting technician and a project manager. She managed projects ranging from financial institutions to health care corporations to technology corporations. Throughout her career, Sheryl has developed an extensive background in collaborating with representatives from the DOJ, SEC and FCC in order to meet the deliverable criteria required by the case teams on a matter/project specific level.
Sheryl held leadership positions where she was successful in modifying policies and procedures, developing workflows with supporting documentation, implementation of project plans and improving the overall quality of the deliverables provided to end-clients. As a Director, Sheryl leads a team of project managers that specialize in managing the execution of both small and largescale eDiscovery matters spanning the entire Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).

Monica has over 15 years of experience specializing in the development, implementation, and training of proprietary software for companies such as KLDiscovery and Consilio. Before joining Cellebrite she worked with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where she spent 2 years overseeing policy and procedure curation, enterprise solution rollout, and training for enterprise solutions. Monica is an active leader and mentor in the eDiscovery community and currently serves as Immediate Past President of the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS) DC Chapter, and as a Board Member of the Master’s Conference.

2022 Summer FUNdraiser DC Edition
2022-07-26 17:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)

Short Message Data Part 2: We're Not In Document Land Any More Toto!
2021-05-19 14:00 - 15:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for a panel discussion

Join the ACEDS DC Chapter and esteemed panelists Martha Louks of McDermott Will & Emery, Mark Anderson of CDS and Scott Kohlhoff of Relativity for part 2 of this 2 part series that continues to follow the yellow brick road and engages the audience in a riveting discussing regarding reviewing and producing short message data.
Panelists:

Martha Louks focuses on implementing high-value, efficiency-driven solutions that improve the delivery of legal services for clients. She has extensive experience designing strategic and creative solutions using artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies to achieve results for our clients.
Martha has advised on many high-profile, high-stakes matters where defensible processes and accurate results were critical to the case. Her experience spans FCPA matters, global cartel investigations, complex commercial litigation, criminal matters, and internal investigations. She collaborates with legal teams to develop technology and workflow approaches that align with case strategy while increasing efficiency.
Martha is highly skilled in using AI to solve big data challenges and identify important information for the case quickly and accurately. She emphasizes the thoughtful use of technology to enable attorneys to focus their time on high-level analysis instead of unnecessary document review.
As Director of Technology Services, Martha focuses on designing solutions that combine market-leading products, effective processes, and experienced people to drive results for clients. She also oversees a team of experienced technology professionals and manages operations for McDermott Discovery.
Martha is a Certified Relativity Master, having four concurrent certifications: Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Analytics Specialist, Relativity Project Management Specialist, and Relativity Processing Specialist.

Scott Kohlhoff is a Product Manager at Relativity who drives the development of Relativity Short Message Format (“RSMF”), which is a solution for customers to standardize and review chat data for any chat application. One of Scott’s initiatives is understanding how the nature of ESI is changing and how Relativity can be a leader in this evolving landscape. This involves working with personas across the EDRM and all segments that Relativity serves

Mark Anderson is the Director of UK Operations at Complete Discovery Source and steers the development of the CDS Convert, CDS’ suite of RSMF conversion tools. Mark is a Relativity Master, and encase Certified examiner, who works with CDS’ corporate and law firm clients, consulting through all areas of the EDRM. This includes data collection methodologies, Relativity review workflows and the use of analytics and predictive coding technologies

Short Message Data Part 1: Chats, JSON' s & Conversions Oh My!
2021-04-22 12:00 - 13:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for a panel discussion

Join the ACEDS DC Chapter and esteemed panelists Martha Louks of McDermott Will & Emery, Mark Anderson of CDS and Scott Kohlhoff of Relativity for part 1 of this 2 part series that follows the yellow brick road and engages the audience in a technical discussing regarding collecting and processing short message data.
Panelists:

Martha Louks focuses on implementing high-value, efficiency-driven solutions that improve the delivery of legal services for clients. She has extensive experience designing strategic and creative solutions using artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced technologies to achieve results for our clients.
Martha has advised on many high-profile, high-stakes matters where defensible processes and accurate results were critical to the case. Her experience spans FCPA matters, global cartel investigations, complex commercial litigation, criminal matters, and internal investigations. She collaborates with legal teams to develop technology and workflow approaches that align with case strategy while increasing efficiency.
Martha is highly skilled in using AI to solve big data challenges and identify important information for the case quickly and accurately. She emphasizes the thoughtful use of technology to enable attorneys to focus their time on high-level analysis instead of unnecessary document review.
As Director of Technology Services, Martha focuses on designing solutions that combine market-leading products, effective processes, and experienced people to drive results for clients. She also oversees a team of experienced technology professionals and manages operations for McDermott Discovery.
Martha is a Certified Relativity Master, having four concurrent certifications: Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Analytics Specialist, Relativity Project Management Specialist, and Relativity Processing Specialist.

Scott Kohlhoff is a Product Manager at Relativity who drives the development of Relativity Short Message Format (“RSMF”), which is a solution for customers to standardize and review chat data for any chat application. One of Scott’s initiatives is understanding how the nature of ESI is changing and how Relativity can be a leader in this evolving landscape. This involves working with personas across the EDRM and all segments that Relativity serves

Mark Anderson is the Director of UK Operations at Complete Discovery Source and steers the development of the CDS Convert, CDS’ suite of RSMF conversion tools. Mark is a Relativity Master, and encase Certified examiner, who works with CDS’ corporate and law firm clients, consulting through all areas of the EDRM. This includes data collection methodologies, Relativity review workflows and the use of analytics and predictive coding technologies

Beyond the Pandemic: Managing Remote Review
2021-03-19 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Join the ACEDS DC Chapter for an event

Join ACEDS DC Chapter’s own Josh Raynes, Associate at Kraftson Caudle, and managed review experts Nicole Fryson of Transperfect Legal Solutions, Gregory MacFarlene of Disco and Mike Ryan of Special Counsel for a riveting discussion on the challenges, successes and future of managing remote review.
