Continuing Education Information Sheet

• Identify sources and types of smartphone evidence (ESI)
• Apply the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to smartphone eDiscovery
• Apply the Federal Rules of Evidence to smartphone data and text messages
• Ensure the admissibility of smartphone evidence in court

Intended audience: Litigators handling civil and criminal matters involving smartphone evidence.

Level: intermediate

Prerequisites: None

• Daniel B. Garrie, Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

  Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

  Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

• Paul Kiesel, Partner, Kiesel Law LLP

  Kiesel Law LLP

  Paul Kiesel is a Partner at Kiesel Law LLP who represents individuals and families in significant personal injury and wrongful death matters, along with municipalities in major litigation. A longtime leader in the California legal community, he served as president of the Los Angeles County Bar Association and on the State of California Judicial Council's Civil and Small Claims Advisory Committee. He co-chairs the Open Courts Coalition and has been named a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.

• Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Of Counsel, Blank Rome LLP

  Blank Rome LLP

  Jeffrey Rosenfeld is Of Counsel at Blank Rome LLP, where his practice focuses on litigation involving corporate governance, entertainment, intellectual property, and bankruptcy. He represents company officers and directors as well as actors, musicians, producers, and other creative talent, and also advises high-profile individuals and businesses facing cybersecurity and personal security threats. He has co-authored a chapter on the use of special masters in an eDiscovery treatise and has been repeatedly listed as a Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star.

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