Continuing Education Information Sheet

• Explain eDiscovery, ESI, and their role in litigation
• Identify challenges that arise from eDiscovery in a case
• Understand the ethical obligations attorneys face in eDiscovery
• Apply top tips to comply with ethical duties and recent case law

Intended audience: Attorneys handling litigation and eDiscovery across jurisdictions.

Level: beginner

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.

• Mary DePaolo Haddad, Shareholder, Klinedinst PC

  Klinedinst PC

  Mary DePaolo Haddad is a shareholder in the Seattle office of Klinedinst PC, practicing professional liability defense with an emphasis on legal malpractice, along with employment litigation, general liability claims, wage and hour and discrimination class actions, and discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and retaliation matters. She works within the firm's legal ethics and law firm risk management practice and has substantial trial and courtroom experience, having first-chaired jury trials and complex arbitrations, and is trained to prepare cases digitally using modern courtroom technology. She earned her J.D. at Gonzaga University School of Law and her B.A. at Seattle University, and has been an active member of the Washington bar since 20 November 2000. At Legal Cyber Academy, Mary DePaolo Haddad teaches on eDiscovery and legal ethics, and on reducing eDiscovery costs through mediation.

• Michael Geibelson, Partner, Robins Kaplan LLP

  Robins Kaplan LLP

  Michael A. Geibelson is a partner at Robins Kaplan LLP, where his practice spans business, class action, trade secret, trademark and advertising, real estate, and privacy and cybersecurity litigation. He served as managing partner of the firm's Los Angeles and Silicon Valley offices from 2015 until February 2025, when Jason Fair succeeded him; the firm said Geibelson would continue to play a key role in its leadership while focusing on client service and high-exposure trial work. He is a past chair of the California State Bar's Litigation Section and of the Los Angeles Lawyer editorial board, a fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, and a past president of the Disability Rights Legal Center. He holds a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. At Legal Cyber Academy he teaches on eDiscovery and legal ethics, and on courtroom strategy for deposing CISOs.

• Thomas Vanaskie, Of Counsel, Stevens & Lee (Hon., Ret.)

  Stevens & Lee

  The Honorable Thomas I. Vanaskie is Of Counsel at Stevens & Lee, where he chairs the firm's Appellate and Mediation, Neutral Services, and Alternative Dispute Resolution practice groups. He served as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 2010 to 2018 and, before that, as a district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania for 16 years, including seven as chief judge. Over more than four decades in the legal profession he has litigated or overseen hundreds of complex cases and now serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and court-appointed special master.

Legal Cyber Academy is not an accredited provider; the notes below explain how a learner may self-submitthis activity where their board permits. The pathways shown reflect this course’s subject matter. Always confirm your board’s current rules.

• Addresses legal ethics / professional responsibility — may qualify for ethics-specialty CLE where your jurisdiction recognizes it.

• CLE (attorneys)up to 1.0 hr (60-min basis)

  Many U.S. jurisdictions let an attorney apply for CLE credit for a non-accredited program (often called individual attorney or self-application). Use this certificate plus the course Information Sheet as your supporting documentation. Your state bar or CLE board decides whether credit is granted, how much, and any self-study cap.

• CE / CPD (privacy, insurance, IT)up to 1.0 hr (60-min basis)

  Where your professional body recognizes self-reported or self-directed learning (CPD) — for example many privacy (CIPP/CIPM) and security certifications — record this activity using the certificate and Information Sheet. Confirm your program's self-reporting rules and any documentation it requires.