E-Discovery Education

Just a note that I will be speaking about Florida's civil procedure rule amendments addressing ESI at the Technology Committee of the Orange County Bar Association (OCBAnet.org) at noon tomorrow, Thursday, July 19, 2012.  I am also speaking as a panelist in a national webinar for the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists® or ACEDS.org which will take place at 1 pm EST on August 3, 2012 online. I will also be presenting regarding the new rule amendments during the OCBA's Family Law Committee CLE on September 21, 2012. Look for future speaking engagements as the campaign to educate bench and bar about the effect of these changes continues.

About the Speaker, Lawrence Kolin, Esq. - A full-time neutral and Supreme Court of Florida Certified Circuit-Civil and Appellate Mediator, in Winter Park, Florida, he handles alternative dispute resolution of complex multi-party cases involving professional liability, construction, technology, real estate, employment and contract disputes. Now a qualified arbitrator, he frequently practiced in state and federal courts in diverse areas of civil trial work including business, commercial and patent litigation. Previously, he was a partner in a statewide firm, trying cases in insurance, intellectual property, health care, and medical malpractice, among other areas. He earned a political science degree from Trinity College in Connecticut and a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, where he was Executive Editor of the Entertainment & Sports Law Review. Mediating since 2001, he is AV® Rated and member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He served as founding Chair of the Florida Bar Civil Procedure Rules Subcommittee on Electronic Discovery which drafted new rules becoming effective September 1, 2012.