Anatomy of a Legal Hold: From Corporations and Governments to the Law Firm & Service Providers

Manager of E-Discovery and Practice Technology with 15 years’ experience building teams, driving analytics best practices, and consistently exceeding expectations.

Barry O'Melia is a senior product manager at Relativity, where he guides the development of the platform's legal hold and collection features

Rosemary Kuperberg is Assistant General Counsel and Data Protection Officer at Ellucian, the leading provider of software and services built to power higher education. Rosemary provides legal support and advice regarding Ellucian's global data protection requirements. Prior to Ellucian, Rosemary worked for other large technology services companies in roles with an increasing focus on privacy and data security.

Rosemary earned her J.D. at George Mason University School of Law and her B.A. in International Affairs at The George Washington University. Rosemary is licensed to practice law in Florida and Virginia, and holds CIPP/G and CIPP/E certifications.

Kenya Parrish-Dixon is the General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Empire Technologies Risk Management Group, a cybersecurity, Information Governance, eDiscovery, and Managed Review corporate holding company. She was formerly the Director of White House Information Governance for the Executive Office of the President and before that she was the Assistant Director of the Division of Litigation Technology and Analysis at the Federal Trade Commission. She is a former defense litigator and currently sits on several industry Advisory Boards.

Kenya is barred in the District of Columbia, holds the NARA Certificate of Federal Records Management, and became CEDS certified in 2012. She received her law degree from The College of William & Mary.

David Horrigan is Relativity’s discovery counsel and legal content director. An attorney, law school guest lecturer, e-discovery industry analyst, and award-winning journalist, David has served as counsel at the Entertainment Software Association, reporter and assistant editor at The National Law Journal, and analyst and counsel at 451 Research. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Legaltech News and the Data Law Board of Advisors at the Yeshiva University Cardozo Law School.

David holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Florida, and he studied international law at Universiteit Leiden in the Netherlands. He is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia.