Lost in Translation - Overcoming Miscommunications and Other Barriers to Efficient Legal Operations

Melissa Weberman is the head of the firm’s eDiscovery & Data Analytics (“eData”) group. She focuses on counseling clients in eDiscovery and data analytics processes and best practices. Ms. Weberman works closely with Arnold & Porter’s lawyers across practice groups to tailor strategies and discovery management plans for clients in numerous industries. Ms. Weberman advises clients on defensible approaches to the preservation, collection, search, and analysis of information and data, and is experienced with technology-assisted review and other methods to enable clients to significantly reduce costs while maintaining defensibility.

Greg is Arnold & Porter’s Director of Discovery Operations and consults regularly with legal teams regarding the best use of available technology to manage document-intensive litigation matters from discovery through trial. With over 30 years of experience in the field of litigation support, Greg brings a wealth of knowledge and unique perspective to his position and works to implement a common sense approach to matter management ensuring a cost-effective and client oriented outcome. Project success is never one-sided and must include ongoing communications and project management, the right use of technology, documented workflows and flexibility when project assumptions undoubtedly change.

Founder and CEO Christine Chalstrom brings years of experience as a litigator, technologist and entrepreneur to Sadie Blue Software. After running her own legal practice and building a successful eDiscovery company, Christine founded Sadie Blue Software in order to help others in the legal industry find solutions to solve their technical problems and run their practices more efficiently.

Christine is an attorney, programmer, and certified forensic investigator. Dedicated to education in the legal industry, she has developed comprehensive eDiscovery training courses and serves on the Board of Trustees at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, MN.