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Panelist BiographiesMay 3 Digital Discovery Workshop Terry F. LenznerTerry F. Lenzner, chairman of Investigative Group International, Inc., founded the company in 1984 as an adjunct to Lenzner's former law firm. IGI's founding marked an expansion of Lenzner's investigative law practice begun a decade earlier through his use of an in-house investigative unit at Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner. In addition, over the years, clients of IGI and Lenzner have
included: Lenzner began as an attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department, became a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and eventually gained national recognition as assistant chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee. The investigation of this committee lead to the prosecution of a score of top government officials and in August 1974, to the resignation of then President Nixon. He also has conducted training sessions on complex investigations for the offices of the Inspectors General at several federal agencies. Lenzner is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and was a member of the Board of Oversees from 1970 to 1976. Kevin P. ConwayKevin P. Conway is a founding member of the firm Conway, Crowley and Homer. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1966 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1969. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1970 and the Massachusetts Bar 1971. Mr. Conway has served as counsel to the Waterfront Crime Commission of New York-New Jersey, Overmyer Distribution Services (New York, New York), WDHO-TV (Toledo, Ohio), CBS, Inc. (counsel to CBS News, the CBS radio and television networks, and the CBS owned and operated television and radio stations) and Cives Corporation (a steel fabrication company in Syracuse, New York). Since 1978, Mr. Conway has been engaged in the private practice of law. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in civil litigation. Representative clients include American Airlines, Lloyds of London, FIGI International, Automatic Sprinkler Corp., World Wide Waterproofing, Inc. and American Roof Maintenance Co., Inc. Mr. Conway's practice has also involved the preparation of appellate briefs submitted to the Massachusetts Supreme Court, the Federal Circuits (First Circuit and Federal Circuit) and the Supreme Court of the United States. At present, Mr. Conway is actively engaged in the areas of estate planning, health law, and elder law. He resides in Wellesley, Massachusetts with his wife Virginia and his children Alison and Mark. Honorable Patti B. SarisHon. Patti B. Saris has been a U.S. District Court Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts since January 1994. Previously, she was an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court (1989-1994); a US Magistrate for the District of Massachusetts (1986-1989); and Assistant US Attorney for the District of Massachusetts (1982-1986). Judge Saris was also a litigation associate at Berman, Dittmar and Engel, P.C. and Foley, Hoag and Eliot LLP. She also served as staff counsel for the US Senate Judiciary Committee and as a law clerk for Hon. Robert Braucher of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Judge Saris received her J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1976. She is the co-author of Congress: The First Branch of the Government and Massachusetts Evidence: A Courtroom Reference. She has held teaching appointments as a lecturer in the Trial Practice Course at Boston University Law School, a lecturer in the Federal Litigation course at Harvard Law School and a lecturer in the Donahue Lecture Series sponsored by Suffolk University Law School. She has received the Haskell Cohen Award for Distinguished Judicial Service (1997) and the Distinguished Alumna Award from the Girls Latin School (1997). James L. MichalowiczJames L. Michalowicz is the Manager of Legal Services with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company. He started his career with DuPont in 1990 as a Project Manager for the in-house Litigation Support Team (LST). As this organization grew, he became the Manager of Litigation Support. Prior to joining DuPont, he worked 10 years with two of the pioneers in the automated litigation support field, Informatics and J. Feuerstein Systems. In his present position, Mr. Michalowicz is responsible for the strategy and deployment of resources utilized to meet the needs of the DuPont Legal Department. He manages the relationships with seven primary providers that offer services such as document management, financial analysis, staffing, and jury research. He was a contributing author to the book titled "The DuPont Legal Model - A New Era" and has spoken at ACCA and ABA sponsored events across the country. His presentation topics include outsourcing legal services, strategic budgeting, alternative staffing plans and electronic discovery. In 1999, James became a certified Black Belt as part of the Six Sigma quality improvement program. In 2000, James chaired the Third Annual Electronic Discovery Conference sponsored by Glasser LegalWorks with seminars in San Francisco, Chicago and New York City. John H. JessenJohn H. Jessen is the President and CEO of Electronic Evidence Discovery, Incorporated, where he directs the litigation and corporate consulting divisions of the firm. Recognized internationally as the pioneer in the field of electronic evidence discovery, he is a frequent author of articles on the subject and has presented numerous lectures and seminars nationally on legal and electronic data issues. Mr. Jessen has over twenty years of experience in the computer industry and has been the subject of stories in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Business Week, Corporate Legal Times, Wired and on CBS' 60 Minutes, CNBC, the Discovery Channel, 20/20, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He has been called the "Best of the breed" of electronic evidence experts by the American Bar Association Journal and "The nation's foremost authority... on electronic evidence issues." Mr. Jessen and his firm assist attorneys in utilizing electronic data in litigation and organizations in developing electronic data response, retention and management policies. Mr. Jessen has also been listed in Who's Who in the Computer Industry, Who's Who Worldwide, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, Who's Who of American Business Leaders and Who's Who in American Law. Thomas Y. AllmanThomas Y. Allman has served as Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of BASF Corporation since October 1, 1994. Mr. Allman graduated from Yale Law School in 1965 and entered the practice of law in Cincinnati, Ohio with the law firm of Taft, Stettiniun and Hollister, where he was a partner from 1972 until he joined BASF in 1993. His principal area of concentration at Taft was commercial and tort litigation, corporate governance and shareholder relations. He was Administrative Assistant to Senator Robert Taft, Jr., from 1970-1976 and a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve (JAGC) from 1966-1975, retiring as Lt. Commander. Mr. Allman served as an arbitrator for 20 years for the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of CPR. He is a member of the Ohio Bar and is admitted to practice before numerous Federal and State courts including Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. Mr. Allman is married and resides with his wife Marty on Lake Mohawk in Sparta, New Jersey and on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. They have two grown children, a daughter in Boston and a son in Cincinnati.
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