Cognition Technologies Announces Addition to Management

April 1, 2010 - PRLog -- LOS ANGELES – Cognition Technologies, the next-generation Semantic Natural Language Processing (NLP) company, announces that Stephen J. Lief has joined the company as their legal e-discovery business development expert. His role is to expand the company’s growth by developing partnerships with e-discovery vendors, law firms and enterprise legal departments.

Prior to joining the company, Mr. Lief served as Of Counsel for the law firm of Labaton Sucharow, LLP, where he guided the firm’s discovery management efforts for a number of complex and high profile domestic and international litigation matters. Prior to that, Mr. Lief served as the Director of Litigation Support at several New York-based litigation law firms, where he advised fellow attorneys on the latest in practical technology applications, including automated litigation support, document assembly and imaging, electronic trial presentation, and voice recognition systems.

“We are excited to have Stephen join our company,” said Bill Collins, Chairman of Cognition Technologies. “His past experience and expertise in the industry is a great fit for our company as we continue to leverage our successes within the legal e-discovery market.”

Mr. Lief is a regular speaker for CLE sessions at national, state and local bar associations. He has served as the founding editor of numerous publications, including Information Technology Law & Practice Newsletter, Law Products Magazine, AmLawTech magazine, Law Technology Product News magazine, and Legal Tech Newsletter.

Mr. Lief is based in New York City.

About Cognition:
Cognition Technologies (www.cognition.com), based in Los Angeles, has developed a revolutionary Semantic Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology which adds word and phrase meaning and “understanding” to computer applications, enabling them to be more human-like in their processing of information. Cognition's Semantic Map, the underlying technology developed over the past 25 years, is the largest and most extensive in existence. Applications and technologies that utilize Cognition's Semantic NLP™ technology are positioned to take full advantage of Web 3.0 (the Semantic Web).

Contact:
Bill Collins
Cognition Technologies
310-594-7566
bill.collins@cognition.com

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About Cognition
Cognition Technologies, based in Los Angeles, has developed a revolutionary Semantic Natural Language Processing (NLP) technology which adds word and phrase meaning and “understanding” to computer applications.