2016 Conference on Preservation Excellence Broadens Agenda for In-House E-Discovery Professionals

PORTLAND, Ore. - June 7, 2016 - PRLog -- What: PREX16 - The 5th Annual Conference on Preservation Excellence: Tomorrow's E-Discovery. PREX is the premier conference for in-house e-discovery professionals where attendees will take with them new ideas and energy for improving discovery practices in their organizations.

This year the conference is expanded with "PREX+" which will provide practical lessons and takeaways to improve e-discovery practices for in-house legal teams. Attendees can attain 10.50 CLE hours.  PREX+ goals are to provide attendees with:

• Career building blocks empowering participants with new skills and strategic thinking to take their careers to the next level.
• The latest developments in law and technology so that they can adapt their organization's policies to stay ahead of the curve.
• Real-world expertise and work samples in order to enhance e-discovery processes and to reduce risk at their organizations.

Who: The Conference on Preservation Excellence welcomes the best minds in e-discovery every year from around the country, and this year is no exception.  PREX16 will welcome leading judges, nationally recognized speakers, and in-house legal leaders from the most recognized and respected companies. Attendees can learn from them as well as from their peers - exchanging new ideas as well as insights how to overcome challenges.

Featuring Keynote: Judge Scheindlin - Looking Back, Looking Ahead
A conversation with the most influential person in the history of e-discovery - the Hon. Shira Scheindlin.

In one of her first public appearances since stepping down from the bench, the Hon. Shira Scheindlin, speaking with Maura Grossman, will revisit the key opinions that shaped data preservation and electronic discovery such as her seminal Zubulake opinions, Pension Committee, and others.  She will also reflect on the recent amendments to the FRCP, and look ahead to consider what challenges face the civil justice system.

Judges
Hon. Ronald J. Hedges (D.N.J. - ret.)
Hon. Frank Maas (S.D.N.Y.)
Hon. Andrew Peck (S.D.N.Y.)
Hon. Xavier Rodriguez (W.D.Tex.)
Hon. Shira Scheindlin (S.D.N.Y. - ret.)
Hon. David Waxse (D.Kan.)

National Experts
Michael Arkfeld, Arkfeld & Assoc.
Craig Ball, Craig D. Ball P.C.
Bill Butterfield, Hausfeld LLP
David Cohen, Reed Smith LLP
Monica Enand, Zapproved
Maura Grossman, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Ariana Tadler, Milberg LLP
Jeanne Thomas, Crowell & Moring LLP
David Walton, Cozen O'Conner

In-House Leaders
Woods Abbott, Raytheon
Ryan Blackhart, Google
Jamie Brigman, McKesson
David Castro, Hess Corp.
Brian Corbin, JPMorgan Chase
Mira Edelman, Google
Bonnie Kennedy, Delta Air Lines
Kelly Lack, PG&E
Tony Landrosh, Winston & Strawn
Matt McClelland, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina
Dawn Radcliffe, TransCanada
Wendy Riggs, Twitter
Charlotte Riser Harris, Hess Corp.
Charisma Starr, Exelon
Brett Tarr, Caesars Entertainment

Why: Zapproved has long focused on preservation and the issues that impact best practices.
Who Should Attend: Corporate counsel and their corporate legal teams who handle electronic discovery.
When: September 14 -15, 2016
Where: The Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Register: Early Bird pricing of $795 ends June 30, 2016 -- http://www.prex16.com

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About Zapproved Inc.
Founded in 2008 in Portland, Ore., Zapproved Inc. is a pioneer in developing cloud‐based software for corporate legal departments. The Z‐Discovery Platform returns power to in‐house corporate legal teams and helps them navigate electronic discovery with minimal risk and cost, and it sets new standards for scalability and intuitive design - recently achieving processing at the rate of one terabyte per hour. The company's flagship product, Legal Hold Pro, is widely adopted by Fortune 500 and Global 2000 corporations and has earned recognition as the Best E‐Discovery Legal Hold Product at the 2015 and 2016 Legaltech News Innovation Awards, Best of the National Law Journal 2014 - 2016. Zapproved was recognized in the 2014 Inc. 500 as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. and was named as a "vendor to watch" in the 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for E‐Discovery.