Hogan Lovells will be ACEDS 2012 Conference Platinum Sponsor and CEDS-certify lawyers

Nov. 16, 2011 - PRLog -- Miami — The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists today announced that Hogan Lovells, the fifth largest law firm in the world, is partnering with ACEDS to obtain Certified E-Discovery Specialist certifications for some of its lawyers and will be a Platinum Sponsor of the ACEDS Annual Conference, April 2-4, 2012, at the Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, Florida. For more information about the ACEDS Annual Conference visit http://www.aceds.org/conference.

The conference has already attracted 22 companies and firms as sponsors and exhibitors, including four Platinum Sponsors. Renew Data, the Presenting Sponsor, and Kroll Ontrack, the Premier Sponsor, occupied the top two sponsorship rungs.

Hogan Lovells has a physical presence throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East and clients throughout the world.

Partnering to drive high-quality e-discovery education
ACEDS Executive Director Lanny Morris said, "We are proud that one of the world’s largest and most admired law firms has chosen to certify members some of its lawyers as Certified E-Discovery Specialists and is joining with ACEDS to bring together professionals in the e-discovery community worldwide."

ACEDS offers the Certified E-Discovery Specialist certification to candidates who meet specified requirements and pass a rigorous examination that is offered at 600 ACEDS-Kryterion Testing Centers worldwide, including more than 330 in the US and 30 in Canada.

ACEDS provides full-service to worldwide e-discovery community
ACEDS, a membership organization devoted to the professional interests of the e-discovery community, seeks to enhance competence through certification, conferences, online and live training, community-building through forums and other live and electronic events that foster the exchange of ideas and solutions, and news, information and guidance.

For information about the CEDS Certification program, contact Matt Baum, ACEDS Account Executive, at 786-517-2724 or e-mail mbaum@ACEDS.org.

For information about sponsorship of or exhibiting at the ACEDS Annual Conference, contact Matt Dodge, ACEDS Account Executive, at 786-517-2721 or e-mail mdodge@ACEDS.org or visit http://www.aceds.org/conference/sponsors.

(Accredited members of the media may obtain access to the members-only portions of ACEDS.org, and credentials to cover the ACEDS Annual Conference, April 2-4, 2012, by contacting Robert Hilson, Editorial Director, at 786-517-2714 or rhilson@aceds.org.)

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The Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, is for professionals who work in the field of e-discovery. ACEDS builds a community of e-discovery specialists for the exchange of ideas, training, best practices, and offers e-discovery certification.