AccessData Announces Addition of Director of Litigation Support Training

Dec. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- LINDON, UTAH - AccessData, the pioneer of digital investigations and litigation support, announced the addition of Michelle Kovitch as Director of Litigation Support Training.

“We are honored to have someone with Michelle’s background join our company,” stated Brian Karney, President and COO of AccessData. “She is well known throughout the litigation support community and very familiar with our products. She will provide invaluable training and support to our clients. We look forward to all the great courses and training materials she is going to produce.”

In her new role, Kovitch brings to the company more than 20 years of litigation support experience. She was a Summation trainer, a top Summation reseller, a member of the Summation reseller advisory board, as well as a regular guest speaker for the iBlaze: Best Kept Secrets webinar series. In addition, Kovitch is a faculty instructor and member of the Organization of Legal Professionals.

“I am very familiar with the Summation product and excited to have the opportunity to see AccessData’s roadmap first-hand,” stated Kovitch. “AccessData’s training department is a favorite among computer forensics and cyber security professionals, and I look forward to making it the first choice among litigation support professionals as well.”

Prior to joining the company, Kovitch was the president of Litigation Management Technologies, serving as a litigation consultant and Summation trainer. In that role, her first priority was making sure her clients were taken care of. She is also the author of Summ it Up: The Practical Guide to Using Summation, which is currently in its third edition. Kovitch is known for closely working with litigators, so they can embrace new methods of collecting, processing and reviewing electronic discovery.

About AccessData
AccessData Group has pioneered computer forensics and litigation support for more than twenty years. Over that time, the company has grown to provide a broad spectrum of stand-alone and enterprise-class solutions that enable digital investigations of any kind, including computer forensics, incident response, eDiscovery, legal review, IP theft, compliance auditing and cyber security. Its AD eDiscovery product, which is built on the industry-leading Forensic Toolkit® (FTK®) technology, is an automated in-house solution that addresses the left half of the EDRM model. It enables litigation hold, identification, collection and preservation, processing and de-duplication, ECA and first-pass review, and then generates a load file for common third-party review tools. AccessData's award-winning AD Summation legal review technology addresses the right half of the EDRM model and is the gold standard throughout the legal community, having received more than 45 legal industry technology and “Reader’s Choice” awards since 1997. More than 100,000 clients rely on AccessData. From desktop and server applications to hosted solutions, AccessData combines its innovative technology with market-leading expertise to provide the decisive advantage for law firms and legal departments, large or small. In the E-DISCOVERY AND E-DISCLOSURE survey conducted by The 451 Group, AccessData was cited more than any other eDiscovery vendor by respondents planning to purchase eDiscovery software in the next 12 months.

For more information on AccessData Group's eDiscovery solutions, please visit www.eDiscoveryWithAccessData.com.

Contact:
Erika Lee, AccessData
(323) 304-2261
elee@accessdata.com

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AccessData Group has pioneered computer forensics and litigation support for over twenty years. Over that time, the company has grown to provide a broad spectrum of stand-alone and enterprise-class services that enable digital investigations of any kind.