RenewData Vice Chairman to Speak at University of Florida Levin College of Law eDiscovery Conference

AUSTIN, Texas - April 5, 2013 - PRLog -- AUSTIN, Texas  – RenewData, a full-service eDiscovery provider that offers the industry’s broadest spectrum of review acceleration solutions, today announced that its Vice Chairman Richard Cohen, Esq. is a featured speaker at the “E-Discovery for the Small and Medium Case” conference presented by the University of Florida Levin College of Law and EDRM.  

The conference, which is an ideal forum for practitioners struggling with eDiscovery, will focus on common difficulties and effective solutions regarding eDiscovery in small and medium cases. Its tools and demonstrations by nationally recognized experts will help attendees understand the impact of state and federal rules on litigation practice as well as meeting ABA-mandated ethical requirements for eDiscovery competence.

Cohen’s session, which centers on review and production, will be held April 5 at 9 a.m. ET. In it, he will discuss techniques for controlling discovery costs and how to guard against inadvertent disclosure. He will also address the preparation and use of review risk-expense matrixes, offer an overview of review tools and discuss form-of-production issues.

The conference is underwritten by the International Center for Automated Information Research (ICAIR) at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. To learn more about the conference or to register, visit  http://www.law.ufl.edu/academics/e-discovery-conference-a....

About Richard Cohen, Esq.
As Vice Chairman, Rich Cohen is responsible for business and corporate development for RenewData. He brings more than 30 years of management and legal experience, as a corporate executive, consultant, and General Counsel. Prior to joining RenewData, Cohen served as Senior Vice President & Managing Director of Legal Services for a large legal services organization focusing on complex litigation matters and bankruptcies. Previously Cohen was COO of Integrex Professional Claims Services where he was responsible for operations, IT, sales, and marketing. His extensive experience also includes General Counsel at Ohio Power and Columbus Southern Power Companies; Senior Director, Corporate Legal Markets and Strategic Alliances/Licensing at Lexis-Nexis; Vice President at Lexford Residential Trust; Deputy Law Director for the City of Cuyahoga Falls; and Assistant Law Director for the City of Akron.

Cohen has received MARTINDALE-HUBBELL's prestigious AV rating for 15 consecutive years. He has served as the President of the American Corporate Counsel Association in Ohio and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Electricity Journal. He also serves on the Advisory Board of Bryan University's eDiscovery Project Management program and on the Strategic Advisory Panel of Trustifi. He is a member of the American and Ohio State Bar Association, and has chaired the American Bar Association's Coordinating Group on Energy Law and co-chaired the American Bankruptcy Institute's Mass Torts Subcommittee, and has been a member of the ABA Class Actions/Derivative Suits Subcommittee. Cohen is a member of the Corporate Counsel Advisory Board for The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel and a recipient of the Distinguished Legal Service Award conferred by Corporate Legal Times. Cohen holds a Bachelor degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law.

About RenewData
RenewData is a full-service eDiscovery provider that helps corporations and law firms achieve significant time and cost savings, attain a high level of defensibility and reliability, and easily manage multiple projects for legal, regulatory and investigative matters. The company has a deep history building and applying advanced technology for eDiscovery and has a particular expertise in review acceleration, delivering the industry’s broadest spectrum of solutions to expedite analysis of large collections of data. Of particular note, RenewData’s Language-Based Analytics offerings uniquely accelerate review without relying on artificial intelligence, delivering dramatic savings with a high level of knowledge extraction as well as transparency and insight into reviewer decisions. For more information, visit www.renewdata.com, or call 888.811.3789.