Conor R. Crowley, Esq., CIPP ‐ Principal

Conor R. Crowley is an internationally recognized expert in e-discovery and e-compliance.

Mr. Crowley is the Chair of the Steering Committee for The Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production, and a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, the Advisory Board for Georgetown University Law Center’s Advanced E-Discovery Institute and the Board of Advisors for BNA’s Digital Discovery & e-Evidence.

He is a Senior Editor of a number of The Sedona Conference’s publications including The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds and The Sedona Principles (Second Edition): Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production.

Mr. Crowley leverages more than a decade of experience as an attorney and testifying expert to provide cost-effective, practical advice to corporate and law firm clients.

Experience

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Publications

Panel Discussion: Judge Peck, Da Silva Moore And The Outlook For Predictive Coding
(Panel Discussion: Judge Peck, Da Silva Moore And The Outlook, May 2012)

Duty of Competency in E-Discovery
Author (Duty of Competency in E-Discovery, April 2012)

Judge Peck Endorses Predictive Coding
Author (March 2012)

The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Ethics & Metadata Public Comment Version
Steering Committee Liaison (March 2012)

Managing E-Discovery and ESI, ABA Section of Litigation
Contributing Author (July 2011)

The Sedona Conference© Commentary on Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
Editor-in-Chief (October 2010)

The Sedona Conference© Commentary on Legal Holds: The Trigger & The Process (2010 Edition)
Co-Editor (September 2010)

The Sedona Conference© Framework for Analysis Of Cross‐Border Discovery Conflicts: A Practical Guide To Navigating The Competing Currents Of International Data Privacy And E‐Discovery
Contributing Editor (August 2008)

Proportionality in the Post‐Hoc Analysis of Pre‐Litigation Preservation Decisions
Co‐Author (University of Baltimore Law Review, April 2008)

Discovery About Discovery: Does the Attorney‐Client Privilege Protect All Attorney‐Client Communications Relating to the Preservation of Potentially Relevant Information
Co‐Author (University of Baltimore Law Review, April 2008)

Proportionality in the post-hoc analysis of pre-litigation preservation decisions
(University of Baltimore Law Review, April 2008)

A Shifting View of Preservation: How Ephemeral are Current Views on Shifting the Costs of Preservation?
Author (Digital Discovery & e‐Evidence, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 2008)

Local Flavor: ESI Rules in Delaware, Kansas, Maryland, and Ohio
Author (Digital Discovery & e‐Evidence, Vol. 7, No. 11, November 2007)

The Sedona Conference Commentary on Legal Holds
Senior Editor (August 2007)

Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors: Navigating the Vendor Proposal Process
Co‐Editor (www.thesedonaconference.org, June 2007)

The Sedona Principles (Second Edition): Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production
Senior Editor (June 2007)

Judges, lawyers must get tech‐savvy: Proper understanding of technology should result in efficient discovery
Author (The National Law Journal, March 2007)

The Sedona Conference Glossary for E‐Discovery and Digital Information Management
Co-Editors (January 2007)

An Overview of the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Author (Course handbook for Practicing Law Institute’s Electronic Discovery and Retention Guidance for Corporate Counsel, October 2006)

The Sedona Conference® Glossary 2005 Version
Co-Editors (May 2005)

Presentations

The Sedona Conference® Institute’s “Practical Solutions to Pressing eDiscovery Issues in New York “
July 25, 2013

Predictive Coding: Emerging E-Discovery Tool
June 26, 2013

DESI V: Workshop on Standards for Using Predictive Coding, Machine Learning, and Other Advanced Search and Review Methods in E-Discovery
June 14, 2013

eDiscovery Project Management
May 21, 2013

“The Challenge of ‘BYOD’ and ‘COPE’: What’s the Employer to Do?”
May 7, 2013

Ethical Considerations Arising from the Use of Technology-Assisted Review
April 19, 2013

Technology Assisted Review: A Kissing Cousin to Autocategorization?
February 27, 2013

Ending the Litigation Hold
February 20, 2013

How safe is your CAR? A mock hearing on CAR (Computer-Assisted Review) and Predictive Coding in eDiscovery
January 30, 2013

The Sedona Conference Webinar: Achieving Proportionality in Electronic Discovery
January 9, 2013

Georgetown Law Advanced E-Discovery Institute, “Technology Assisted Review – Selling TAR to Opposing Counsel and the Court: How Much Disclosure Is Necessary?”
December 6, 2012

ABA LEL Annual Conference: “A Storm Is A-Brewin’: Preparing to Weather the Use of Cloud Computing in the Workplace”
October 31, 2012

Protecting Against the Disclosure of Privileged Information in E-Discovery
October 4, 2012

Carmel Valley E-Discovery Retreat: Protecting Your E-Discovery Work Product: During the Fight
July 22, 2012

Executive Counsel Institute: E-Discovery for the Corporate Market, Dealing with Challenges of Litigation Holds and Search Technologies – Forward Thinking
June 5, 2012

Managing Litigation 2012 Forum, Litigation Readiness and Project Management for In-House Counsel
May 3, 2012

The Sedona Conference© WG1 Mid-Year Meeting,  Update on Rulemaking Proposals and Possession, Custody & Control in Today’s Brave New World
April 26, 2012

Georgetown CLE Advanced E-Discovery Institute – Defending the Use of Analytical Software in Civil Discovery
November 17, 2011

The Sedona Conference® Working Group 1 Annual Meeting – Federal Rule on Preservation & Sanctions
October 6, 2011

ACM SIGIR 2011 – E-Discovery Workshop
July 24, 2011

E-Discovery Seminar for Federal Judges
June 29, 2011

CEIC 2011 – International eDiscovery
May 15, 2011

4th Annual The Sedona Conference Institute Program on Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
March 25, 2011

Federal Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Conference
February 18, 2011

LegalTech New York 2011
January 31, 2011

“Lessons Learned from U.S. and Cross-Border e-Discovery,” Law Tech Canada
November 16, 2009

“Controlling E-Discovery Costs Through Records Management,” Georgetown CLE Advanced E-Discovery Institute
November 12, 2009

“International Disclosure and Privacy: Minimize Risk and Maximize Compliance,” The Masters Conference
October 13, 2009

“e-Discovery: Social Media & Other Issues on the Horizon,” The Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Annual Meeting
October 1, 2009

“Retooling Legal Teams with Education and Collaboration in Turbulent Economic Times,” Legal Tech West Coast 2009
June 24, 2009

“Diving Deeper to Catch Bigger Fish,” 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
June 10, 2009

“Turning Records Management Adversity into Opportunity,” Managing Electronic Records Conference (MER)
May 18, 2009

E-Discovery and Web 2.0: Discovery in a User-Generated, Globally-Distributed Environment, E‐Records Forum 2009, National Archives and Records Administration‐Southwest Region
April 13, 2009

“Preservation, Legal Holds & Not Reasonably Accessible ESI” and “Information Search & Retrieval,” 3rd Annual The Sedona Conference Institute Program on Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
March 26, 2009

An “Early Case Assessment,” Georgetown CLE Advanced E‐Discovery Institute
November 21, 2008

The Sedona Conference Institute: 2nd Annual Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
March 13, 2008

Georgetown University Advanced E‐Discovery Institute 2006: A Practical Guide to Implementation of the New Federal Rules
November 16, 2007

Practising Law Institute: Electronic Discovery and Retention Guidance for Corporate Counsel
November 7, 2007

The Sedona Conference Audio Update Series: Preserving Ephemeral or Transient Data in Litigation ‐‐ The Impact of Columbia Pictures v. Bunnel
September 7, 2007

The Sedona Conference Institute: Roping the Wind: Preservation of Ephemeral Data
July 26, 2007

The Sedona Conference Institute: Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
March 29, 2007