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Keynote Speakers May 16, 2006 | Boston October 26, 2006 | Los Angeles Judge Wistrich Judge Wistrich is a Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review. He received undergraduate degrees in philosophy and political science from the University of California at Berkeley. After graduating from law school, Judge Wistrich served as law clerk to the Honorable Charles Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to joining the court, he was a partner in the Palo Alto, California office of Brown & Bain, where he specialized in intellectual property litigation. Judge Wistrich is the author or co-author of several articles and book chapters, including "Can Judges Ignore Inadmissible Information?," 153 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1251 (2005)(with Jeffrey J. Rachlinski and Chris Guthrie), "Inside the Judicial Mind," 86 Cornell Law Review 777 (2001) (with Jeffrey J. Rachlinski and Chris Guthrie), and "The Puzzling Purposes of Statutes of Limitation," 28 Pacific Law Journal 453 (1997) (with Tyler T. Ochoa). He also serves as a contributing editor of The Rutter Group's treatise Federal Civil Procedure Before Trial. Judge Wistrich is a member of the American Law Institute, The American Judges Association, the American Judicature Society, the American Psychology-Law Society, and the International Society for the Study of Time. June 15, 2006 | New York U.S. Magistrate Judge John J. Hughes (D. N.J.) Honorable John J. Hughes was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey in 1991. Judge Hughes was the first judicial advisor to the Joint Administrative Office of the United States Courts / Department of Justice Working Group on Electronic Technology in the Criminal Justice System. He also contributed advice to the Federal Judicial Center during the drafting of Effective Use of Courtroom Technology: A Judge's Guide to Pretrial and Trial. He authored One Judge's View on Electronic Information in the Courtroom, 49-AUG Fed. Law 41, 43 (2002) and the opinion in In re: Bristol Myers Squibb Securities Litigation, 205 F.R.D. 437 (D.N.J. 2002). Since 2000, Judge Hughes has developed four electronic trial advocacy programs: CPR for Courtroom Lawyers and Judges; Discovery and Demonstrative Evidence for the Digitally Dumbfounded; Digital Defense; CIVILITY: Courtesy and Respect in the Legal Profession, for presentation to bar associations, government offices, inns of court, law firms, law schools, and other groups. September 14, 2006 | Chicago U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan (N.D. Illinois) Nan Nolan was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois in 1998. She received her bachelor's degree from Loyola University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. Judge Nolan began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, then worked in private practice, thus gaining extensive experience in complex criminal cases. As a federal Magistrate Judge, she has written a number of opinions involving discovery issues relating to electronic evidence. Since her decision in Byers v. Illinois State Police, Judge Nolan has participated in a number of seminars concerning electronic discovery. Previous Speakers Retired Commissioner Richard E. Best, San Francisco Richard E. Best is a Private Judge, Discovery Consultant and Adjunct Professor of Law who served in the San Francisco Superior Court from 1974 to 2003. He is an adviser to the Executive Committee of the California State Bar Litigation Section and a member of its Rules Committee. He is a past chair of the discovery subcommittee of the rules advisory committee to the California Judicial Council where he formed a committee of lawyers and experts to consider rules on electronic discovery. He received his L.L.B. degree from Columbia Law School in 1968. In 1999, he organized and presented a statewide program on electronic discovery and has been a lecturer at numerous continuing education programs on law and motion, discovery and probate. He is the author of a webpage containing a major section on electronic discovery found at http://CaliforniaDiscovery.findlaw.com. and has authored legislation and court rules regarding evidence, discovery and civil procedure which have been enacted. Recent publications on e-discovery: "Making E-Discovery Work", Oregon Association of Defense Council (2004); "Why Discover Electronic Documents" Association of Defense Counsel, Northern California & Nevada (2003); "The Need for Electronic Discovery Rules", Modern Practice, Findlaw(2002); California E-Discovery Legislation Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Pike & Fischer,Inc. (2002); "New Authority for Implementing Technology in Discovery" Tech Guide for California Courts, Vol.3, No.3, California Judicial Education & Research (Winter, 2002); "Discovery Of Electronic Data & Documents" Selected Civil Law Topics (CJER 2001); "Discovery Case Outline" Discovery Planning: Strategies,Tools & Tactics, (CEB 2001); "A Web Site for Every Court", Tech Guide for California Courts, Vol.2, No.1(CJER,2000); "Discovery of Electronic Data & Documents", Discovery & Admissibility of Electronic Evidence (CEB 1999). Contact: Best@Justice.com. U.S. Magistrate Judge John J. Hughes (D. N.J.) Honorable John J. Hughes was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey in 1991. Judge Hughes was the first judicial advisor to the Joint Administrative Office of the United States Courts / Department of Justice Working Group on Electronic Technology in the Criminal Justice System. He also contributed advice to the Federal Judicial Center during the drafting of Effective Use of Courtroom Technology: A Judge's Guide to Pretrial and Trial. He authored One Judge's View on Electronic Information in the Courtroom, 49-AUG Fed. Law 41, 43 (2002) and the opinion in In re: Bristol Myers Squibb Securities Litigation, 205 F.R.D. 437 (D.N.J. 2002). Since 2000, Judge Hughes has developed four electronic trial advocacy programs: CPR for Courtroom Lawyers and Judges; Discovery and Demonstrative Evidence for the Digitally Dumbfounded; Digital Defense; CIVILITY: Courtesy and Respect in the Legal Profession, for presentation to bar associations, government offices, inns of court, law firms, law schools, and other groups. U.S. Magistrate Judge Nan Nolan (N.D. Illinois) Nan Nolan was appointed as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Illinois in 1998. She received her bachelor's degree from Loyola University and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law in Chicago. Judge Nolan began her legal career as a staff attorney for the Federal Defender Program in Chicago, then worked in private practice, thus gaining extensive experience in complex criminal cases. As a federal Magistrate Judge, she has written a number of opinions involving discovery issues relating to electronic evidence. Since her decision in Byers v. Illinois State Police, Judge Nolan has participated in a number of seminars concerning electronic discovery. U.S. Magistrate Judge Louisa Porter (S.D. Cal.) EDUCATION: B.A. Indiana University 1969, J.D. University of San Diego School of Law 1977 PROFESSIONAL: Private Practice 1977-1991 limiting practice to plaintiff trial work with emphasis on personal injury and insurance coverage claims. U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District California 1991-present, (presiding 1997-2002, A.D.R. Coordinator), 9th Circuit CJA Appellate Panel coordinator 1997-present, President - Federal Magistrate Judges Association 2003-2004, Magistrate Judge Advisory Committee to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts 2002-2004, Master - Louis Welsh Inn of Court 1991-present, Judicial Council of California Advisory Committee on Diversified Case Management 1991, President - San Diego Trial Lawyers Association 1988, Secretary and Board Member - San Diego County Bar Association 1990-91; author of articles on international legal issues and frequent lecturer on legal issues domestic and international. U.S. Magistrate Judge David J. Waxse (D. Kan.) Dave Waxse is a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court in Kansas City, Kansas having been appointed in 1999. In that position he is responsible for both civil and criminal pretrial proceedings. In addition as a Magistrate Judge, he presides over civil trials and mediations referred by the District Judges. He also serves as the ADR judicial officer for the District of Kansas. Judge Waxse received his B.A. degree from the University of Kansas and his J.D. degree from Columbia University. Prior to his appointment as a Magistrate Judge he was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon of Kansas City Missouri. Judge Waxse was a past chair and a member of the Kansas Commission on Judicial Qualifications [the state judicial disciplinary organization] from 1992-1999. During their existence, he was a member of the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee and the Mediation Panel for the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. He is the Past-President of the Kansas Bar Association and as a KBA delegate to the ABA House of Delegates is a member of the Board of Governors of the KBA. He is a member of the Earl E. O'Connor Inn of Court and currently is Past President of the Inn. He is also a member of the American Bar Association (Judicial Division), Johnson County Bar Association, Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, Wyandotte County Bar Association and Federal Magistrate Judge's Association. He is also a fellow of the Kansas Bar Foundation and the American Bar Foundation. In addition, prior to becoming a judge, he was a member of the national boards of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the American Judicature Society. He is a member of the Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee and the Working Group on Impaired Judges of AJS.. He has been a lecturer in law at the University of Kansas School of Law and has made presentations on employment law, ethics, mediation and other topics in programs presented by the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Washburn Law School, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. He was a co-author of the "Kansas Employment Law Handbook". In addition, he co-authored the chapter on civil rights in the Kansas Bar Association's Kansas Annual Survey for the years 1990 through 1999. His article on disclosures and electronic information appeared in the April 2004 issue of the Richmond Journal of Law & Technology. See "Do I Really Have To Do That?" Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures and Electronic Information,10RICH.J.L.& TECH. 50 (2004),at http://law.richmond.edu/jolt/v10i5/article50.pdf. |
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