Matthew specializes in electronic discovery and litigation readiness planning. He has extensive experience assisting corporations in the technology, consumer products, pharmaceutical, medical device, insurance and financial services sectors in preparing for, and responding to discovery demands in litigation and regulatory matters and in managing discovery in complex litigations and regulatory matters.
Prior to joining AlixPartners, Matthew worked for 15 years in the New York office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a Counsel in the Complex Mass Torts and Insurance Litigation department and Co-Chair of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Committee. A significant part of his practice involved advising clients regarding electronic discovery issues arising from litigation and regulatory actions, the development of strategies to mitigate the risks associated with the creation, storage and destruction of electronically stored information, and the implications of new technology on their retention and preservation obligations. He managed the preservation, collection, processing, review and production of electronically stored information in matters involving tens of terabytes of data on behalf of companies involved in litigation and governmental investigations. In addition, he assisted clients in revising their document retention policies to address electronically stored information, in drafting and implementing legal hold policies to allow them to ensure the preservation of relevant information, and in designing and implementing discovery response plans to allow them to internally manage the collection and processing of electronically stored information to ensure that they can respond consistently, quickly and efficiently when faced with discovery demands. Matthew was also responsible for the design and implementation of matter and document management workflows and systems designed to streamline and ensure efficiency in the management of complex litigation and regulatory matters.
Matthew is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production, a co-author of the Working Group’s RFP+ White Paper and a contributing editor of its Glossary. He is also a faculty member and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Electronic Discovery program. In addition, Matthew is a frequent lecturer and has written a number of articles on electronic discovery.
Matthew earned a JD from the Fordham School of Law in 1995 and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1986.
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