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ESI Professional

Attorney Aaron Hall — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:15:55 +0000

An ESI professional is a person who is paid to assist with electronically stored information, and specifically, electronic discovery. An ESI professional is often someone with experience in information technology (IT). Sometimes an ESI professional is an attorney with technical skills, but often an attorney will partner with a person skilled in computer data processing because attorneys rarely have sufficient technical skills and experience to competently do the technical ESI work.

There is no required license, certification, or degree for an ESI professional. However, Kroll Ontrack offers its own certification course. The best ESI professionals are those with experience managing ESI discovery in a large corporation that encounters frequent litigation. For example, Kroll Ontrack’s ESI Consulting team (http://www.krollontrack.com/esiconsultants/) includes ESI professionals with backgrounds in large heavy-litigated corporations.

Terminology

Attorney Aaron Hall — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:15:06 +0000

Electronic discovery and electronically stored information (ESI) involves a variety of terms and concepts. These terms and concepts can be unfamiliar and confusing to someone who is new to electronic discovery or ESI.
The electronic discovery terms and concepts listed below are defined and explained for those who are still learning about electronic discovery.

Voicemail E-Discovery

Attorney Aaron Hall — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:14:09 +0000

Electronic Discovery of voicemail and digital audio files is increasingly important in cases. For more information, here are two research papers that may be useful to you: