SOURCE: ACT Litigation Services

 

LOS ANGELES, CA and WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 29, 2008) - ACT Litigation Services, Inc., a leading provider of digital document management, electronic discovery and litigation management consulting for corporate legal departments and law firms, announces that its director, James L. Michalowicz, has joined the advisory board for BNA's Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Report, the leading newsletter covering electronic discovery records management issues for the legal community.

"We consider our advisory board members to be among the best legal minds in this field. Our goal is to draw upon members to help keep us the best, most relevant, and timely publication possible," said Carol L. Eoannou, managing editor of Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Report. "We are thrilled that we will be able to tap into Jim's vast experience and expertise to help us provide our readers with information on relevant news events, trends, and other significant developments related to records management, discovery and litigation."

Jim Michalowicz has spent more than two decades advising companies on litigation and discovery. For more than a decade he worked at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company as the Business Manager of its Legal Department, as well as the Manager of Litigation Support. He has been the Litigation Program Manager for Tyco International, Inc. and a Senior Consultant for Altman Weil, Inc.

Michalowicz is a frequent author and speaker and has served as chair of the Fourth Annual Electronic Discovery Conference, panelist at the Federal Judicial Center Workshop for Judges of the First Circuit, contributing member to the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention & Production and an editor for the Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices for Managing Information & Records in the Digital World. In addition, he testified before the US Judicial Conference, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules, Discovery Subcommittee in 2001 and 2005, offering suggestions for e-discovery rules changes and is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt.

"I have always had a lot of respect for Carol and Digital Discovery & e-Evidence Report and have long relied on it myself," said Michalowicz. "I look forward to helping to continue its tradition of excellence."

About ACT Litigation Services, Inc.

Established in 1986, ACT Litigation Services (ACT) provides digital document management, electronic discovery and litigation management consulting to clients from the country's largest law firms and corporations. A private company based near Los Angeles, California, ACT was founded by engineers to offer a deep understanding of technology and process control in managing high profile, complex litigation. The company offers a full range of discovery-related services, including consultation, collection, conversion, hosting and production, as well as metrics-driven document review. For more information about ACT, call (661) 284-6401 ext. 222 or visit www.actlit.com.