Anne Kershaw, Esq. to make Keynote Appearance at ‘The Masters Conference’ on October 25, 2007

ORLANDO, Florida (September 21, 2007) — The Masters Conference, an educational conference staffed with well-respected and knowledgeable experts in the legal profession, announced that Anne Kershaw will speak about proposed Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) amendments on the horizon. This is the first open forum discussion of the next round of proposed Federal Rules amendments. Anne Kershaw will co-present with Dan Regard, managing director of LECG during lunch on Thursday, October 25th. The presentation is titled, “Where are We and Where Are We Going: Putting the Rules, the Publications, and the Best Practices and Case Law into Perspective for E-Discovery.” For more information on all speakers and sessions for The Masters Conference: E-Landscape and the FRCP Fallout, scheduled October 25-26, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington DC, visit www.themastersconference.com.

Anne Kershaw is the founder of A. Kershaw, P.C. / Attorneys & Consultants (www.AKershaw.com), a nationally recognized litigation management consulting firm providing independent analysis and innovative recommendations for the management of all aspects of volume litigation challenges. Ms. Kershaw is also the President and a founding sponsor of the E-Discovery Institute (www.ediscoveryinstitute.org), a not-for-profit corporation conducting studies of electronic discovery processes and dedicated to resolving discovery challenges facing the legal community.

Ms. Kershaw has been involved with high tech litigation management since 1993, taking management roles on national coordinating and trial counsel teams defending volume, multi-state, product liability claims. Ms. Kershaw consults in complex and individual cases on electronic data discovery strategy and issues and FRCP 30(b)(6) technology and corporate policy depositions. Ms. Kershaw also maintains ongoing involvement in federal and state civil rules reform to address electronic discovery issues and litigation fairness issues, providing litigation survey data and testimony before the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee. In addition, Ms. Kershaw is a Faculty Member of Columbia University's Executive Master of Science in Technology Management Program and is also an Advisory Board Member of the Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced E-Discovery Institute. She is also one of the principal drafters of Navigating the Vendor Proposal Process: Best Practices for the Selection of Electronic Discovery Vendors and a contributing editor of The Sedona Conference Glossary For E-Discovery and Digital Information Management (May 2005 Version), both publications of the Sedona Conference® Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production RFP+ Group (www.thesedonaconference.org).

Ms. Kershaw is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, and Ninth Circuits, all New York State Courts and United States Supreme Court.

Dan Regard is a managing director with the Washington, D.C. office of LECG, LLC. He is a nationally recognized electronic evidence and case management expert with 20 years experience in consulting to legal and corporate entities. He has managed data collection and projects for some of the highest profile financial investigations of the last decade.

During last year’s The Masters Conference: E-Practice in the Electronic Age, more than 200 attendees learned from industry experts as to what might happen once the new rules took effect.

This year’s Masters Conference will draw from industry experts and consultants to provide a forum of discussion that addresses the new reality. Being 'litigation-ready' now requires due diligence on the part of attorneys and litigation support directors alike.

“The Masters Conference is absolutely delighted to have Anne Kershaw and Dan Regard as keynote speakers during our opening day luncheon. They truly are “masters” on the topic of e-discovery. Their wealth of experience with FRCP and insight into amendments on the horizon is a unique offering and will benefit every attendee,” stated Lindsay Couch, Executive Conference Director, The Masters Conference.

For more information on The Masters Conference please contact Lindsay Couch at 1-888-813-9346, ext. 1, Lindsay.couch@themastersconference.com.

About The Masters Conference
The Masters Conference brings together experts and knowledgeable professionals from law firms, corporations, and the bench to discuss strategies, practices and resources in the management of electronically stored information and electronic discovery.

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Executive Conference Director
The Masters Conference
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