Rapidly Growing Strategic Consulting Services Division Offers Guidance and Direction to E-Discovery Professionals
Austin, Texas – November 16, 2011 – eDJ Group Inc, leading eDiscovery analyst and consulting firm and parent company of the eDiscovery Journal, announces the appointment of Mikki Tomlinson as director of the new Strategic Consulting services division. This new division merges the corporate and firm consulting practices of Reason-eD LLC and Murphy Insights to better meet the demand for deep independent eDiscovery expertise unfettered by software or service bias.
“We are incredibly pleased to welcome Mikki on board to manage our expanding consulting services,” said Greg Buckles, CTO and co-founder of eDJ Group, Inc. “With her extensive legal experience, Mikki has the perfect background creating cutting-edge corporate eDiscovery programs with the right mix of personnel, technology and process.”
Mikki brings over 20 years of executive, management and litigation support experience in the legal and e-discovery industries to the Strategic Consulting Division of the eDJ Group. Her diverse experience ranges from creating a successful legal consulting and training company to developing and managing the litigation support department of a Fortune 250 corporation. Mikki is an accomplished speaker, has published numerous legal software training guides and manuals, has conducted frequent CLE approved courses on eDiscovery and litigation support topics, and is a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS).
Prior to the eDJ Group, Mikki served as E-Discovery Advisor for Chesapeake Energy Corporation, where she was instrumental in the development and implementation of their litigation support department. Mikki was also formerly a co-founder of Software@Law, Inc. a consulting and training services organization where she focused on providing consulting and training in the area of litigation support and electronic discovery to law firms and corporate legal departments.
“Adding Mikki to the team is a key step in the assembly of our 2012 expansion strategy,” says eDJ Group CEO Jason Velasco. “The eDJ Group now boasts a number of the most experienced resources in the eDiscovery and Information Management space, under one business structure”.
The Strategic Consulting services division provides services that enable eDiscovery professionals to get the information necessary to excel in their professions. The division uniquely operates on the premise of providing unbiased information and pragmatic advice, based on experience and proven industry best practices and does not operate on any software or service provider referral fees. Leveraging the knowledge of industry experts as well as the experience of analysts in practice that are addressing daily eDiscovery challenges, the suite of services offered includes Process Development and Protocol Documentation, Discovery Data Maps, Discovery Metrics and ROI Reporting, 30(b)(6) Witness Support, Legal Hold Initiatives, eDiscovery Strategy, eDiscovery Bootcamp, Technology Enablement, Customized Research, Application Testing – Performance, Acceptance and Validation and more.
About eDJ Group, Inc.
eDJ Group offers unbiased information and pragmatic advice, based on years of experience and proven industry best practices. Whether researching a technology or service solution, conducting an eDiscovery Bootcamp or finding the right expertise to answer your specific questions, eDJ Group is the source for all eDiscovery professionals. For more information, go to www.edjgroupinc.com.
