DC Bar Litigation Community

12/04/2025

Hello DC Litigation and eDiscovery community! Join us on Wednesday, December 17, at Latham & Watkins (555 11th St NW, Washington, DC) for an energizing conversation on Generative AI in eDiscovery, followed immediately by a holiday happy hour hosted by Right Discovery!

We’ll dig into the questions everyone is asking:

What exactly is GenAI?

How does it work?
Where does it fit in today’s eDiscovery workflow?
What best practices should teams be thinking about right now?
And what’s coming in 2026 and beyond?
We’re thrilled to feature an outstanding panel:

Harsha Kurpad – Latham & Watkins (Moderator)
Ray Mangum – Redgrave (Panelist)
Nathaniel Giddings – Hausfeld (Panelist)
Lelia Parker – Covington & Burling (Panelist)
Cristin Traylor – Relativity (Panelist)

Schedule:
6:00–7:00 PM – Panel at Latham
Immediately after – Holiday Happy Hour hosted by Right Discovery (location TBD)

Come deepen your understanding of where GenAI is headed, connect with colleagues across the DC eDiscovery community, and toast the end of the year together!

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dc-bar-litigation-community-genai-in-ediscovery-panel-holiday-happy-hour-tickets-1976510020678?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

Contact Kevin Clark at [email protected] with any questions.

Hope to see you there!!

Join us in DC for a fun panel on GenAI in eDiscovery followed by a chill holiday happy hour!

03/27/2025

You're Invited! Free Privilege Law CLE Course and Happy Hour

Free CLE Program: Attorney-Client Privilege Within Large Organizations

April 9, 2025 |
5:30 PM |
Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC

Join us for an in-depth CLE program hosted by the DC Bar Litigation Steering Committee in partnership with Crowell & Moring LLP, exploring the challenges of preserving attorney-client privilege within large organizations.

This free CLE will cover:

The foundational impact of Upjohn Co. v. United States
Privilege considerations for employees in dual roles
Common pitfalls that weaken privilege protections
How internal systems affect privilege retention
Implications of databases and in-house generative AI systems

We’re honored to welcome Hon. John Facciola (ret.) to our panel, alongside Andrew Adelman (Correia & Puth, PLLC) and Alicia Clausen (Crowell & Moring LLP).

A networking happy hour reception will follow the program, sponsored by Right Discovery.

For questions, please contact Kevin M. Clark ([email protected]) of the DC Bar Litigation Steering Committee.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Join the D.C. Bar Litigation Community for this in-person CLE course. This course will discuss the complexities of maintaining attorney-client privilege in large organizations, covering topics such as Upjohn Co. v. United States, navigating privilege concerns for employees with dual roles, identifyi...

09/25/2024

Join us on October 9, 2024 at 12 noon for lunch and a conversation with Judge Brad Garcia. Judge Garcia was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals in May 2023. The D.C. Bar Litigation Community and the Federal Bar Association D.C. Chapter invite their members to learn more about and get to know Judge Garcia, including his background and practice before the Court. The event will be held in person at the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse. Lunch will be served to those in attendance. Spots are limited, so reserve early.

A conversation with Judge Garcia to get to know Judge Garcia of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

05/06/2024

DC Bar Litigation Community eDiscovery and Information Governance Committee Members:

REMINDER: May Meeting

May 8th, 2024, 6 pm ET, at WilmerHale, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

Title: Demystifying Government Discovery Requests

Moderator:
Zviad Guruli, Director, eDiscovery and Data Analytics at WilmerHale

Speakers:
Glenn Melcher, Senior Special Counsel for eDiscovery and Information Governance at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David G., Branch Chief and Lead Technology Counsel at National Labor Relations Board
Aurora Bryant, Acting E-Litigation Counsel, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Daniel Lim, Chief, E-Discovery Office at U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division

Space is limited; therefore we ask that if you plan to attend, please RSVP to the co-chairs, Melissa Weberman ([email protected]) and myself, Kevin M. Clark ([email protected]) so we can ensure to reserve your space and provide names to building security.

04/28/2024

Dear Community Members,

We warmly invite you to join us for a special evening meeting of the DC Bar Litigation Community eDiscovery and Information Governance Committee.

Date and Time: May 8th, 2024, 6 pm ET

Location: WilmerHale, 2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037

Title: Demystifying Government Discovery Requests

Moderator: Zviad Guruli, Director, eDiscovery and Data Analytics at WilmerHale

Speakers:
Glenn Melcher, Senior Special Counsel for eDiscovery and Information Governance at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
David Gaston, Branch Chief and Lead Technology Counsel at National Labor Relations Board
Aurora Bryant, Acting E-Litigation Counsel, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice
Dan Lim, Chief, E-Discovery Office at U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division

Space is limited; therefore we ask that if you plan to attend, please RSVP to the co-chairs, Melissa Weberman ([email protected]) and Kevin M. Clark ([email protected]) so we can reserve your space and provide names to building security.

Stay tuned for further announcements on the DC Bar Litigation Community's Listserv and LinkedIn page, https://www.linkedin.com/company/dc-bar-litigation-community

Looking forward to a delightful evening with you all!

Warm regards,

Melissa Weberman and Kevin M. Clark
DC Bar Litigation Community eDiscovery and Information Governance Committee.

04/08/2024

Please welcome Melissa Weberman from Arnold & Porter as our new co-chair of the eDiscovery and Information Governance Committee. Ms. Weberman will be working alongside Kevin Clark. Thank you to Laura Hunt for all of her leadership, hard work, and dedication--she will be missed!

Our next eDiscovery and Information Governance Committee meeting will be held at The Masters Conference on April 17, 2024 at Sidley Austin. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect, share stories, and get to know each other in person while gaining some legal technology education. If you plan to attend, please reach out to [email protected] for building security and registration codes.

Stay tuned for further announcements on our Litigation Community's page, LinkedIn page, and Listserv.

Looking forward to seeing you on April 17th!

Melissa Weberman and Kevin Clark

03/19/2024

Hello members of the DC Bar Litigation Community!

It's time again for Lawyers Have Heart. Get moving and join the D.C. Bar Communities Team. The race will be held on Saturday, May 18, 2024, at West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C. The event raises funds for the American Heart Association and encourages all participants to engage in heart healthy activities. Challenge yourself and sign up today! Fundraising is optional but encouraged. Use code DCBAR24 and get a discount on your registration fee (limited time offer). To get the discount, you must choose the option for registration only (to get the discount using the code, you may not select the option to pay for both registration and a t-shirt - note that you will still be able to add a t-shirt to your purchase, if you choose to do so, before checkout). If you enter the discount code, the registration fee is reduced when you get to the final step of the registration process. Members of our community may register for the D.C. Bar Communities Team here:

https://www2.heart.org/site/TR/HeartWalk/FDA-FoundersAffiliate?team_id=844016&pg=team&fr_id=10056

Stay tuned for additional information about pre-race gatherings to help prepare for race day! The D.C. Bar Community with the largest number of participants and the largest ratio of participants to members will be recognized in an upcoming issue of Insider. Let's have a great turnout from the DC Bar Litigation Community!

The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's premiere event for raising funds to save lives from USA's #1 and #5 killers - heart disease and stroke.

12/23/2023

Call for Volunteer Editors! Thank you for reading this message from Kevin Clark about a fabulous opportunity to collaborate on this editing project:

As Coordinator for the Litigation Community Litigation Chapter of the upcoming 30th ed. of DC Bar Practice Manual (DCPM), I would be honored to have members of our Litigation Community assist my team in reviewing the prior edition's litigation chapter for necessary updates. The names of all reviewers and editors will be included in the published copy of the upcoming 30th Practice Manual. Please send an e-mail to [email protected] by December 31, 2023 if you are interested in joining us.

(Photo by Unseen Studio on Unsplash)

11/29/2023

Wonderful to meet members of our Litigation Community today at our special breakfast meeting at Crowell & Moring LLP.

11/27/2023

We warmly invite you to join us on November 29, 2023, for a special afternoon meeting of the DC Bar Litigation Community eDiscovery and Information Governance Sub-Committee.

We are inviting all members of the DC Bar Litigation Community as well as legal technology practitioners that are interested in eDiscovery and Information Governance, to join so that we can have the opportunity to connect, share stories, and get to know each other better, in person, before the Sub-Committee conducts its monthly business. Come with any ideas or feedback for programming or events, or other ways in which the DC Bar Litigation Community eDiscovery and Information Governance Sub-Committee can serve. The meeting is free for the DC Bar members and interested legal technology practitioners in the industry.

Date: November 29th, 2023

Time: 4:30 PM

Location: Wild Day (on the rooftop), 1201 K St NW, Washington, DC 20005

We ask that if you plan to attend, please kindly RSVP to Kevin M Clark ([email protected]) so we can ensure the proper space is available.

Looking forward to a delightful evening with you all!

Warm regards,
eDiscovery and Information Governance Sub-Committee

DC Bar Litigation Community