Patricia Antezana focuses on managing e-discovery. With a background in general litigation, including commercial matters, business torts and product liability defense, Patricia brings a wealth of experience resolving a wide range of discovery issues. She advises clients regarding concerns that arise prior to litigation, including legal holds and preservation, and throughout litigation, including early case assessment, ESI protocols, collections, review, privilege issues, and productions.
Patricia has been involved with all phases of litigation, including management of large-scale discovery, dispositive motions, trial preparation and alternative dispute resolution. She has coordinated electronic and hard copy record collection and managed large-scale review projects in numerous complex litigation matters, working closely with case teams to prepare comprehensive and defensible collection and review strategies.
Additionally, Patricia has written and spoken extensively on various discovery topics.
Courts and parties have been dealing with discovery overuse for decades. The advisory committee notes to both the 1983 and 2015 revisions to Rule 26 reference the problem of over-discovery and encourage judges to be more aggressive in identifying and...