Stephanie A. "Tess" Blair

Email: sblair@morganlewis.com

Philadelphia
1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5161
Fax: 215.963.5001

education

George Washington University, 2011, M.P.S., Law Firm Management

University of Miami School of Law, 1997, J.D., Magna Cum Laude

Ursinus College, 1994, B.A. (Philosophy), Summa Cum Laude

Publications

Date	Title	Publication
10/25/1110/25/11	Using Lean Six Sigma and Predictive Coding to Confront Volume Problem, Legal Intelligencer	Article
09/28/1109/28/11	Federal Circuit Unveils Model Order for E-Discovery in Patent Cases View LawFlash	eData LawFlash
06/29/1106/29/11	Social Media in eDiscovery View Presentation	Webinar
11/19/09November/December 2009	Navigating European Data Protection Laws In U.S. Litigation	Webinar
07/01/09July 2009	When Worlds Collide: Suggested Best Practices for Navigating European Data Protection Laws in U.S. Litigation View White Paper	White Paper
06/01/09June 2009	Electronic Discovery Now: Collaboration Changes Everything, The Legal Intelligencer	Article
09/01/07September 2007	Making your job easier: An introduction to eData	Speech
02/06/07February 2007	Co-presenter, Adjusting Your Document Management Plan to the New Realities of Discovery, presented at the 4th National In-House Counsel Conference on Managing Complex Litigation, Philadelphia	Speech
12/12/0612/12/06	eCommerce: Legal and Practical Issues	Speech
11/28/0611/28/06	Ready or Not, Here They Come: The Amended Federal Rules and What They Mean for eDiscovery View Presentation	Webinar
10/30/0610/30/06	Ready or Not, Here They Come: The Amended Federal Rules and What They Mean for eDiscovery View Presentation	Webinar
10/16/06October 2006	Co-presenter, ESI - Electronically Stored Information: Preparing For and Handling Regulatory Sweeps and Examinations, presented at the BISA Conference, Philadelphia	Speech
04/27/0604/27/06	eDiscovery: Your Blueprint for Success, presented in cooperation with American Lawyer Media, San Francisco	Speech
04/27/0604/27/06	eDiscovery: Your Blueprint to Success, presented in cooperation with American Lawyer Media (ALM), Philadelphia View Presentation	Speech
04/27/0604/27/06	Record Retention: Stay Ahead of the eDiscovery Storm View Presentation	Speech
04/17/0604/17/06	eDiscovery Amendments to FRCP Move Closer to Becoming a Reality View LawFlash	Resources in Real Time
03/30/0603/30/06	Metadata in Discovery, presented at the Strafford Publishing Teleconference View Presentation	Speech
03/06/0603/06/06	Avoiding Digital Disasters: Preservation & Spoliation, presented at the Philadelphia Bar Institute eDiscovery Program View Presentation	Speech
03/06/0603/06/06	eDiscovery: What’s it all about?, presented at the Philadelphia Bar Institute eDiscovery Program View Presentation	Speech
03/06/0603/06/06	The New Federal Rules: Evolution or Seachange?, presented at the Philadelphia Bar Institute eDiscovery Program View Presentation	Speech
03/03/0603/03/06	Sex, Lies, IT Security, Electronic Discovery and the Impact on Human Resources: Tales from the Dark Side, presented at a Morgan Lewis Roundtable event View Presentation	Speech
12/08/0512/08/05	In the Wake of Zubulake: Best Practices for Counsel, presented at the 9th Annual Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference, San Francisco	Speech
11/29/0511/29/05	E-Discovery in Employment Litigation: Effective Strategies for Managing the Unique Information and Privacy Challenges, presented at the Strafford Publishing Teleconference View Presentation	Speech
11/16/0511/16/05	eDiscovery Bytes: Lessons Learned from Zubulake, presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute Employment Law Institute	Speech
10/13/0510/13/05	eDiscovery and Information Management: Effective Strategies for Avoiding Litigation Disaster, presented at the Strafford Publishing Teleconference View Presentation	Speech
09/20/0509/20/05	Litigation Hold - Sorting Through Record Preservation Issues, presented at Fios, Inc. and ComplianceResources.org	Webinar
03/07/0503/07/05	Litigation Hold – Sorting Through Record Preservation Issues View Presentation	Speech
11/10/0411/10/04	Putting Together the Puzzle of eDiscovery, hosted by Kelly Law Registry, Philadelphia	Speech
12/18/03December 2003	Focusing On Reasonableness and Cost Trends in E-Discovery and Record Retention View White Paper	White Paper

Date	Title	Description
Jan 25, 2010	Morgan Lewis Partner Discusses eDiscovery Industry, The Posse List	Tess Blair discusses Morgan Lewis's eData Practice.
Dec 08, 2009	Morgan Lewis Selects Recommind’s Axcelerate eDiscovery™	Recommind and Morgan Lewis today announced that the firm has selected Recommind’s Axcelerate eDiscovery™ as the foundation for its eDiscovery infrastructure.
May 27, 2005	Lawyers Sifting Clients' E-mail: Electronic Grist for the Lawsuit Mill, Philadelphia Inquirer	MLR's Legal Logistics, now the Electronic Data Discovery Practice, was featured in a Philadelphia Inquirer's article on the growth of electronic discovery.

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