Michael R. Labovitz

Associate

Michael R. Labovitz is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice and a member of the eData team.

A vital part of our Litigation Practice, eData is an expanding practice area created at Morgan Lewis to address the impact of electronic data on business and legal strategies. Formerly known as Legal Logistics, eData helps clients meet increasingly demanding regulatory and legal requirements with cost-effective prelitigation risk management, eDiscovery consulting, and document review.

We partner with in-house legal, IT, and records-management teams as well as outside technology vendors to apply best practices, inside and outside litigation. We offer start-to-finish litigation management, from litigation holds and data preservation, to negotiations with opposing counsel, to discovery motion practice, depositions, and trial support. We are a national team with both West Coast and East Coast capabilities.

Our emphasis is on giving practical, real-world advice and services to clients. Combining legal experience with technological know-how, eData brings all aspects of electronic data and records management—which traditionally have operated independently—together in one shop. This critical link drives strategic thinking, collaboration, and problem solving. Our industry-leading “best practices” guide clients to meet eDiscovery obligations in ways that minimize cost and maximize quality.

The eData team plays a large role in defending clients in corporate matters, including product liability, mass torts, antitrust, M&A, regulatory, white collar, compliance, construction, insurance coverage, and complex commercial litigation.

Mr. Labovitz earned his J.D. from Pace University School of Law in New York in 2003, where he was a member of the International Law Society. He earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Pittsburgh in 2000, where he was awarded a Chancellor’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship while researching voting trends in presidential primaries. He was also a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society.

Mr. Labovitz is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.