Elizabeth E. Karnes

Associate

Elizabeth E. Karnes is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice and a member of the eData team.

Ms. Karnes concentrates her practice on issues related to compliance, records retention, litigation readiness, electronic discovery, and the monitoring of electronic communications.

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.

Prior to joining the eData team, Ms. Karnes worked as an associate in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice, where she focused on securities and complex business litigation. Ms. Karnes has represented corporations, officers, directors, and underwriters in shareholder class action lawsuits, derivative actions, and other business litigation. She also has represented clients in investigations initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as by other federal states and self-regulatory agencies.

Ms. Karnes earned her J.D., summa cum laude, from Southwestern University School of Law in 1998 and her B.A. from Bucknell University in 1993.

Ms. Karnes is admitted to practice in California and before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.