Katherine A. Polera

Associate

Katherine A. Polera is an associate in Morgan Lewis's eData practice. eData is an innovative practice founded by 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 meeting eDiscovery obligations in ways that minimize cost and maximize quality.

The eData Practice 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.

Ms. Polera received her J.D., with honors, from Rutgers University School of Law in 2005, where she served as a notes editor for the Journal of Law and Urban Policy and participated in the Hunter Moot Court. She was a recipient of the Rutgers Pro Bono Award for Significant Service for her work with the Rutgers Pro Bono Bankruptcy Project. Ms. Polera earned her M.Mus. from Pennsylvania State University in 1998 and her B.Mus., with honors, from the University of Colorado in 1996.

Ms. Polera is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.