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When brokerage firm Morgan Stanley claimed it had lost all of the email correspondence stored on its servers in the World Trade Center attack, it ended up facing disciplinary charges of $12.5 million.

Tackling electronic discovery is not an easy proposition. The fast rise of e-discovery in the legal and corporate worlds has brought about a severe shortage of formally trained experts, according to the 2009 Annual Socha-Gelbmann Report. "Providers continue to question the qualifications of their competitors, and point to a lack of an unbiased central certifying body to confirm qualifications. In a crowded, noisy market, too many providers are making unsubstantiated claims and creating consumer confusion, while consumers lack effective means to compare technologies and methods."

Further, the report states, there is a continuing shortfall in qualified EDD staff attorneys, paralegals and litigation support IT staff. "As e-discovery continues to grow and evolve, so too does the complexity of requirements and demands placed on the substantive and technical abilities of e-discovery professionals," said Chere Estrin, OLP co-founding member and Chair of the Board of Directors. "The profession has yet to develop a coalition of cross-functional e-discovery teams supporting globally accepted standards and certification, mentoring and community-building. But that's all about to change."

A group of highly respected e-discovery and litigation professionals — widely acknowledged as the top minds in the field — have formed The Organization of Legal Professionals. This recently incorporated nonprofit is dedicated to advancing the profession and contributing to the career development of practitioners around the world. Just a few of the Board of Governors include Jeff Fowler, O'Melveny & Myers; Browning Marean, DLA Piper; Tom O'Connor, consultant; Ron Friedmann, Integreon; Peter Del Valle, Seyfarth Shaw LLP; Anne Kershaw, attorney; Eddie Sheey, Nuix; Professor Jay Grenig, Marquette University School of Law; Patrick Oot, Verizon Communications; Linda A. Klein, Past-President, State Bar of Georgia and the Hon. Mark Cavanagh.

"OLP's certification program will provide the legal community with a means of assuring clients that its e-discovery professionals possess the requisite level of competence and understanding of e-discovery principles," says Jeff Fowler of O'Melveny & Myers and member of the Board of Governors. "In this respect, The OLP intends to crack open the e-discovery black box."

The OLP is the only organization whose members represent all sectors of the e-discovery profession: attorneys, paralegals, technical support staff, litigation support professionals, consultants, vendors, software developers and judiciary.

For more information: www.theolp.org or info@theolp.org ([email]info%40theolp.org[/email])


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FYI, there is an other "Certification Program" available.

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