Kelly Twigger
Kelly Twigger is the founder and owner of ESI Attorneys. After spending several years advising existing clients on e-discovery issues at a large firm, Kelly felt that organizations needed separate e-discovery counsel whose advice was not tied to developing the client’s business in a larger firm setting. Thus, ESI Attorneys was born. Prior to starting ESI Attorneys, Kelly was a partner with a national AmLaw 200 law firm, where she established and headed the firm’s Records Retention and Electronic Discovery Team, including the firm’s e-discovery blog. She is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at Marquette University Law School. Kelly’s work with clients includes:
- Establishing a process for preserving, collecting and producing ESI to achieve consistency and reduce the costs and risk associated with e-discovery;
- Conducting assessments of where an organization is and where it needs to be given current legal obligations;
- Managing the e-discovery process at organizations with no dedicated legal counsel for e-discovery;
- Managing RIM Initiatives within an organization to understand and manage the sources of ESI that are discoverable;
- Identifying technological solutions, i.e. legal hold tools, ECM, email archives, that meet the business and legal needs for a specific organization;
- Training in-house and outside counsel on their obligations in e-discovery and how to meet them;
- Helping clients select vendors for e-discovery projects; and
- Drafting RFB’s for e-discovery related issues to be sent to outside counsel.
Recent Speaking Engagements and Webinars
- Data Mapping 101, Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association’s Second Annual Electronic Discovery conference, November 18, 2009, Milwaukee, WI
- Silos are for Corn, not RIM, IDC-Kahn Consulting, Inc. Compliance in Information Management Forum, September 16, 2009, New York City
- Building a Defensible Data Map, workshop in conjunction with The Ingersoll Firm, October 6, 2009, Chicago IL
- The E-discovery Phenomenon and Why It Matters to IP Lawyers, Milwaukee Bar Association, April 21, 2009, Milwaukee, WI, available on demand
- Webinar: The E-discovery Toolkit, May 22, 2009, available online or for download
- Webinar: The ESI Data Map: What Inside Counsel and Records Managers Need to Know, March 24, 2009, available online or for download
- Webinar: Records Retention and Litigation Preparedness: Harnessing Business Value and Being Compliant By Knowing Where Your Business Content Is, June 22, 2009, available for download
- Building a Defensible Data Map, workshop, February 4, 2010, New York City
- The ESI Data Map — What is it, Why Do I Need One and How Do I Use It?, Milwaukee/Madison ARMA Chapters, February 11, 2010, Milwaukee, WI
- Building a Defensible Data Map, workshop, April 14, 2010, Chicago
- The Legal Implications of Social Media, BizTech Conference and Expo, May 28, 2010, Milwaukee
- Managing Electronic Records (MER) Conference, Tapping into the Cultural Keg: Bringing RIM to the Joint Venture of MillerCoors, May 17, 2010
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
- Managing ESI to Meet Legal, Compliance and Open Records Needs Efficiently and Effectively, Wisconsin State Bar Public Records and Open Meetings Seminar, September 30, 2010, Madison, WI
Admissions
- Supreme Court of Wisconsin
- 7th Circuit Court of Appeals
- Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
Memberships
- Milwaukee Bar Association
- 7th Circuit Bar Association
- Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production
- American Bar Association’s E-discovery Committee
- ARMA, Milwaukee Chapter
- Women in E-discovery, Chicago chapter
Education
- Marquette University Law School, Juris Doctor cum laude, 1997
- Washington University in St. Louis, Bachelor of Arts, 1993
