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Prof.DanielJ.Capra,Reporter

CHAIR

Hon.SidneyA.Fitzwater

PANELISTS

PeterPitegoff,Dean

Hon.JeffreyS.Sutton

Hon.PaulGrimm

Hon.JohnA.Woodcock,Jr.

GregoryP.Joseph,Esq.

JohnHaried,Esq.

RichardW.VorderBruegge,FBI

Prof.JeffreyBellin

PaulShechtman,Esq.

Prof.DeirdreM.Smith

Hon.ShiraA.Scheindlin

DavidShonka,Esq.

DanielGelb,Esq.

AndrewGoldsmith,Esq.

GeorgePaul,Esq.

PaulLippe,Esq.

I.OPENINGREMARKS

JUDGEFITZWATER:

Goodmorning,everyone.OnbehalfofJudgeJeffreyS.Sutton,andthemembersoftheCommitteeonRulesofPracticeandProcedureoftheJudicialConferenceoftheUnitedStates,mycolleaguesontheAdvisoryCommitteeonEvidenceRules,andourCommitteeReporter,ProfessorDanCapra,welcometotheSymposiumontheChallengesofElectronicEvidence.

WeareindebtedtotheUniversityofMaineSchoolofLawforitswillingnesstohostthissymposium,notonce,buttwice,becausewewerescheduledtoholdthesymposiumlastOctoberbeforethegovernmentshutdowncausedittobecancelled.IwanttoparticularlythankDeanPeterPitegoffandProfessorDeirdreM.Smithformakingthesymposiumpossibleandforthewarmwelcomeourcommitteehasreceived.IalsowanttothankourcolleagueontheEvidenceCommittee,ChiefJudgeJohnA.WoodcockoftheDistrictofMaineforhisgracioushandinensuringasuccessfulsymposiumandmeetingoftheEvidenceRulesCommittee.

ThisisthethirdinaseriesofsymposiathattheEvidenceRulesCommitteehasconvened.In2011,weheldasymposiumattheWilliam&

MaryMarshall-WytheCollegeofLawonthethen-newly-adoptedRestyledRulesofEvidence.

Theunderlyingpurposesofthatsymposiumincludedenhancingunderstandingoftherestyledrulesbyexploringthepainstakingprocessbywhichtheywereformulatedandidentifyingevidencerulesissuesthatremaintoberesolvedevenafterrestyling.

In2012,weconvenedasymposiumattheCharlestonSchoolofLaw,devotedtoasingleruleofevidence--Rule502,aRuleofEvidenceadoptedbyActofCongressattherequestoftheJudicialConferenceoftheUnitedStates--todiscusswaysinwhichthatrulecouldbebetterknownandunderstoodsothatitcouldfulfillitsoriginal,salutarypurposes.

Attoday'

ssymposium,weareproceedingfromthatmorenarrowexaminationofoneRuleofEvidencetoaconsiderablybroaderconversationaboutasubjectthatisaswide-rangingandseeminglylimitlessasthedigitalworldoftoday.WeareconsideringthechallengesthatelectronicevidenceposestotheRulesofEvidence.

Inarealsense,weareaskingourselveswhetherrulesthathavebeenthoughtfullydevelopedovertime--someoveraverylongperiodoftime--toensurethateveryproceedingisadministeredfairly,withoutunjustifiableexpenseanddelay,toascertainthetruthandsecureajustdetermination,havecontinuingvitalitywhenmeasuredagainsthowpeoplespeak,act,andthinkinanelectronicworld.

Wearefortunateindeedtohavedrawnagainfromthebestandthebrightesttoparticipateaspanelistsinthissymposium.Theyrepresentatrulydistinguishedgroupofjudges,lawyers,andscholars.

AsIhavesaidofourpriorpanelists,theyaredistinguished,notmerelybecausetheyareaccomplishedindividuals,butbecausetheyhaveexpertiseandextensiveexperienceaddressingtheissuesthatappeartobemost*1165pertinenttothebench,tothebar,andtheacademy--indeed,tothepurposesforconveningthissymposium.

Byconveningthissymposium--andbyarrangingfortheseproceedingstobeaddedtothelegalliteraturethroughpublicationintheFordhamLawReview--theAdvisoryCommitteeonEvidenceRulesisattemptingtoanticipateandaddressproactivelytechnologicalchangesthatseemalmostcertaintoincreaseinspeedandcomplexity.

ToparaphraseWinstonChurchill,thisisnottheendofthisprocess.Itisnoteventhebeginningoftheend.Butitis,perhaps,theendofthebeginning.

Wearefortunatetohaveassembledagroupofnotedjudges,practitioners,andacademicianstoassistinthisworthygoal.IwelcomeyoualltothisSymposiumontheChallengesofElectronicEvidence.

Andwearefortunatetohavewithustodayoneofourhosts,DeanPeterPitegoff.Dean.

DEANPITEGOFF:

Thankyou,JudgeFitzwater,andthankyouallforcoming.I'

mDeanoftheUniversityofMaineSchoolofLaw.Andonbehalfofthelawschool,letmesayhowpleasedwearetohosttheannualmeetingoftheAdvisoryCommitteeonEvidenceRulesandtheSymposiumontheChallengesofElectronicEvidence.

We'

reparticularlyhonoredtowelcomesuchadistinguishedgroupofjudges,lawyers,andscholars,asJudgeFitzwatersaid.

AndI'

dliketogiveapersonalthankstoJudgeJohnWoodcock,ChiefJudgeoftheU.S.DistrictCourthereinMaine,forarrangingtoholdthismeetingattheUniversityofMaineSchoolofLaw.UniversityofMaineSchoolofLawisthepubliclawschoolofMaine,theonlylawschoolofMaine.AndwetakeseriouslyourmissiontoservethepublicandtopromotejusticeinMaineandbeyond.Thiseventtodayresonatessowellwiththatmission,bringingexpertvoicestoMainefromthroughoutthenation.

I'

dliketogivefurtherthanks,ofcourse,toProfessorDanCapra,FordhamUniversitySchoolofLaw,astheorganizerofthesymposium.

AndtomyMaineLawcolleague,ProfessorDeirdreSmithoftheUniversityofMaineSchoolofLaw,forherparticipationinthesymposiumandforrepresentingthelawschoolintheplanningprocess.

Ilookforwardtoarobustdiscussionofvery,verytimelyandpressingissuestoday.Andagain,welcome.

II.INTRODUCTIONOFTHEPANELISTS

PROFESSORCAPRA:

Thankyou,Dean.I'

mDanCapra.I'

mgoingtobethemoderatortoday.Sothefirstorderofbusinessistointroducethepanelists.AndI'

mgoinginalphabeticalorder.JeffBellinisanassociateprofessoratWilliam&

MaryLawSchool,whereheteachesevidence,criminalprocedure,andrelatedseminars.HeclerkedforJudgeGarland,U.S.CourtofAppealsfortheD.C.Circuit,servedasaprosecutorwiththe*1166U.S.Attorney'

sOfficeinWashington,D.C.,andpracticedwithLatham&

Watkins.

Andheis,Ithinkit'

sfairtostate,theforemostscholaronthetopicofelectronicevidence.Hisarticleon“PresentSenseImpressions”[FN1]impressedJudgeFitzwatertosuchanextentthathedecideditwouldbeagoodideatoholdthisconference.

DanielGelbisapartneratGelb&

GelbLLPinBoston.Herepresentsclientsingeneralandwhitecollarcriminaldefensematters,complexcivillitigation,andarbitrations.AndpriortojoiningGelb&

Gelb,hewasanADAfortheNorfolkCountyDistrictAttorney'

sOfficeinMassachusetts.He'

safrequentspeakerandauthoronelectronicdiscovery.AndheworkscloselywiththeSedonaConference.

AndrewGoldsmithistheJusticeDepartment'

sNationalCriminalDiscoveryCoordinator.Inthisrole,heoverseesawiderangeofnationalinitiativesdesignedtoprovidefederalprosecutorswithtrainingandresourcesrelatedtocriminaldiscovery,includingelectronicdiscovery.He'

spublishedanumberofarticlesinthearea.

WeareveryluckytohavePaulGrimmonourpanel.JudgePaulGrimmservesastheDistrictJudgefortheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheDistrictofMaryland.He'

samemberoftheAdvisoryCommitteefortheFederalRulesofCivilProcedure,chairstheAdvisoryCommittee'

sDiscoverySubcommittee,whichmeansheisabusymanthesedays.

Hisopinionsonelectronicdiscoveryandelectronicevidencehavebeenwidelyinfluential.AndheteachescoursesonevidenceanddiscoveryatUniversityofBaltimoreSchoolofLawandUniversityofMarylandSchoolofLaw.

JohnHariedistheCriminalDiscoveryCoordinatorfortheExecutiveOfficeofUnitedStatesAttorneysintheDepartmentofJustice,wherehecoordinatesdiscoverypolicyandtrainingfortheDepartment'

sUnitedStatesAttorneys.Andhe'

shelpeddeveloptheNewRecommendationsforESIDiscoveryinfederalcriminalcases.Hefrequentlylecturesone-discovery,electronicinformationmanagement,andtheprivacyofelectroniccommunications.

GregJosephisapastpresidentofboththeAmericanCollegeofTrialLawyersandtheABASectionofLitigation.HewasachartermemberoftheAdvisoryCommitteeonEvidencebackin1993whenitgotreconstitutedpursuanttoJudgeBecker'

sarticleanddirection.

Wearehonoredtohavetwochartermembersofthecommitteesittingrighthere,GregandKenBroun.

GregwascochairoftheThirdCircuitTaskForceonSelectionofClassCounsel.He'

sthepresidentoftheU.S.SupremeCourtHistoricalSociety,andafounderofJosephHageAaronson,alawfirmwithofficesinNewYorkandLondon.Andhe'

stheauthorofModernVisualEvidence.[FN2]

*1167PaulLippeisCEOofOnRampSystems,theleaderinlegaldepartmentplatformstoimprovequalityandefficiencyandreducecostsoflegalwork.Hewasatvarioustimesgeneralcounselandseniorvicepresident,businessdevelopmentandcorporatemarketingatSynopsys,anelectronicdesignautomationcompany.

Also,PaulwasCEOofStanfordSKOLAR,amedicaldigitallibrary.Andhespeaksregularlyaboutthenewnormalinlaw.Hewillbeourclosingspeakertoday.

GeorgePaulisanexperiencedbusinesslitigatorandpartnerinthe