An experienced legal technology lawyer, Tara Emory’s practice includes AI legal applications and processes, AI and Information Governance, and e-discovery. Her expertise bridges areas of law, data compliance, and technical aspects of data and software.
In litigation, Tara advises clients on e-discovery issues including search methodologies, machine learning/TAR, data preservation and collection approaches, discovery protocols, and strategies for resolving discovery issues with litigation adversaries. She has managed e-discovery compliance in dozens of Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Second Requests, with over two decades of experience that includes both providing legal advice as an attorney, and managing the Second Request operations for discovery service providers. In prior roles, Tara has served as a testifying expert on technical e-discovery issues for litigating parties, served as General Counsel for eDiscovery companies, and provided expertise and training as an e-discovery consultant to U.S. federal agencies, including the DOJ Antitrust Division.
Her information governance practice includes building and implementing compliance programs for managing data, developing and deploying AI systems, compliance, privacy, policies, records management technology, litigation readiness, and defensible disposition. Tara also works with clients to develop custom solutions for litigation and investigation matters, including reporting, data visualizations, analytics and machine learning strategies, workflows, and validation procedures.
Tara is a Band 1 Chambers-ranked individual in eDiscovery litigation support and a certified Project Management Professional. She is on the Planning Committee for The Sedona Conference WG13 on AI and the Law, The Sedona Conference Advisory Council, and EDRM Global Advisory Board. She is also Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Artificial Intelligence and Robots Committee, and served on the Steering Committee for The Sedona Conference WG1 on eDiscovery and Information Governance.