Cecil Lynn is a highly-regarded thought-leader in the area of electronic discovery. He advises clients on a wide variety of topics, including:
- eDiscovery in class actions and complex litigation
- Cost effective and defensible document review strategies
- Identification, preservation and production of inaccessible data
- Cross border challenges in eDiscovery
Cecil serves as a program director and instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy where he teaches courses in e-discovery, deposition skills and trial advocacy. He is currently an eDiscovery Professor at Bryan University in Phoenix, Arizona. Prior to Bryan University, Cecil taught an eDiscovery certification program at California State University at Fullerton and is a former adjunct professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California.
Cecil also worked as general counsel for an international apparel company which gave him an understanding of the corporate law department environment. Prior to working in-house, he litigated several civil and criminal cases while working at two prestigious California-based law firms. In addition, he served as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section of the United States Department of Justice and served as a special prosecutor for the National Church Arson Task Force.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Member, The Sedona Conference, Working Groups 1, 6 and 10
- Member, Advisory Panel - American Bar Association
- Member, Commercial Law Section - National Bar Association
- Member, E-Discovery Committee - DRI
- Co-chair, Diversity Committee - DRI
- Participant, Electronic Discovery Resource Model
- Program director, eDiscovery Program - National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA)
- Co-chair, eDiscovery Program - Arizona State University
- Member, Advisory Board - Bryan University
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
- March 22, 2013Anatomy of an Employment Class ActionThe Sedona Conference Institute, 7th Annual E-Discovery Program: Living on E-Discovery’s Cutting Edge
- February 1, 2013New York, New York: 2012 eDiscovery Year in ReviewLaw Technology News
- December 18, 2012Litigators See Social Media as Gold Mine For Discovery of Admissible EvidenceBloomberg BNA
- November 3, 2012E-Discovery Atlanta: Aspects of Technology to Consider in E-DiscoveryConference Materials, Section of Labor and Employment Law - American Bar Association
- May 10, 2012Littler Report
- February 1, 2012Law Technology News
- January 30, 2012Law Technology News
- April 2011Social Media Discovery: What You Need to Know to Be PreparedBNA Digital Discovery and Electronic Evidence
- March 2011Social Media DiscoveryABA Labor and Employment Section
- January 20112010 Year In ReviewLaw Technology News
- June 17, 2010Littler Press Release
- May 2010Social Media Risk ManagementLaw Technology News
- January 2010Back to the Future: E-Discovery 2009 Year in ReviewLaw Technology News
- September 2009Limbo For Corporate E-mail Retention: How Low Can You Go?BNA Digital Discovery and E-Evidence
- April 2009Playing on the Same Team: Managing the Relationship Between Inside and Outside Counsel in E-DiscoveryThe Sedona Conference Institute
- February 2009Invasion of Privacy or Standard Protocol? Computer Privacy Policies and Government EmployeesBNA Government Employee Relations Report
- January 2009E-Discovery 2008: The Year in ReviewLaw Technology News
- November 2008Public Information or Privileged? Enforcement of Workplace Computer Privacy PoliciesDigital Discovery & e-Evidence,
- Fall 2008Litigation Preparedness: Information Management Practices for the Petroleum IndustryOil & Gas Journal - American Bar Association
- Fall 2008You've Been Served: Corporate Response to Government Subpoena and Search Warrant Requests for ESIThe Sedona Conference Law Journal, No. 9
- September 2008Enforcement of Employer Computer Privacy PoliciesABA Labor & Employment Conference
- July 2008The Sedona Conference Commentary on Preservation, Management and Identification of Sources of Information that are Not Reasonably Accessible (co-editor)The Sedona Conference
- January 2008First University-Level E-Discovery Program To DebutDigital Discovery and e-Evidence
- October 2007Top Ten E-Discovery Tips for ParalegalsInland Counties Association of Paralegals Newsletter and Orange County Paralega
- October 2007Sedona Watch: The Sedona Conference Goes GlobalThe E-Discovery Standard
- October 2007Foreign Privacy Laws and U.S. Electronic Discovery Rights: Columbia Pictures v. BunnellThe E-Discovery Standard
- September 2007NCCUSL Approves Uniform E-Discovery Rules for State Courts at Annual MeetingDigital Discovery & e-Evidence
- June and July 20072006: E-Discovery Year in ReviewPretrial Practice and Discovery Newsletter - American Bar Association
- July 2007Litigation Preparedness: A Checklist For Corporate CounselThe Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
- January 2007NCCUSL Promulgates Uniform E-Discovery Rules for State CourtsDigital Discovery & e-Evidence
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
- Littler Mendelson on Employment Law Class Actions, LexisNexis, 2nd Ed., contributor, 2012
- The Discovery Book, LexisNexis, 1st Ed., co-author: Courtney Barton, 2007
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- April 21, 2013Authenticating Social Media Evidence
National Symposium on Technology in the Workplace - American Bar Association, Berkeley, California - April 17, 2013Report from Norman: The Civil Rules Committee Moves Forward
Audio Update - The Sedona Conference Webinar - April 5, 2013Bring Your Own Device
National Session on eDiscovery - American Bar Association - April 5, 2013Choosing Your Technology
National Session on eDiscovery - American Bar Association - March 21-22, 2013Anatomy of an Employment Class Action
7th Annual E-Discovery Program, Living on E-Discovery’s Cutting Edge - Sedona Conference Institute - March 13-15, 2013E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Conference and Symposium
E-Discovery and Digital Evidence Conference and Symposium - ASU College of Law, Tempe, AZ - November 2012E-Discovery Atlanta: Aspects of Technology to Consider in E-Discovery
Annual Conference, Labor and Employment Section - American Bar Association - September 2012E-Discovery Program
National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Washington, DC - August 2012“Call Me” - Personal Devices at Work - Smart Savings or Unacceptable Risk?
Risk Management & Finance Summit for Non Profits, Chicago, IL - July 2012Protecting Your eDiscovery Work Product
Carmel Valley eDiscovery Retreat, Carmel Valley, CA - May 23-25, 2012eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference and Symposium
eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference and Symposium - ASU College of Law, Tempe, AZ - May 11, 2012Business or Pleasure: The Challenge of "Bring Your Own Device" Polices in the Workplace
The 2012 Executive Employer® Conference, Littler Mendelson, Scottsdale, AZ - May 2012Business or Pleasure: The Challenges of “Bring Your Own Device” Policies in the Workplace
Littler Mendelson, Phoenix, AZ - March, 2010Getting Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
The Sedona Conference Institute, Philadelphia, PA - February 2012Social Media Policies: What you don’t know will hurt your business
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, Albuquerque, NM - August 2011Trial Advocacy, Instructor
National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Salt Lake City, UT - April 7, 2011The eDiscovery Forecast: Partly Cloudy with a New Technology Front, Large Accumulations of Data, and a Chance of Sanctions
The 2011 Executive Employer® Conference - Littler Mendelson, Phoenix, AZ - April 2011Making eDiscovery Manageable
Freddie Mac - March 2011Mastering E-Discovery
District of Arizona Annual Conference, Tucson, AZ - March 2011Social Media in Litigation
Midwinter Meeting, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee - American Bar Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico - March 2011Staying Ahead of the eDiscovery Curve
The Sedona Conference Institute, San Diego, CA - March 2011E-Discovery for the Corporate Market
Executive Counsel Institute, San Francisco, CA - January 2011Case Law Update Webinar
The Sedona Conference - December 2010Back to the Future: The Most Important 2010 E-Discovery Cases
Virtual LegalTech - November 2010Symantec eDiscovery
CLE, Phoenix, AZ - October 2010The Sedona Conference Annual Conference
The Sedona Conference Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ - August 2010Managing the Cost of eDiscovery
NBA, New Orleans, LA - August 2010Legal Implications of Social Media
NBA, New Orleans, LA - May 2010ABA Fourth Annual National Institute on eDiscovery
American Bar Association, Washington DC - April 2010Symantec eDiscovery
CLE, Denver, CO
