Cecil A. Lynn is a highly-regarded thought-leader in the area of electronic discovery. He speaks and publishes on a wide variety of eDiscovery topics, including:

• Data retention
• Data collection
• Document review
• Data accessibility
• International eDiscovery

Cecil serves as an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy where he teaches courses in e-discovery, deposition skills and trial advocacy. He has also taught a university-level eDiscovery certification program at California State University at Fullerton and is a former adjunct professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California.

Previously, Cecil 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 Group 1 and 6
• 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