Niloy Ray is one of the firm's eDiscovery counsel. Reinforcing the firm's commitment to providing its clients with leading-edge solutions in this critical area of the law, he assists and advises Littler’s lawyers and clients on preservation and “meet and confer” obligations, developing strategies for efficient and effective data harvesting, review and production, implementing cost-shifting/cost-reduction techniques, and addressing the admissibility and authentication of electronic evidence. Niloy also handles court appearances and motion practice on matters relating to eDiscovery.
Before joining Littler, Niloy was an associate at another multinational law firm, where his practice focused on commercial litigation in federal and state courts in complex tort, antitrust and contract matters. He regularly represented energy utilities in regulatory proceedings and related litigation, and conducted internal investigations for Fortune 500 and academic clients. He has broad experience in all facets of trial practice and has chaired trials in state and federal court.
Prior to attending law school, Niloy spent five years coding, designing, and leading the development of supply chain software applications for Retek Inc., now part of Oracle.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Electronic Document Retention and Production Working Group 1 - The Sedona Conference
- Member, Technology for the Litigator Committee, Section of Litigation – American Bar Association
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
- January 29, 2013The Legal Intelligencer
- January 30, 2012Law Technology News
BOOKS & BOOK CHAPTERS
- Littler Mendelson on Employment Law Class Actions, LexisNexis, 2nd Ed., contributing author, 2012
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- June 11-12, 2013E-Discovery for the Corporate Market
Executive Counsel Institute, Chicago, IL - April 10, 2013Managing Disputes About the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information
Labor & Employment Law Committee - Chicago Bar Association - March 13-15, 2013What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate
2013 eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference, Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ - March 13-15, 2013Social Media Discovery Considerations
2013 eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference, Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ - January 9, 2013E-Discovery in Employment Litigation
Strafford Publications Inc. Webinar - November 8, 2012eDiscovery Roundtable
Special Counsel - October 31, 2012eDiscovery Service Delivery Models Roundtable
The Cowen Group, Chicago, IL - September 18-20, 201221st Century Considerations: Data-Security, Social Media and The Cloud
2012 Conference on E-Discovery for the Corporate Market - Executive Counsel Institute, Houston, TX - September 18-20, 2012Search Technologies and Forward Thinking
2012 Conference on E-Discovery for the Corporate Market - Executive Counsel Institute, Houston, TX - August 8, 2012Information Governance Trends & Issues Roundtable
The Cowen Group, Chicago, IL - May 22-25, 2012Preservation and Collection of ESI
2012 eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference, Arizona State University - Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, AZ
