Aphlaetb Suop: Tihs is Waht it’s all Aoubt

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The leading paragraph was provided through the kind permission of attorneys William E. Hoffman and Alex Lubarsky, two of my colleagues on the LPMT Executive Committee.

I attended their excellent presentation about document production Sunday morning at the State Bar annual meeting.  Two hours and 100 or so slides later, the attendees walked away with a better understanding of the challenges we face as we try to find the needle in the digital haystack – and how failing to competently undertake these practices may result in serious consequences for the lawyers, their firms and the clients.

Precision is key to what we do; this is one area upon which both lawyers and IT professionals agree.  The problem is, in the e-discovery universe, perfection may be imperfect.  Luckily, I'm one step ahead – I was never perfect.

…of course, I'd never admit that in public…