Tom Barnett is the Managing Director and eDiscovery Practice Leader at Stroz Friedberg. In this capacity Mr. Barnett is responsible for the firm’s strategic direction and thought leadership in eDiscovery technology, services and processes. In addition, he advises companies and law firms as a consulting and testifying expert on all aspects of information, data and records management, regulatory compliance and discovery issues in large complex litigation and enforcement matters.
Previously Mr. Barnett led the Global Records and Information Management Consulting Practice at Stratify/Iron Mountain. Prior to that, he served as Special Counsel in the litigation department of Sullivan & Cromwell where he was responsible for creating and leading the firm’s eDiscovery and Compliance Department.
Mr. Barnett was a co-author and a member of the editorial board of the Sedona Conference Principles on Electronic Document Production. He currently serves on the Board of Editors of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) Project. He is also a faculty member and sits on the Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law Center Advanced eDiscovery Institute, the eDiscovery Expert Witness Directory Committee, and the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution.
Mr. Barnett has authored a large number of articles, whitepapers and treatises on electronic discovery and data management and is considered one of the leading experts in the field. He is a frequent speaker on electronic data management topics and has provided training sessions to judges, in-house and outside counsel and other legal professionals. Mr. Barnett has advised clients and served as an electronic discovery expert in some of the nation's largest civil, regulatory and criminal matters in the environmental, financial services, banking, energy, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, automobile and tobacco industries.
Notably, Mr. Barnett is a 2006 recipient of the Burton Award for Legal Achievement. He is a graduate of the Cornell Law School and served on the Board of Editors of the Cornell Law Review.
Education
J.D., Cornell Law School; B.A., University of Wisconsin
