George Socha
Managing Director
BDO

George Socha is a managing director in BDO’s Forensic Technology Services practice. Named an “E-Discovery Trailblazer” by The American Lawyer, he assists corporate, law firm, and government clients with all facets of electronic discovery, including information governance. George has served clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, energy, retail, banking, and technology, among others. As a renowned industry thought leader, George has authored more than 50 articles and spoken at more than 200 engagements across the world on a variety of e-discovery topics. His extensive knowledge has also been utilized more than 20 times to provide expert testimony. Co-founder of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), a framework that outlines the standards for the recovery and discovery of digital data, and the Information Governance Reference Model (IGRM), a similar framework specific to information management, George is skilled at developing and implementing electronic discovery strategies and managing electronic discovery processes. Prior to joining BDO, George spent 16 years as a litigation attorney in private practice before starting his own consulting firm focused on e-discovery issues in 2003. George has also served as a guest lecturer at universities across the United State

Mary Novacheck
Partner & Leader of eDiscovery Practice
Bowman and Brooke

Mary partners her eDiscovery practice with the firm’s role as National Coordinating Counsel in mass tort, class actions and multidistrict litigation. She has litigated motions to compel in multiple state and federal courts on a variety of eDiscovery issues. She has worked extensively defending product liability manufacturers in a wide variety of industries.

Lyndsey Wurst Somsen, CEDS
Legal Operations Manager
Securian Financial Group

Lyndsey manages the Law Department with a focus on technology, budget and personnel management. She consults on various technology needs to ensure that the law department technology is efficient and cost effective. She also advocates for enhancements on current technology needs, consults on e-discovery, litigation case management and budget control and is highly focused on career development for the law department as a whole. She continues to advocate for further education for her staff, healthy business relationships across the enterprise and financial industry and is always looking to contain costs on legal spend. Lyndsey left the law-firm life and loves it.