About Mark Lieb

MARK R. LIEB President   Ad Litem Consulting, Inc.   866-477-4523 (Voice) 260-818-4874 (Fax) 619-820-4874 (Mobile)   California PO 124873 San Diego, CA 92112   Illinois 7777 Lake Street, Suite 200 River Forest, IL 60305

Mr. Lieb has provided Litigation Support to legal teams for cases ranging from small collections to multi-national, multi-firm litigation, involving millions of pages of discovery. Mr. Lieb currently consults with firms, service bureaus and software companies on litigation technology and standards.

Mr. Lieb is the co-founder and technical hand behind the Litigation Support Vendors Association. The LSVA, a not-for-profit organization, provides online forums and discussions moderated by industry experts and representatives from major software companies, and covering topics from computer forensics and electronic discovery to best practices and standards.

"Mr. Lieb’s expertise focuses on the full range of modern electronic discovery. He has been instrumental in creating a robust infrastructure for providing electronic discovery services within the firm. In addition, he was the principal author of Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich’s Litigation Support Technical Standards. This document has done much to enhance communications between vendors and end users".

- Browning Marean, III, Partner, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP.

In March of 2004, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich generously made Litigation Support Technical Standards public to help the industry formulate standards and best practices. Mr. Lieb continues to update the document; as of August, 2005, the document has been downloaded over 1,300 times by a wide range of vendors and law firms.

Mr. Lieb’s most recent efforts center on his book, Litigation Support Department, which outlines both how to run the Litigation Support Department, organized as a business, and how to use technology to support and help win the case. In this text, Mr. Lieb discusses how the Litigation Support Department can provide a consistent product and experience for the legal team, vendors and associated parties. The book includes discussions and diagrams of case life-cycle, work-flow, budget, strategies, tactics, check-lists, roles, responsibilities, and more. Also included is a Litigation Budget spreadsheet file, among others. Establish standards in your firm and enjoy the benefit of consistency. Whether a 40-year litigator or a technician, new to the field, this text provides an overview and education about how to handle changes resulting from electronic discovery and litigation technologies.