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Jim Sullivan, Founder and CEO of eDiscovery AI, EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID's newest acquisition, sits down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jim talks about his start in eDiscovery, stepping away from the always-on eDiscovery market, and his return to launch eDiscovery AI. He explains that eDiscovery AI operates as a separate company while simultaneously integrating into proven workflows. The conversation explores validation, privilege review, and emerging use cases, with observations on what will distinguish teams approaching GenAI successfully from those who may struggle over the next 12 to 18 months. The episode concludes with Jim's fun fact and the myriad of ways to contact him.

Jon Robins, CTO and Vice President of eDiscovery for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jon shares Level Legal's approach to building systems, emphasizing the importance of asking the right initial questions and the value of being tool-agnostic, particularly in AI integration. The conversation also explores Level Legal's commitment to care and responsiveness to client requests and requirements, concluding with perspectives on how quantum computing will influence eDiscovery in the future.

Michael Cammack, Deputy Information Security Officer, and Stephanie Wienke, Security Specialist for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Michael and Stephanie recount their journeys to cyber and eDiscovery as well as their University of Wisconsin alumni relationship. The two share insights into the unique challenges of bringing an entire organization into an AI governance framework, covering topics from the highly technical to the entirely human. They introduce the concept of governance debt as new, exciting systems come online. With the field moving rapidly and a desire to stay compliant with the multiple security certifications HaystackID has earned, this duo shares their rich experience and tips for getting value from AI without compromising security, and the conversation concluded with a fun fact from each.

Greg Moreman, Partner, Client Solutions for EDRM Trusted Partner Level Legal, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Greg shares Level Legal's approach to integrating AI into client workflows, emphasizing defensibility, measurable outcomes, and the importance of not just a human in the loop, but an expert human in the loop. He discusses starting with smaller pilots before scaling, explaining why AI is not an "easy button," but a transformative one when implemented thoughtfully. The conversation concludes with plans to connect at Legalweek, where Level Legal will be at booth 345 and EDRM at booth 750.

Cash Butler, founder of Legalverse Media, and Marc Mandel, senior vice president and general counsel for Exos, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Cash and Marc recount their journeys to their current remit as well as Marc's potential recognition as an ACC Value Champion for the changes he has made in how his legal department functions and serves the business. Marc talks about his current coding project, which he will be releasing soon, and they both share a fun fact about themselves.

Timothy Conlon, a partner and practice leader for DarrowEverett's Private Client Group and co-chair of its Family Law Practice Group, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Tim recounts his journey from family law to eDiscovery and discusses his book, "Electronic Evidence for Family Law Attorneys." Tim explains how his investigative experience with early computer fraud cases sensitized him to the impact of electronic evidence, noting how the "supercomputer in a pocket" can contain self-disclosed, damaging evidence in domestic relations cases. He also offers tips for new attorneys in the field and shares a musical fun fact.

Jeffrey Fleming and Aleida Gonzalez, Managing Directors for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jeff and Aleida recount their journeys to cyber and eDiscovery as well as their professional association over the years spanning policy, practice and technology. The two shared insights into the unique challenges of governing AI from a cyber and risk focused perspective, and how organizations and teams can get started. With the field moving rapidly, this duo shared their rich experience and tips for getting value out of AI without compromising security, ending with a fun fact from each of them.

Elizabeth Guthrie, Content Manager for EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Elizabeth recounts her journey from Northwestern University to eDiscovery. Elizabeth explained how being new to eDiscovery allowed her to explore and construct understandable instructional material. Later, as her understanding deepened, she enjoyed describing the unsettled areas of practice. Elizabeth also gave us a good look at what is upcoming in 2026, a preview of their fall user conference in Chicago (On Point), and we made a plan to connect at Legalweek. Elizabeth ended on her fun fact and gave listeners the link to order their own copies of the books she edited, eDiscovery for the Rest of Us and AI for the Rest of Us.

Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Lessons for Legal Profession from the Latest Viral Meme: 'Ask an AI What It Would Do If It Became Human For a Day?'"

Jenny Hamilton, Chief Legal Officer of EDRM Trusted Partner Exterro, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Jenny talks about her journey from private practice to corporate to in-house at a provider. She explained the trends she's observed, emphasizing her view that legal and eDiscovery professionals are well suited to lead AI adoption with a risk-aware approach. Jenny also talks about her collaboration with her podcasting team in producing Data Xposure and the compelling conversations they have, ending with a surprising, fun fact from her early style blogging days.

Elizabeth Guthrie, Brett Burney, eLaw Evangelist of EDRM Trusted Partner Nextpoint, and Tom O'Connor, Director of the Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center, sit down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, the team shares their excitement over the release of Tom's new book, Artificial Intelligence for the Rest of Us. The team explained the challenges of nailing down the book in the midst of rapid Large Language Model (LLM) upgrades and changes. Elizabeth, Tom, and Brett were laser-focused on the benefits for smaller law firms and corporate teams so much that the glossary was repurposed from the end to the beginning to facilitate understanding. We ended our discussion with surprising fun facts from all three guests. You can order your copy of the book at https://www.nextpoint.com/ai-for-the-rest-of-us-book/.

Sam Morgan, Director of Legal Solutions and Mark MacDonald, SVP of Business Development for EDRM Trusted Partner, HaystackID sit down with Mary Mack and Holley Robinson. In this episode, Sam and Mark were live from the 2025 Construction Super Conference in FL. The two shared insights into the unique challenges of those with construction related proprietary files, and partially repetitive items that can be key in a dispute like change orders. They explained how HaystackID has carefully implemented AI to assist moving through the volumes and variety of the data. Sam and Mark ended with their respective fun facts and ways to contact them. Sam and Mark were recently featured on an EDRM Workshop, Framing Construction Discovery's Future with AI-Powered Document Review, available here: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5076213/CF0B3883F0A874535280C41267635BB5.

Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer's Cure for Hallucinations." This episode is an example of a debate format contrasted to the discussion format in Episode 42.

Attorney, award-winning blogger, and AI expert Ralph Losey's curated and vetted podcast features his Anonymous Podcasters as they do a deep dive on Ralph's EDRM blog post titled "Cross-Examine Your AI: The Lawyer's Cure for Hallucinations." This episode is an example of a discussion format contrasted to the debate format in Episode 43.

In this episode, the thirty-fifth in a series, Nate Latessa, Chief Revenue Officer and Vice President of Advisory Services for EDRM Trusted Partner HaystackID, sits down with EDRM's Mary Mack and Holley Robinson to update us on his journey and to talk about Corporate Data Intelligence. The multidisciplinary mandate of Corporate Data Intelligence makes great use of the multidisciplinary experience in the EDRM community. Nate deepened the reuse of data after review in a repository scenario with the reuse of search terms and prompts to proactively classify data across an enterprise. The high octave of international practice in this area was also highlighted. Nate ended with his surprising fun fact about the beginnings of his work life, pre-eDiscovery.