Mari Frank Interviews Robert Brownstone, Technology & eDiscovery Counsel

Robert D. Brownstone advises clients on electronic discovery, electronic information management, retention/destruction policies and protocols, information-security and privacy. He also collaborates with clients as to computer solutions enabling compliance with legal obligations. A nationwide speaker and writer on many law and technology issues, Mr. Brownstone is frequently quoted in the press as an expert on electronic information. He also teaches Electronic Discovery classes at the University of San Francisco School (USF) of Law and Santa Clara University School of Law. Mr. Brownstone is a member of: four state bars (including California and New York); the Information Systems Auditing and Control Association (ISACA) and the Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA). He is also the Chair of the executive committee of the State Bar of California's Law Practice Management and Technology (LPMT) Section. He serves on the Advisory Board of the National Employment Law Institute (NELI) and on the Board of Editors of ALM's Internet Law & Strategy newsletter. In 2006, Mr. Brownstone was named a Northern California Super Lawyer and featured in a cover story of ABA's Law Practice Magazine. Before joining Fenwick & West in 2000, he had a varied 13-year career as a litigator, law school administrator, law school teacher and consultant. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Brownstone was the Moot Court Program Coordinator at USF School of Law. During the 1997-98 school year, he also acted as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Director of Legal Research & Writing at JFKU School of Law in Walnut Creek, California. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Brownstone taught Legal Research Writing & Analysis at USF Law. Between 1990 and 1995, Mr. Brownstone had key roles in some publicized cases. From 1986 to 1990, when Mr. Brownstone practiced in New York, he was on plaintiffs' counsel's team in the civil suit against Claus von Bulow and on Lowell Milken's defense team in multiple Drexel Burnham Lambert matters. In 1986, Mr. Brownstone received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a Notes Editor and a published author on the Brooklyn Law Review. In 1982, Mr. Brownstone received his B.A. in English literature and political science from Swarthmore College. www.fenwick.com