As the Managing Director of Mintz’s Chambers & Partners globally- and nationally-ranked E-Data Consulting Group, John’s practice focuses exclusively on counseling clients on information governance and the utilization of technology and artificial intelligence to manage large data matters. John has particular experience advising clients in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, and healthcare industries facing commercial litigation, corporate M&A activity, antitrust inquiries, and government investigations.

John is a member of Mintz’s Administrative Leadership Team in addition to overseeing the team of lawyers and technologists who comprise the E-Data Consulting Group, the Firm’s technology vendor partnerships, and certain client-facing legal technology applications.  In all aspects of his role, John relies on his extensive experience both in legal practice and e-data project management to help clients:

• Develop and implement processes for governing and preserving electronic data in common corporate forms and repositories;
• Implement best-in-class case assessment tools to significantly reduce electronic data volumes;
• Advise on the use of machine learning, data analytics, and artificial intelligence approaches to prioritize and automate review, management, and analysis of corporate data; and
• Utilize innovative workforce arrangements to maximize efficiency and data management cost savings.

Prior to rejoining the firm in 2016, John led the Boston office of one of the nation’s leading legal services firms, where he worked with in-house legal departments and law firms to create effective and economical legal solutions – incorporating flexible staffing, reliable workflows, and technology – in a wide variety of practice areas including litigation, compliance, employment, corporate transactions, and contracts management.

During his initial tenure at Mintz, John was a founding member of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Practice Group. He was also an active member of the firm’s Product Liability and Complex Tort Litigation Practice Group. John maintained a diverse litigation and counseling practice with a particular focus on serving as national trial, strategy, and discovery counsel for pharmaceutical/device and biotechnology clients involved in serial litigation. In this role, he also advised on information governance and the coordination of companywide and multinational discovery efforts.

Outside of the office, John lectures, speaks, and writes frequently on issues of e-discovery law, information governance, and data privacy. John teaches E-Data Law at Suffolk University Law School, one of the few national full-semester offerings on the subject matter.