Patrick Oot

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• Director of Electronic Discovery & Senior Counsel at Verizon

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center
• Syracuse University College of Law
• Syracuse University

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Patrick Oot’s Summary

Patrick Oot is Director of Electronic Discovery and Senior Litigation Counsel at Verizon in Washington, DC. Mr. Oot has extensive experience in discovery practices involving commercial litigation, regulatory filings, and antitrust matters. Mr. Oot is charged with advising Verizon’s business units on electronic discovery while developing new technologies that increase cost-efficiency. In 2007, Mr. Oot appeared with United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at Georgetown University Law Center’s H5 Summit on Electronic Discovery. Mr. Oot has testified before the Judicial Conference’s Federal Rule Committee where he presented Verizon’s position on Proposed Rule of Evidence 502. The Committee included in its draft to the Judicial Conference language incorporating Mr. Oot’s suggestions. Inside Counsel Magazine named Verizon’s e-discovery team as one of the ten most innovative legal groups of 2007, the group’s second year winning the title. He has also testified as Verizon’s 30(b)(6) witness for discovery-related inquiries in other matters. Currently, Mr. Oot is a member of the advisory board for ALM’s LegalTech, The Georgetown University Law Center CLE Program’s Advanced E-discovery Institute, and The eDiscovery Institute, an independent search and retrieval science consortium. Mr. Oot actively participates in The Sedona Conference’s working groups, is a member of the International Legal Technology Association, and has co-chaired Martindale-Hubble’s Counsel to Counsel electronic discovery roundtables. Mr. Oot lectures regularly at educational events, legal conferences, and general counsel round tables internationally. He received both his B.A. and J.D. from Syracuse University and his LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Oot is admitted to practice in New York and Massachusetts and is also registered corporate counsel in Virginia.

Patrick Oot’s Specialties:

Electronic Discovery, Commercial Litigation, Antitrust, Mergers and Acquisitions, HSR filings (Including Second Requests), Tax Law

Patrick Oot’s Experience

• Director of Electronic Discovery & Senior Counsel

  Verizon

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  Assisting in the creation of a department-wide policy governing the production of electronic evidence in discovery to avoid charges of spoliation and ensure that Verizon meets its production obligations. Evaluating changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and other court rules on electronic discovery, and ensuring that Verizon’s practices and procedures are consistent with those rules. Meeting with representatives of other large companies to exchange information on electronic discovery best practices. Managing Verizon’s relationships with vendors to ensure that electronic discovery projects are completed effectively. Evaluating software to ensure that Verizon has access to the best offensive and defensive tools in evaluating and deploying electronic evidence. Appearing as witness in litigation to address questions about Verizon’s electronic discovery procedures. Evaluating the electronic discovery practices of litigation opponents to maximize Verizon’s access to their data.

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