Paul Weiner

Practice Areas

eDiscovery

Career

Paul marries technology skills, litigation experience, and deep subject matter knowledge to provide focused guidance on eDiscovery matters. His involvement ranges from providing case and client-specific advice about meeting preservation obligations to addressing initial "meet and confer" obligations.

Weiner is well known for bringing cutting-edge solutions to both the technical and legal aspects of eDiscovery. One key trend he has helped lead through litigating cases and his scholarship pertains to the growing availability of personal information through social media, mobile devices, and other avenues. This has leveled the playing field between companies and individuals in previously viewed as “asymmetrical” discovery matters. No longer is most or all pertinent information in a case possessed by large employers, and he has worked to teach that “eDiscovery is a two-way street."

Additionally, Weiner serves as the firm’s National eDiscovery Counsel and is the former chair of its Innovation Council.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Foundation - Fellow; Georgetown Law Advanced eDiscovery Institute® - Co-chair, Advisory Board; The Sedona Conference® - Working Group Series Leadership Council; Temple American Inn of Court - Board of Directors; The Electronic Discovery Institute - The Federal Judges' Guide to Discovery (Edition 2.0), Editorial Board; Temple University Beasley School of Law - Trial Advocacy and Integrated Advocacy Program, Guest Lecturer 2008-present

Publications

Ballet, Magna-Tiles® and Doughnuts: A Framework for Mutual Compliance with Amended Rule 34, The ABA Journal of the Section of Litigation, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 9 – 11, Winter 2008; Chapter 27, The Improvement in the Administration of Justice, eDiscovery for the 21st Century and Beyond, Eighth Edition, ABA Lawyers Conference Judicial Division, Peter M. Koelling, Editor, January 2017; The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Rule 34 and Rule 45 Possession, Custody, or Control, Executive Editor and Working Group 1 Steering Committee Liaison, August 2016; In Employment Cases, eDiscovery is a Two-Way Street, The Federal Judges’ Guide to Discovery (Edition 2.0), Chapter 12, The Electronic Discovery Institute, December 2015; The Littler Report©: The Move Towards Big Data in Employment, Contributing Author (eDiscovery section), August 2015; The Sedona Conference® Commentary on Rule 34 and Rule 45 Possession, Custody, or Control, April 2015 Public Comment Version, Team Leader and Working Group 1 Steering Committee Liaison, April 15, 2015; The Littler Report: The Transformation of the Workplace Through Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Employment and Labor Law Issues, Solutions and the Legislative and Regulatory Response, Contributing Author, February 2014; The Littler Report: The “Bring Your Own Device to Work” Movement, Contributing Author, May 2012; The Littler Ten: Employment, Labor and Benefit Law Trends for Navigating the New Decade, Contributing Author, September 2010; Navigating the New eDiscovery Rules, The ABA Journal of the Section of Litigation, Vol. 33, No. 2, Winter 2007; Failing to Produce e-mails Could Cost Your Client . . . One Billion Dollars! 10 Lessons Learned from an e-Discovery Sanction, Co-Author, Monograph, Spring 2006; Digital Dangers: A Primer On Electronic Evidence In The Wake of Enron, The ABA Journal of the Section of Litigation, Co-Author, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 24-30, Fall 2003

Education