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Timothy M. Opsitnick
Senior Partner and General Counsel
tim.opsitnick@jurinnov.com

Janet A. Gosche
Chief Operations Officer
janet.gosche@jurinnov.com

Paul J. Radey
Litigation Document Support Manager
paul.radey@jurinnov.com

Gregory M. Cancilla
Forensic Technical Manager
greg.cancilla@jurinnov.com

Daniel L. Berdysz
Forensic Manager
dan.berdysz@jurinnov.com

M. Bradford Mixner, III
Electronic Data Discovery Manager
brad.mixner@jurinnov.com

Eric A. Vanderburg
Network Operations Manager
eric.vanderburg@jurinnov.com

Randy J. Kinsey
Senior Account Manager
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Timothy M. Opsitnick
Senior Partner and General Counsel

In 2000, Tim Opsitnick was a well-established attorney at a large firm. His work brought him into contact with electronic data discovery and litigation management. As he worked with technology companies, he began to see a void. It seemed they didn't speak the same language as the law firms they were helping. They were vendors, not partners. Tim saw an opportunity to start a company that would be a peer of law firms, but with all the technological expertise of a high-tech company. And JurInnov was born.

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Timothy M. Opsitnick is Senior Partner and General Counsel of JurInnov Ltd. (“JurInnov”). JurInnov’s consulting practice focuses on the application of technology solutions to challenging litigation demands of law firms and their clients, including the development of litigation and document management systems, document and electronic data warehousing, electronic discovery processing and consulting, electronic risk management consulting, and computer forensics. JurInnov’s client base includes United States and International law firms and companies.

Tim Opsitnick is at the forefront of practitioners addressing issues involved in the discovery of electronic documents. He is currently a participant in the Sedona Conference’s Working Group Series on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention and Production and a contributor to the Working Group’s publication, “The Sedona Principles: Best Practice Recommendations and Principles Addressing Electronic Document Production” (Revised January 2004) and a contributor and editor to the publication, “The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practice Guidelines & Commentary for Managing Information & Records in the Electronic Age” (Revised September 2005). He is also a contributor to “Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms” written by the Information Security Committee of the Section of Science and Technology Law of the American Bar Association and the Law Practice Management Section (April 2006).

Mr. Opsitnick is a member of the Georgetown University Law Center Continuing Legal Education Advisory Board where he assists in the development of programs for its E-Discovery Institute. Furthermore, he is on the Advisory Board for the E-Discovery Track for the American Bar Association’s Annual TechShow. He has also conducted numerous continuing legal education seminars regarding electronic discovery and other technology issues. He is also the Vice Chair of the Cleveland Bar Association’s E-Publication/Technology Committee.

Crain’s Cleveland Business acknowledged Mr. Opsitnick’s contribution to legal technology in their Who’s Who in Technology 2004. JurInnov is a member of the Cleveland Downtown Tech 25, where Mr. Opsitnick sits on the Steering Committee.

Mr. Opsitnick was with the firm of Jones, Day, Reavis, and Pogue from 1986 until 2000, where he was a member of the Litigation and Product Liability sections. His practice concentrated in the management of complex, multi-district litigation.

Mr. Opsitnick is a 1982 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University (Phi Beta Kappa; cum laude; B.A., with honors in Political Science and Psychology) and a 1985 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. He was admitted to practice in Ohio in 1985 and has also appeared as counsel pro hoc vice in numerous jurisdictions by leave of court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, International Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Cleveland Bar Association, Cuyahoga County Bar Association, ARMA International, and InfraGard.

Mr. Opsitnick's professional legal practice has encompassed the following activities:
  • Coordination of nation-wide, multi-district, defensive discovery matters for product liability clients;
  • Coordination of defensive discovery issues concerning discovery requests, motions to compel, motions for protective orders (including protective orders for trade secret and confidential information), collection and production of documents, creation and development of document repositories, privilege matters, witness preparation, electronic data (including e-mail), and forensics;
  • Coordination of defensive discovery issues with and among joint defendants in cases throughout the United States;
  • Supervision of the efforts of hundreds of attorneys and legal assistants in connection with discovery demands;
  • Pioneering the development of Internet web sites to meet discovery obligations as well as compliance with national settlement of claims for litigation clients;
  • Development of content and structure for Internet document web sites for use in management of defensive discovery production in nation-wide, complex litigation;
  • Briefing and presenting arguments regarding electronic data and Internet document web site issues to courts and plaintiffs' counsels throughout the United States;
  • Development of technology solutions for demanding client problems, including the development of Internet-based solutions for knowledge management of case information,
  • Supervision of the rollout of Internet case management technology and Internet document web sites to numerous offices of national and local counsels throughout the United States and abroad;
  • Implementation and direction of industry-wide compliance efforts under portions of multi-state settlement agreement of claims brought by various states attorneys general.

 

 


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