The Forensic Data Collection Survival Guide5 Mistakes that Infuriate Clients, Wreck Litigation Budgets, and Land You in Embarrassing Judicial Opinions (Alongside Your Clients and Colleagues)
A Free 5-Day Email Course for Busy Professionals.No Fluff. No Spam.Just practical strategies you can use today to improve your forensic data collections—without spending hours in a webinar.
Written by Aaron Patton, the lawyer, writer, and 20-year eDiscovery veteran behind the Gates Dogfish memes on LinkedIn.
A 5-Day email course to help you prepare for successful data collections by:- Creating collaborative relationships with key stakeholders (so they don't become blockers).- Uncovering important data sources earlier (by asking better questions).- Right-sizing the collection (to save time, money, and hassle).- Identifying proprietary software challenges (and preparing for them ahead of time).- Creating documentation like your career depends on it (because it might)
Free Pre-Collection Call Checklist Template included
Want to make sure this free email course is “worth it” before you sign-up?
Here's a sneak peak at what 5 minutes a day gets you:
Day 1: The IT Relationship Architect - Make IT your strategic partner with proactive IT integration to eliminate collection-day chaos and keep your projects on track.Day 2: The Custodian Whisperer - Extract key details by turning custodian interviews into conversations. You'll still need your checklist, but it won't sound like a script.Day 3: The Data Collection Strategist - Cut unnecessary costs and delays with reasonably targeted collections and transform overwhelming data into focused, actionable intelligence.Day 4: The Proprietary Data Decoder - Conquer the chaos of messy and hard-to-work-with exports by identifying complex data early and documenting any known limitations.Day 5: The Record Keeper - Transform your documentation into a bulletproof record that stands up to legal challenges with a systematic and uniform approach to avoid "discovery about discovery."Zero cost. Maximum impact.Are you ready?
Your email stays private—no sharing with third parties, no data brokers, no nonsense.
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