Leading E-Discovery Litigator Leeanne Mancari Joins Covington
September 15, 2023
LOS ANGELES—Leeanne Mancari, a leading global e-discovery litigator, has joined Covington’s E-Discovery, AI, and Information Governance Practice as a partner, located in the firm’s Los Angeles office.
Well-known for handling complex e-discovery issues in a wide range of areas, Leeanne has led the e-discovery component of numerous large and highly leveraged matters involving food and drugs, life sciences, technology, healthcare, insurance, and antitrust, in both individual matters and multidistrict litigations/coordinated proceedings. She has strong expertise in technology assisted review, AI review platforms, and other cutting edge e-discovery technologies. Leeanne provides clients with strategic advice on complex e-discovery issues, including spoliation, discovery motions, and complicated data sources.
“E-Discovery and AI are vital components of complex litigation and investigations and over the 20 years since we founded our practice at Covington, the demand for this highly sophisticated practice has grown tremendously,” said Ed Rippey, chair of Covington’s E-Discovery, AI, and Information Governance Practice. “Leeanne’s ability to handle complex e-discovery issues, during active litigation and investigations as well as peacetime advisory and regulatory projects, will be of critical benefit to our clients.”
John Hall, chair of Covington’s global litigation practice, added, “As a thought leader on technology assisted review, Leeanne will help us leverage the latest technology and best practices to analyze data for our clients, and to efficiently find the most relevant and persuasive evidence to support their interests.”
In addition to her Chambers Global, Chambers USA, and Legal 500 rankings, Leeanne is a leader in The Sedona Conference. Sedona is a highly regarded entity whose mission is to move the law forward in a reasoned and just way through the creation and publication of nonpartisan consensus commentaries and principles and through advanced legal education for the bench and bar.
Leeanne earned her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and her B.A. from George Washington University.
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