Stephanie M. Maw

Ms. Maw administers the firm’s e-discovery and litigation support services, with a focus on e-discovery strategy, compliance and technology implementation.  Her additional core responsibilities include project management, overseeing third party vendor relationships, database administration, and providing electronic document review and production deliverables during the discovery phase of litigation.  As a member of the Information Technology Group working exclusively in litigation, Ms. Maw’s  role on KMK’s E-Discovery Task Force makes her uniquely suited to lead the firm’s efforts to bridge the gap between counsel and IT and assist the firm’s litigation attorneys educate clients about proactive, defensible and cost-effective e-discovery best-practices.

Ms. Maw began her career in state government in 1988.  After moving to the private sector, she spent the majority of her career working for three national law firms where she enjoyed wearing multiple professional services hats as a member of both Information Technology Departments and Litigation Practice Groups.  Prior to the advent of e-discovery, Ms. Maw was considered a pioneer in the strategic use and development of litigation databases in order to accurately and efficiently respond to the complex and time-sensitive demands of discovery during the lifecycle of large litigation matters.  After working as an independent litigation technology consultant where she developed relationships with several AmLaw 100 Firms, Ms. Maw joined Keating Muething & Klekamp in 2005, with a focus in building e-discovery and litigation support services beginning in 2007

E-Discovery areas of experience

•  Litigation Readiness Planning & Matter Budgeting
•  EDRM Model Best Practices Implementation
•  E-Discovery Data Roadmapping
•  Document Review Project Management
• External Technology Partner Resources
• Electronic Document Productions

Representative KMK Litigation / E-Discovery Matters

• Belcan Corporation
• Bush Truck Leasing
• Cincom Systems
• Cintas Corporation
• Duke Energy
• Fifth Third Bank
• Great American Insurance Company
• Paid Search Engine Technologies

Representative Non-KMK Litigation / E-Discovery Matters

• Union Oil Company of California "Unocal" v. Atlantic Richfield Company, et al.:  Trial counsel in action for patent infringement of UNOCAL’s patent on gasoline fuel, tried in the United States District Court for the Central District of California in Los Angeles, Wardlaw, Judge. Jury verdict in favor of UNOCAL on liability, October, 1997; judgment for five months accrued infringement in the amount of $92 million; November 1997, unenforceability phase tried to Court, December, 1997. (208 F.3d 989 (Fed. Cir. 2000)); cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1183 (2000)*
• Fonar v. General Electric Co.: Trial counsel in action for patent infringement of two magnetic resonance imaging patents, tried in United States District Court for The Eastern District of New York, Wexler, Judge. Jury Verdict May, 1995, $110,575,000, affirmed on appeal, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit February, 1997 in the amount of over $103 million. ( 902 F. Supp. 330 (E.D.N.Y. 1995); 107 F.3d 1543 (Fed. Cir. 1997); cert. denied 522 U.S. 908 (1997))*
• State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota v. Phillip Morris Incorporated, et al. (1998)*; Plaintiffs’ counsel in 1998 landmark case whereby RKM&C reached a historic settlement in the State of Minnesota and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota's lawsuit against the major cigarette manufacturers after 15 weeks of trial. The case was settled for $6.13 billion on behalf of the State of Minnesota and $469 million on behalf of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota. The discovery obtained by the firm is currently being used by other states, private litigants and foreign countries. Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop has called the Minnesota case one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. [Please see:  www.rkmc.com for complete case history.]

• Billable plaintiff and defense outside counsel legal team member, project manager or trial technologist on over 375 litigation matters

Speaking Engagements

• Should Law Firms Outsource or Insource E-Discovery Tools?, March 9, 2010
• Current Hot Issues in Electronic Discovery Law and Practice, June 18, 2009