Adam I. Cohen is an attorney, consultant and professor focused on electronic discovery and information management. He is a Principal in the Forensic Technologies and Discovery Services practice group at Ernst&Young LLP (nothing in this book should be construed as reflecting the opinions or positions of the firm, they are Adam’s alone). Before going into the consulting field, Adam was a litigation partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. He is also an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School and Pace Law School, where he teaches electronic discovery. Adam is the co-author (with his former partner at Weil, David Lender) of Electronic Discovery: Law and Practice , now in its eleventh year of publication. That treatise has been cited in several landmark federal court opinions. Adam is also the co-author of The ESI Handbook, which is now included as part of the aforementioned eDiscovery treatise. Adam is a frequent speaker on eDiscovery and information management topics and a prolific author of articles and papers in the field. He has been appointed as a neutral expert on eDiscovery in federal court, and co-chairs the New York State Bar Association’s eDiscovery Committee and serves as a member of the advisory board for Georgetown Law School’s Advanced eDiscovery Institute.

Adam is a graduate of Duke Law School as well as Wesleyan University, where he majored in philosophy. He is a proud husband to his wife Lori and father of three children, Zachary, Charlie and Logan, as well as a beloved puppy named Mocha.