The Judges Panel

Midwest ACEDS Chapters are thrilled to bring a fantastic panel of judges together for an insightful discussion moderated by David Horrigan of Relativity.

In previous sessions, we have discussed challenges derived from poorly written or out-of-date ESI protocols from practitioners and industry specialists and their advice on how to modernize protocols to fit modern discovery. In this session, we will hear from the judges as they share their perspective on how ESI protocols affect proceedings, trends they are seeing, and their opinions on where we are going. It is our privilege to have U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Barksdale (M.D. Fla.), U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Goddard (S.D. Cal), and U.S. Magistrate Judge Joel Richlin (C.D. Cal.) joining us for this session.

Join us on June 6, 2024, for the Judges Panel!

• Part 1 – 2/29: I Agreed to What???
• Part 2 – 4/18: Modern Pitfalls to Consider: Panel Discussion
• Part 3 – 6/6: The Judges Panel
• Part 4 – 7/18: Putting it All Together – A Working Session

Moderator:

David Horrigan, Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director at Relativity
David Horrigan is Relativity’s discovery counsel and legal education director. An attorney, award-winning journalist, law school guest lecturer, and former e-discovery industry analyst, David has served as counsel at the Entertainment Software Association, reporter and assistant editor at The National Law Journal, and analyst and counsel at 451 Research. The author and co-author of law review articles as well as the annual Data Discovery Legal Year in Review, David is a frequent contributor to Legaltech News, and he was First Runner-Up for Best Legal Analysis in the LexBlog Excellence Awards. His articles have appeared also in The American Lawyer, Corporate Counsel, The New York Law Journal, Texas Lawyer, The Washington Examiner, and others, and he has been cited by media, including American Public Media’s Marketplace, TechRepublic, and The Wall Street Journal. David serves on the Global Advisory Board of ACEDS, the Planning Committee of the University of Florida E-Discovery Conference, and the Resource Board of the National Association of Women Judges. David is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, and he is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional/US.

Panelists:

Hon. Patricia Barksdale, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida
Patricia Barksdale was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge in 2013. Judge Barksdale received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Florida. Judge Barksdale clerked for Circuit Judge Emmett Cox, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and later for District Judge Timothy Corrigan, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. She worked in private practice at a national law firm and as in-house counsel for a large corporation before serving eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Middle District of Florida. Through an appointment by Chief Justice John Roberts, she recently served as the Magistrate Judge Observer to the Judicial Conference. She has served as Chair of The Florida Bar Federal Practice Committee, President of the Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, and President of the Chester Bedell American Inn of Court. She currently serves on the University of Florida Law Center Association Board of Trustees and the Case Management Modernization Board.

Hon. Allison Goddard, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Southern District of California
Judge Allison Goddard was sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of California in August 2019. She graduated from Boston College in 1993 and received her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in 2000. Judge Goddard spent the first half of her legal career representing corporate defendants in litigation at Cooley LLP and her own law firm, Jaczko Goddard LLP. In 2011, she shifted her practice to representing plaintiffs in complex and intellectual property litigation. She has tried several cases, including class actions and patent infringement disputes. Judge Goddard speaks regularly on eDiscovery and technology in the law. She teaches trial practice and coaches a mock trial team at a local high school. She is a member of the Board of Visitors of the University of San Diego School of Law and the Executive Board of the Louis M. Welsh Inn of Court.

Hon. A. Joel Richlin, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Central District of California
Judge A. Joel Richlin was sworn in as a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Central District of California in July of 2023. He graduated from Northwestern University in 2003 and received his J.D. from Loyola Law School Los Angeles in 2006. Judge Richlin began his career serving as a law clerk to three judges in the Central District of California for nearly five years, working at both the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court. Judge Richlin then worked in the Los Angeles Office of international law firm, Foley & Lardner LLP, where he was a Senior Counsel in the Business Litigation Group. Judge Richlin ultimately left Foley & Lardner LLP to serve as in-house counsel for Prime Healthcare, one of the nation’s largest hospital systems. Judge Richlin served as the Chief Litigation Officer and then General Counsel for Prime Healthcare, where he led a national legal department of more than 30 attorneys and 19 support staff and was responsible for all litigation on behalf of the company’s hospitals and other business units, which included a real estate development firm and medical school. For the past 16 years, Judge Richlin has also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola Law School Los Angeles where he has taught various classes involving appellate brief writing and oral advocacy.