Emily A. Cobb
E-Discovery Counsel
Emily Cobb is E-Discovery Counsel for Ropes & Gray with a focus on Advanced E-Discovery, Generative A.I. Strategy and Strategic Litigation across numerous practice areas. With over 20 years of experience, Emily is a trusted senior advisor to firm clients on a wide range of issues including information governance, discovery dispute resolution, efficient and innovative applications of document review technology, mobile device discovery, and Technology Assisted Review (TAR). Emily also consults on the development of advanced in-house E-Discovery programs that enable clients to establish and refine internal E-Discovery capabilities and establish a platform for the responsible application of advances in A.I.
Emily works closely with Ropes & Gray’s privacy attorneys and legal technology professionals to improve risk assessment, defensibility and efficiency in E-Discovery. As part of the firm’s Advanced E-Discovery and A.I. Strategy Group, Emily has led advancements in the development of a new, technology-assisted approach to investigative reviews: the Bifurcated Time-Based Technology-Assisted Investigative Review (BAT), allowing clients an edge in fast-paced government investigations and providing greater transparency, efficiency, and budget predictability.
Emily also develops best practices and strategies for electronic discovery as part of Ropes & Gray’s interactive E-Discovery training for attorneys, the #1-ranked formal training program for the past several years by Vault. She invests time conducting CLE courses for attorneys outside of Ropes & Gray as well and regularly speaks on sophisticated issues at the forefront of E-Discovery.
Emily is an active member of the Ropes & Gray LGBTQ+ forum, has an active pro bono practice and received the Immigration Equality Safe Haven Award for excellence in pro bono representation.
Publications
- Co-author, "Judges Guide Attorneys on AI Pitfalls With Standing Orders," Bloomberg Law (July 26, 2023)
- Co-author, “From Use Policies to Pro Bono, the 4 E-Discovery Changes to Look for in 2017,” Legaltech News (January 24, 2017)
- “Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney,” Law360 (July 16, 2014)
- “Welcome To Our Rockin’ Priv Party On Categorical Privilege Logs,” (November 2010)
- “When U.S. E-Discovery Meets EU Roadblocks,” The National Law Journal, (December 2008)
Presentations
- Speaker, “The Brass Tacks of Privilege Logs,” ABA Institute on E-Discovery (2023)
- Speaker, “Suite Life: Challenges in Preserving, Collecting, and Producing ESI from Google Workspace & M365,” ABA Institute on E-Discovery (2022)
- Presenter, “eDiscovery 101: Technology Assisted Review,” Georgetown Law's Advanced eDiscovery Institute (September 9, 2021)
- Panelist, “Are you TAR? Who Cares. How to Focus on What a System Does Rather Than on What it is Called,” Legalweek New York (February 4, 2020)
- Moderator, “Sticking to the Budget You So Confidently Calculated,” Georgetown Law's Advanced eDiscovery Institute (November 21, 2019)
- Speaker, “Document Review: The EDRM’s Final Frontier," ACEDS Webinar (September 26, 2017)
- Presenter: Federal Bar Association, “Obtaining and Admitting Electronic Evidence in Federal Courts,” Washington, DC (2015)
- Moderator, “The Science of Predictive Coding: How Has TREC Changed Ediscovery and What Have We Learned From the 2015 TREC Total Recall Track?,” LegalTech New York (2016)
- Speaker, “Global: Around the World in Less than 80 Minutes – Delivering Successful eDiscovery Projects Across the Globe,” LegalTech New York (2015)
- Panelist, “The Ediscovery Pulse: Metrics You Need to Know,” LegalTech (2014)
- Panelist, “Practical Solutions to Today's Pressing eDiscovery Issues,” Sedona Conference® Institute's eDiscovery Conference, New York (2013)
- Panelist, “Technology Assisted Review," Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute (2012)
- Panelist, “Under Fire: Defending and Challenging a Motion Against Technology-Assisted Review – A mock Meet and Confer (26f) Hearing,” eDiscovery and Legal Technology in Practice Conference, New York (2012)
- Panelist, “Social Media- Preservation and Collection,” Masters Conference (2012)
- Panelist, “Defending the Use of Technology-Assisted Review in E-Discovery,“ ABA National Institute on E-Discovery (2012)
- Speaker, “Intelligent Document Review,” at MANAGING LITIGATION 2012: A Litigation Readiness and Project Management Forum for In-House Counsel (2012)
- Panelist, “Under Fire: Defending and Challenging a Motion Against Technology-Assisted Review,” Legal Tech New York (2012)
- Panelist, “Automated Coding – What is it and How is it Being Leveraged?” Masters Conference (2011)
- Panelist, “Round the Table with Women in eDiscovery,” LegalTech New York (2011)
Education
- JD, American University Washington College of Law, 2000; "Best litigator" in graduating class; International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award for Outstanding Work in Trial Practice
- BA (Political Science/History), with Honors, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1997; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions / Qualifications
Qualifications
- New York, 2001
Awards
- Legal 500 (2023)