November 18, 2009

Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A.
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Bridgewater, NJ 08807-5933
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Fernando Pinguelo Appointed to Masters Conference eDiscovery Cabinet

Bridgewater, NJ (November 18, 2009) – Fernando M. Pinguelo, a Member of the law firm Norris McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A. and Co-Chair of its Response to Electronic Discovery and Information (REDI) Group, was appointed as a cabinet member by the Masters Conference.  Masters Conference cabinet members provide strategic direction to the Conference’s management to ensure the speakers and topics are of the highest quality and the Conference remains the authoritative resource for legal professionals.

The Masters Conference is an advanced legal educational experience.  It was formed in 2006 to provide an avenue for learning about eDiscovery in a new way.  Its mission was to have speakers, vendors, and attendees work together.  The speakers would be educators on the rules and how they translate into practice, the vendors would develop solutions to fit the needs arising from electronically stored information (ESI) requirements, and the attendees would combine their new knowledge and solutions to develop and implement best practices.  For more information, please visit www.themastersconference.com or call (888)813-9346.

In this year’s down economy, the Masters Conference still produced record-breaking results. The conference, “Global Corporate Change – Navigating Through Discovery, Risk and Security,” achieved record attendee registration and media coverage.  Exhibitors from 2009 are re-signing contracts for the 2010 conference at a pace far exceeding all previous conferences.  The Masters Conference executives and management are confident that the strategic direction provided by cabinet members will position it to achieve a new level of excellence in 2010.

Pinguelo devotes his practice to complex litigation with an emphasis on business disputes, electronic discovery, and media and employment matters.  He has experience in all facets of litigation (trial, mediation, arbitration, and appellate) in both federal and state courts.  As a former prosecutor, he tried numerous cases. Today, Pinguelo handles a broad spectrum of disputes including copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, breach of non-compete covenants, discrimination, and business torts.  He knows how to address a rapidly evolving crisis or emergency.

A leader in the emerging area of electronic discovery, Pinguelo works with business owners, C-level executives, in-house counsel, human resources, information technology, and risk managers to develop strategies to manage business and legal issues related to electronic documents. He recognizes that complex contract and statutory considerations impact the evolving business environment. This understanding enables him to help clients comply with the broad array of laws that regulate document management. Pinguelo focuses on preventing claims and pursues strategies that enhance a client’s ability to manage electronic documents because he is keenly aware of the financial and public relations fallout that can result from high-profile electronic discovery abuses and negligence.

Notably, Pinguelo was involved in New Jersey’s first case addressing its new electronic discovery rule amendments, and has lectured numerous times on the topic, including at the Judicial College which provides judges with a wide range of academic programs. He has designed a state-of-the-art electronic discovery law course and teaches one of only a handful of such courses in the country at Seton Hall University School of Law. Pinguelo also created e-Lessons Learned, an educational blog about e-data best practices for businesses.  Recently, the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship international exchange program, designated Pinguelo a Fulbright Specialist for his work in eDiscovery, and he will engage in a project at a university in one of over 100 participating countries. And, Pinguelo was invited to be a member of eDiscovery Group of The Sedona Conference® Working Group Series, a prestigious series of think-tanks consisting of leading experts brought together by a desire to address various "tipping point" issues in each area under consideration.

Pinguelo earned his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1997 and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Boston College in 1994.  He is admitted to practice in New Jersey, New York, and the District of Columbia.

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