Ronald J. Hedges
Of Counsel to the Firm
Areas of Practice
- e-Discovery
- Special Master
- Mediation
- Arbitration
- Consultation on management and discover of electronically stored information (ESI)
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1977
- New York, 2007
- Texas, 2007
- District of Columbia, 2007
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia
- J.D. - 1977
- University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
- B.A. - 1974
- Major: History
Published Works
- Managing Discovery of Electronic Information; A Pocket Guide for Judges (co-author), Federal Judicial Center, 2007
- Discovery of Electronically Stored Information: Surveying the Legal Landscape, BNA, 2007
- The Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices Addressing Protective Orders, Confidentiality & Public Access in Civil Cases (editing team member), The Sedona Conference, 2007
- “Case Management and E-Discovery: Perfect Together” , DDEE , July 1, 2009
- “Rule 26(f): The Most Important E-Discovery Rule” , New Jersey Law Journal , May 18, 2009
- “A View from the Bench and the Trenches: A Critical Appraisal of Some Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”, 227 F.R.D. 123 , 2005
- “Juries and Punitive Damage Awards” , BNA Metropolitan Corporate Counsel 48, November, 2006
- “Proposed Rule 37(f); Safe Harbor or Unchartered Minefield?” , Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, Vol. 5, No. 7, July , 2005
- “A Critical Appraisal of Proposed Amendment to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(b)(5)(B)” , Digital Discovery & e-Evidence , Vol. 5, No. 2, March, 2005
- “Striving for Judicial Balance During the War on Terrorism” , New Jersey Reporter, 52 , Vol. 32, Issue 1 Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2003
- Outlines on Arbitration, Digital Discovery, Management of Complex Civil Cases, Mediation and Punitive Damages, published in ALI-ABA course materials
- “The Sedona Conference® Points the Way Toward Control of the Costs and Burden of E-Discovery”, The Federal Lawyer, January/February, 2012
Classes/Seminars
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law School,, 2006 - Present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law, Newark , 2010 - Present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Seton Hall University Law School, 1993 - 2007
Professional Associations and Memberships
- American Law Institute, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Center for Information Technology of Princeton University, Fellow, 2010 - 2012
- Advisory Board of the Sedona Conference, Member
- Sedona Conference Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention & Production, Member
- Sedona Conference Working Group on Protective Orders, Confidentiality, and Public Access , Member
- Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law Center Advanced E-Discovery Institute, Member
- Board of Directors of the Historical Society, Member
- Lawyers Advisory Committee of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas, Member
Past Employment Positions
- U.S. District Court of New Jersey, United States Magistrate, 1986 - 2007
- Private Practice, 1978 - 1986
