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Matthew Nelson, Esq. Legal Consultant—eDiscovery & Compliance EMC Corporation West Coast

Matthew Nelson is a Legal Consultant in EMC’s Global eDiscovery & Compliance practice where he leverages his legal experience along with EMC’s unique technology, to help organizations address challenges related to ediscovery, compliance, and records management.

By serving as a liaison between legal, technology and other key departments, Mr. Nelson helps organizations understand and change internal procedures where needed to minimize the risk and expense associated with regulatory compliance and e-Discovery. Throughout his career, Mr. Nelson has been invited to lecture to hundreds of attorneys, paralegals, record managers, and information technology professionals about the benefits of using technology solutions to help solve problems related to electronic discovery, records management, data security, and other content management problems. Recent speaking engagements include programs sponsored by American Corporate Counsel, (ACC), Director’s Roundtable, The West Coast General Counsel Conference, San Jose Rotary Club, Stanford Law School, the Washington State Bar, and over 100 top law firms and Fortune 500 companies around the country. Mr. Nelson has written extensively about the new world of electronically stored information including publications in the Sarbanes Oxley Compliance Journal and California’s leading legal publication, The Recorder.

Prior to joining EMC, Mr. Nelson gained extensive litigation and technology experience as a Legal Consultant with Kroll Ontrack and as a Professional Development Representative with Summation Legal Technologies. In these roles, Nelson leveraged his unique background to help organizations understand, identify, and address areas of risk and expense in their current litigation and information management process. Prior to that, he worked on complex multi-million dollar environmental litigation while in private practice at Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, & Bentley in Redwood City, CA. Nelson received his J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law and his B.S. from the University of Idaho. He is licensed to practice law in Idaho and California.