Alicia is an Innovation Award-winning Of Counsel in the eDiscovery, Analysis & Technology (eDAT) Practice Group at K&L Gates. A former white-collar criminal defense attorney, she brings a unique perspective and skillset to eDiscovery practice, including critical narrative development, getting ahead of the “story,” and marrying a matter’s facts to its legal strategy. She is an industry expert on leveraging technology and AI and argued and won a progressive decision in the Northern District of Illinois in Livingston v. the City of Chicago regarding the use of Technology Assisted Review in litigation practice. In addition to her many speaking engagements, Alicia is currently the co-leader of the Sedona Conference Working Group 1 drafting team on Managing, Modifying and Lifting Legal Holds and co-leader of the Sedona Conference Working Group 1 drafting team on the Sufficiency of Rule 26 Initial Disclosures, a drafting team member of The Sedona Conference TAR Case Law Primer, Second Edition (May 2023), the Director of the Women in eDiscovery Chicago Chapter, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago, where she teaches several classes a year on both eDiscovery and Artificial Intelligence.