Jonathan M. Redgrave

Practice Areas

E-Discovery & Information Governance

Career

Jonathan M. Redgrave, a founding partner of Redgrave LLP, is one of the nation’s preeminent eDiscovery and Information Law attorneys and is widely recognized as a pioneer in developing and advancing the field.

Jonathan represents Fortune 100 companies worldwide, and he is frequently sought out to address challenges involving discovery as well as information management strategies, especially with respect to complex litigation, novel technologies, and emerging issues. With extensive experience in high-stakes and bet the company litigation in both state and federal courts, Jonathan counsels clients with respect to pre-litigation concerns and solutions, develops practical litigation strategies, and represents both requesting and producing parties at the trial and appellate court levels. He also advises clients on cutting-edge issues in the Information Law field, including the intersection of AI/machine learning and legal requirements regarding information governance.

As a highly respected authority in the field of eDiscovery, Jonathan is also frequently retained as a testifying expert regarding eDiscovery-related disputes. His expert engagements have included addressing the appropriate scope of discovery and best practices regarding preservation, collection, and production issues. Jonathan also serves as a special master and discovery neutral, overseeing the discovery process and adjudicating discovery-related disputes.

Continually at the forefront of the eDiscovery and Information Law fields, Jonathan helped conceive and found The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) in 2002. He served as Chair for the first five years and currently is a Chair Emeritus. Jonathan has contributed thought leadership to numerous publications over the past three decades, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of “The Sedona Principles®.” Jonathan is a sought-after speaker worldwide, addressing topics ranging from cross-border discovery to information governance, privacy, data security, and emerging technologies.

Jonathan’s desire to continue to blaze the path in the field of Information Law extends to his extensive involvement in pushing the needle on civil rules reform, including his contributions to addressing the pervasive challenges and potential solutions surrounding privilege logs in civil litigation that will yield amendments to the civil rules in 2025. He also participated extensively in the public comment periods relating to both the 2006 and 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and has also participated in rules reform efforts focused on the Federal Rules of Evidence as well as state counterparts to both sets of rules. In recent years, Jonathan and the Hon. John Facciola (ret.) led the inaugural Symposium on the Modern Privilege Log, which brought together key thought leaders to discuss ways to improve the legal framework concerning privilege logging and Rule 26 compliance. The work of the Symposium was cited in the 2022 Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee recommendations for amendments to Rule 26 concerning privilege logs. Jonathan provided extensive commentary and testimony relating to proposed changes to the privilege logging rules that are now under consideration.

Prior to co-founding Redgrave LLP, Jonathan had been a partner with Jones Day and Nixon Peabody LLP, as well as Redgrave, Daley, Ragan & Wagner LLP and Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

Professional Memberships

• Member, Advisory Board of The Sedona Conference®

• Member, Advisory Board of the Georgetown University Law School eDiscovery Institute (previous Co-Chair)

• Member, Board of Directors for Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ)

• Co-Chair, LCJ Discovery Subcommittee

• Member, Board of Directors of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals (ACAN)

• Fellow, Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals (ACAN)

• Member, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

• Member, ARMA International

• Member, Federal Bar Association

• Member, American Bar Association

• Previous Member, Advisory Committee on the Electronic Records Archives for the United States National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Publications

Selected Publications

• “Learning to Cooperate” (Thomson Reuters Practical Law) (updated May 2025) (with Peter C. Hennigan, Jordan C. Blumenthal, and Emma Hall)

• “Handling Privileged ESI, Including Simplifying the Creation and Use of Privilege Logs” (in the fourth edition of the treatise EDI Judge’s Guide to eDiscovery, Electronic Discovery Institute) (February 2025) (with Nick B. Snavely and Britney A. Lewis)

“Discovery of Electronically Stored Information” (Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts, 5th edition, December 2021; updated 2022 and 2024; 2025 update pending) (updated annually since 2nd edition in 2005) (with Hon. George C. Hanks, Jr. and Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin)

• “Drafting a Document Retention Policy” (Thomas Reuters) (October 2023) (with Amanda M. Moeller and Daniel J. Zagoren)

• “Insight: Special Masters Can Help Tame Court Backlogs After COVID-19” (Bloomberg Law) (April 29, 2020) (with Hon. Nan R. Nolan and Christopher Q. King)

• “Drafting a Document Retention Policy” (Thomson Reuters) (April/May 2019) (with Victoria A. Redgrave and Lisa Lukaszewski)

• “Expectations of Conduct by Counsel” (in the third edition of the treatise EDI Judge’s Guide to eDiscovery, Electronic Discovery Institute) (2017) (with Victoria Redgrave, Karen Hourigan, Monica McCarroll, Charles Ragan, and Mathea Bulander)

• “A Practical Guide to Achieving Proportionality Under New Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26” (Federal Court Law Review, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2015) (with Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte)

• “Understanding and Contextualizing Precedents in E-Discovery: The Illusion of Stare Decisis and Best Practices to Avoid Reliance on Outdated Guidance” (20 Rich. J.L. & Tech. 8) (Winter 2014) (with Keltie Hays Peay and Mathea Bulander)

• “Asserting and Challenging Privilege Claims in Modern Litigation: The Facciola-Redgrave Framework” (Federal Court Law Review, Volume 4, Issue 1 (2009)) (with Hon. John M. Facciola)

• “Special Masters and E-Discovery: The Intersection of Two Recent Revisions to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure” (Cardozo Law Review, Volume 30, Issue 2. November 2008) (with Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin)

• Editor-in-Chief, “The Sedona Principles (Second Edition): Best Practices Recommendations & Principles for Addressing Electronic Document Production” (2007 Annotated Version) (published by The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Best Practices for Electronic Document Retention & Production (WG1))

Recent Speaking Engagements

• Panelist, “eDiscovery Leaders Quick Takes: Insights and Guidance” Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute (November 14, 2024)

• Moderator, “Looking Backward to Look Forward,” Georgetown Advanced eDiscovery Institute (October 31, 2023)

• Panelist, “Lawyers for Civil Justice: A Strategic Rules Update,” Annual EDI Leadership Summit (October 12, 2023)

• Panelist, “Key Components of a Best-in-Class Data Privacy Program,” Exterro Xchange Global Conference (September 20, 2023)

• Panelist, “The Future of eDiscovery: Artificial Intelligence,” WestLegal Ed (April 20, 2023)

• Presenter, “E-Discovery Breaking News,” The Osgoode Certificate in E-Discovery, Information Governance, and Privacy Program (February 7, 2023)

• Presenter, “The Impact of COVID-19 on E-Discovery,” The Osgoode Certificate in E-Discovery, Information Governance, and Privacy Program (September 20, 2022)

• Moderator, “Understanding AI and Machine Learning: Dos and Don’ts for the Innovative Legal Department,” (with Maura Grossman, Aaron Bath, and David Cohen) PREX 2021(September 28, 2021)

• Panelist, “Privilege Logs and the Use of Technology to Create a More Efficient Process” (with Amy Sellars), UT Law E-Discovery Essentials CLE (April 20, 2021)

• Moderator, “Privilege Logs: Episode IV A NEW HOPE” (with Hon. George C. Hanks, Jr., Robert L. Levy, and Joanne Sum-Ping), Electronic Discovery Institute 10th Annual Leadership Summit (October 13, 2020)