Shannon Capone Kirk

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Shannon Capone Kirk, Chambers Band 1-ranked in E-Discovery, is Ropes & Gray’s E-Discovery Counsel where she focuses exclusively on electronic discovery law. According to Chambers USA, Shannon is “brilliant” and “is impressive and outspoken when it comes to controlling E-Discovery spend and pursuing advanced workflows for her clients.” Shannon is a contributing author on several E-Discovery books including, the EDI Judges’ Guide to E-Discovery and the Technology Assisted Review chapter of the Federal Bench. Shannon has published numerous articles on E-Discovery in publications such as: Law Technology News, Corporate Legal Times, National Law Journal, Sue Magazine and recently examined on National Public Radio's “All Things Considered” how technology is changing the legal profession, and specifically document review.

Shannon was a professor of E-Discovery at Suffolk Law School in Boston for several years and notably, Shannon was once again named co-chair of Georgetown Law’s 2020 Advanced E-Discovery Institute. Having served as a member of the advisory board for the last two years, Shannon was responsible for guiding the conference’s virtual program and delivering a first-class learning experience to attendees. This year, in addition to co-chairing, Shannon moderated a panel on the timely topic of E-Discovery practice in the time of COVID-19.