Matthew C.Christoff

Matt interfaces with members of clients' IT groups, as well as facilitating the use of advanced analytics during the review process, including the application of continuous active learning technologies to dramatically increase the effectiveness of reviewers to identify documents related to the facts and issues of cases and greatly reduce costs for clients.

Matt supports clients' business goals using skills he developed from his background in computer support, network administration, and computer programming. He is an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), and frequently assist clients and Seyfarth case teams with the forensic collection and analysis of electronically stored information. This knowledge allows him to focus investigations and identify potential pitfalls with preservation and collection strategies.

Matt's years of technical and programming experience before going to law school places him in a unique position to interface directly with clients' IT personnel. He also makes legal recommendations to the case team regarding the overall discovery process, including the preservation, collection, review, and production of electronically stored information. This regularly involves discussing clients' systems with multiple representatives to develop a comprehensive top-down view of how data is managed in order to develop effective, defensible strategies to meet their discovery obligations.

Matt commits to developing more efficient methods of identifying and organizing information obtained from his clients, especially when that information can be used to impact other matters. He currently works with the firm's technology innovation team to aggregate and organize questions related to clients' IT systems. Their system not only preserves historical information regarding clients' systems that can be referenced by the clients and Seyfarth alike, but allows the firm to develop metrics regarding the types of platforms that clients use on a regular basis.

Matt enjoys working in Seyfarth's eDiscovery and Information Governance practice group, because he and the team get excited by developments in technology and their impact on existing cases and the law. To quote Matt: "Whether we are dealing with developments in blockchain or the use of collaboration and social media in the workplace, evolving technology always keeps us looking toward the technology of the future, and how we can position ourselves to attack any of challenges head on."