Chair and Managing Member of the firm’s eDiscovery practice, Nicole works with attorneys and clients firmwide to develop efficient and effective discovery management strategies tailored to the case at hand. Leveraging advanced technologies and analytics, she manages complex and high-profile eDiscovery projects and routinely navigates data and privacy protection laws across many jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign. 

Nicole participates in 26(f) conferences; negotiates agreements and stipulations establishing parties’ obligations with respect to preserving, searching, and producing electronically stored information (ESI); directs use of artificial intelligence (AI) in discovery; and negotiates technology assisted review (TAR) and predictive coding protocols. She also advises on collection methodology, search and retrieval methodology, FRE 502(d) orders, and production specifications and develops internal and external discovery guidelines addressing each phase of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).

Additionally, Nicole is involved in discovery-related motion practice, including the drafting of affidavits in support of cost-shifting. She also implements quality control procedures to mitigate risk and counsels both clients and colleagues on issues related to eDiscovery, information governance, and data management. 

Nicole is a member of the Sedona Conference and is currently part of the WG6 Drafting Committee focused on exploring data privacy issues related to the Exportation of Data from the People’s Republic of China. The leading think tank on eDiscovery law and practice, the Sedona Conference’s commentaries are regularly cited by judges and significantly influence the development of rules of evidence and civil procedure for federal and state courts. Nicole is also a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Women in eDiscovery, serves as Vice Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association's Wellness and Quality of Life committee, and is on the firm’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee.

Prior to joining the firm, Nicole was an associate attorney at the Philadelphia office of a Northeast-based law firm where she defended health care providers and companies in malpractice and negligence actions. She was also a judicial intern for the Honorable Marjorie Rendell, U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and a summer law clerk for the Honorable Juan Sánchez. Nicole has written articles appearing in The Legal Intelligencer, Bloomberg Law, The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, and the World Association for Medical Law’s Medicine and Law Journal.  

Shari Coltoff focuses her practice on eDiscovery and data management issues. Shari also handles matters including business, estate, and guardianship and child support issues. Shari is an experienced attorney who has managed, trained, supervised, and performed quality control for document review teams. Prior to joining the firm, she has served as an attorney and consultant assisting small business owners with running day-to-day business operations including employee and legal issues and as an assistant attorney general in the state of Delaware. The bulk of her experience is discovery review with respect to multi-district pharmaceutical litigation, government investigations and large-scale antitrust litigation.

Caitlin focuses her practice on issues relating to information governance and electronic discovery in connection with high-stakes commercial litigation, pharmaceutical patent litigation, antitrust matters, and internal and government investigations. With more than a decade of experience with eDiscovery issues, Caitlin counsels clients on the preservation, collection, analysis, review, selection, production, and protection of electronically stored information. She is sought out for her assistance with overall litigation preparedness and in evaluating and advocating for cost-effective, efficient, and defensible solutions.

Caitlin is experienced with providing high-level advice regarding all phases of the eDiscovery lifecycle and managing teams of internal and external contract employees and third-party vendors. She assists clients with assessing legal hold notices, conducting custodial interviews, developing and implementing solutions to novel collection issues, coordinating document review and production, advising on the use of technology-assisted review, and drafting document review protocols, legal memoranda, and court briefs.

Previously, Caitlin managed various document review projects in toxic tort, products liability, insurance litigation, pharmaceutical patent litigation, and FCPA investigation matters. She assisted in the representation of corporate clients, including large technology, consulting, pharmaceutical, health care, and media companies, in criminal and civil enforcement investigations and prosecutions, internal investigations, and civil litigation.

Caitlin also has extensive experience with managing, problem-solving, and counseling others on the use of Relativity, Brainspace, and Ringtail, including designing workflows, setting up batches and coding panels for review, and conducting complex searches.

Caitlin earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Pepperdine University and her law degree from American University’s Washington College of Law. During law school, she served as a legal intern for the Honorable Lloyd U. Nolan of the D.C. Superior Court. She is also a fluent Spanish speaker.

Nick is an attorney that collaborates with clients to address legal and financial exposure from their information assets through information governance. He develops strategies and policies to enable clients to effectively manage their data in a manner that minimizes costs and allow clients to leverage their data to support their business processes. Nick has experience developing document retention policies, building document retention schedules and guiding clients through the defensible disposition of information assets.

Should an organization face litigation, as a former associate in Cozen O’Connor’s commercial litigation department, Nick draws on his personal experience to help clients navigate eDiscovery in an efficient and practical manner that satisfies their legal obligations.

While in law school, Nick was a summer associate at the firm in 2018. He was a judicial extern for the Honorable Ann Marie Donio, United States Magistrate Judge, for the District of New Jersey. Nick also interned for the Honorable Nelson Johnson and the Honorable Bernard E. DeLury in Atlantic County, NJ.

Nick earned his bachelor's degree in history from James Madison University. He earned his law degree, magna cum laude, from Rutgers Law School, where he was the Business Editor of Rutgers University Law Review. Upon graduation, Nick was elected to the Order of the Coif.

Stephen Johnson is an Assistant Director of CODISCOVR, and he routinely advises clients on a variety of eDiscovery matters.  He has extensive experience working with numerous eDiscovery tools and applications, including database technology and Technology Assisted Review.  Steve handles all aspects of data collection, processing, and production.

Stephen has over 15 years of experience working in the eDiscovery field. He earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice at Neumann University and a Master of Sciences from Villanova University in Criminal Justice Administration with a focus on Terrorism and Security, Data Transfer, Data Encryption and Data Analytics.  Stephen is also a Relativity Certified Administrator.

Kenneth A. Carruth III is an Assistant Director of CODISCOVR. With nearly two decades of experience in the eDiscovery field, Ken focuses his time on advising clients on best practices for collecting, managing and producing electronic evidence.

Ken has worked at several mid-size law firms and large eDiscovery service providers. His roles in those organizations have ranged from tactically focused positions (e.g. Analyst, Computer Programmer) to more strategic focused roles in management. Ken holds an Associate’s Degree in specialized technology (computer programming) from MCC's Computer Technology Institute in Philadelphia and several certifications associated with the operation of eDiscovery software and the collection of mobile and cloud based data.

Enrico Minnetti is a Project Manager on our CODISCOVR team, with 20 years’ experience in the eDiscovery field. He specializes in creating workflows for case and review teams on how to best manage client data collected. He has concrete understanding of numerous eDiscovery tools and applications, including database technology, social media capture tools and email forensic collection tools. Enrico also handles all aspects of data collection, processing, and production.

Enrico earned a Bachelor of Sciences in Management Information System at Robert Morris University. Enrico has worked in several large organizations ranging from a Network administrator, to beginning his career in the eDiscovery field as a litigation support analyst, to his role now as a Project Manager.

Aaron Williams is an experienced eDiscovery Analyst with a Bachelor's Degree in computer science, and a Relativity Certified Pro certificate. His career is marked by his expertise in data ingestion, collections, review management and a strategic approach to complex data challenges. Before joining CODISCOVR, Aaron applied his talents at Merck's eDiscovery department, providing him with valuable experience across a broad spectrum of matters.

Drew has over 15 years of experience in legal technology fields.  He initially came to Cozen O’Connor from the legal bill review world before pivoting into eDiscovery.  He has a Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature.  This background has made him into a knowledgeable analyst with strong communication skills, a proven track record of learning new skills and technologies, and the ability to adapt and improvise to accomplish our client’s goals.