S_Edwards _HeadShot.jpg — Shawn Edwards

Esquire

Shawn Edwards’ professional career began in the U.S. Navy as a Data Processing Technician. Upon honorable discharge, she held various technical positions while attending college and law school. Shawn now has over eighteen years of experience in managing complex litigation and technology projects. She specializes in strategic planning and management of large eDiscovery projects and developing appropriate solutions.

Her expertise includes data retrieval and reconciliation and the design and maintenance of electronic discovery systems. In addition, Shawn specializes in facilitating processes, policies, procedures and automated workflows enhancing the quality of work product and controlling expenses.

Shawn began Parent Coordination and Parent Facilitation services in 2011 and started teaching CLE courses in 2012 to train other professionals in cooperative parenting using Parent Coordinators or Facilitators.

Shawn has a variety of interests including running, cooking for family gatherings, watching Premier League Soccer, sampling varieties of Scotch and recently took up baking pastries.

She earned her JD from South Texas College of Law, her BA from the University of West Florida and is admitted to the Texas Bar.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Texas Bar Association
The College of the State Bar of Texas
Texas Association of Mediators (TAM)
Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
Texas Mediator Credentialing Association (TMCA)
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)
Charter Member of Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)

PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Updates to Enterprise Systems Discovery Management; Granite Legal Systems, Inc. White Paper 2020
Essentials of Enterprise Systems E-Discovery; Granite Legal Systems, Inc. White Paper 2017
Enterprise Systems Discovery Management; Granite Legal Systems, Inc. White Paper 2016
Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Impact on e-Discovery; August 2016, CLE for various law firms in TX.
Crossing the Great Divide: Cooperative Parenting Using Parenting Coordinators or Facilitators; ACR 2012 Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA 2012
Finding a Way Towards Cooperative Parenting using Parenting Coordinators or Facilitators; Texas Association of Mediators Conference, The Woodlands, TX, 2012
SharePoint Information Governance - Considerations in extracting content for internal investigations, regulatory responses and/or litigation; Panel Discussion; August 2013 ILTA
eDiscovery in the Cloud; July 2011; presentation for Women in eDiscovery Houston Chapter
Hosting Documents and Information Management; July 23, 2008, Presentation for The Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) Houston
Project Management for Litigation Support/Practice Support; April 27, 2006, Presentation for the Minnesota Association of Litigation Support Managers
Understanding the Changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; November 2006, Presentation for various law firms in NY and DC
Florida Technology in Education Quarterly, Project Vision: Invisible Technology, Vol. 4, Number 3, Spring 1992