Attorneys & Consultants
Bill Mariano, Esq.
|Director, Northeast Electronic Discovery
Bill Mariano is an attorney and director of electronic discovery of the northeastern region at Applied Discovery, a division of LexisNexis. In his role, Mr. Mariano works from the New York and Washington D.C. offices with Fortune 500 corporations and AmLaw 100 law firms in the northeastern United States to help clients improve their strategies for handling complex discovery matters while creating greater cost and control efficiencies throughout the discovery process.
Before joining Applied Discovery, Mr. Mariano served as a senior internet business development consultant for a Fortune 100 communications company. In this role, he coordinated strategic relationships with other Fortune 100 companies and spoke on the emerging internet medium as a vehicle to advance a company’s message to a global market.
Mr. Mariano also previously practiced at Tompkins McGuire Wachenfeld & Barry LLC where he focused on securities class action defense. As part of his practice, he gained experience managing document reviews on Concordance and various Web-based solutions.
Mr. Mariano earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and a B.A. in Business from the State University of New York at Oneonta, where he graduated with honors.
Mr. Mariano works as a guest trial advocacy instructor at Seton Hall University where he teaches students how to leverage technology in practice. He is also a frequent presenter and author on a variety of topics including: How to Develop an Electronic Discovery Action Plan; The FRCP Amendments: Dealing with Electronic Discovery; Emerging Case Law in Electronic Discovery; and Leveraging Technology to Reduce Discovery Costs.
Representative E-Discovery Matters:
Before joining Applied Discovery, Mr. Mariano served as a senior internet business development consultant for a Fortune 100 communications company. In this role, he coordinated strategic relationships with other Fortune 100 companies and spoke on the emerging internet medium as a vehicle to advance a company’s message to a global market.
Mr. Mariano also previously practiced at Tompkins McGuire Wachenfeld & Barry LLC where he focused on securities class action defense. As part of his practice, he gained experience managing document reviews on Concordance and various Web-based solutions.
Mr. Mariano earned his J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and a B.A. in Business from the State University of New York at Oneonta, where he graduated with honors.
Mr. Mariano works as a guest trial advocacy instructor at Seton Hall University where he teaches students how to leverage technology in practice. He is also a frequent presenter and author on a variety of topics including: How to Develop an Electronic Discovery Action Plan; The FRCP Amendments: Dealing with Electronic Discovery; Emerging Case Law in Electronic Discovery; and Leveraging Technology to Reduce Discovery Costs.
Representative E-Discovery Matters:
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HSR Second Request, described by the Department of Justice as the largest and most complex in history, involving the collection of data from more than 125 separate locations and processing of over 6 terabytes of user-created data.
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Antitrust/copyright litigation matter with an NLJ Top 5 law firm simultaneously representing four of the most prestigious entertainment companies of the course of two years and continuing.
Areas of Expertise:
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Commercial Litigation
Government Investigations and White Collar
Intellectual Property
Securities
Regulatory Compliance
Finance
