June 2026 MCLE Luncheon with Alex Marjanovic
Please calendar our next MCLE lunchtime program on Thursday, June 11th at 12:00 pm, at the Living Room Coffeehouse & Bistro, 1205 Prospect Street in La Jolla.
Alex Marjanovic, Senior Managing Director, ANKURA Management Consulting, will join our June meeting to present “From Breach to Litigation: Comprehensive Legal Skills for Data Management,” a comprehensive legal education program designed to provide participants with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage data processes, and to navigate the regulatory and legal obligations that arise, after a data breach.
The program will provide participants a framework by which they can efficiently transition from breach investigation to litigation or government investigation. Our speaker will addresses the various structures and complexities involved in managing legal data challenges following a cyber event, the critical processes of data identification, and the disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) during investigations.
Our speaker will also discuss the importance and practicality of using a “tailored approach” which takes into account the organization’s size, expertise, and industry. Among topics to be covered during the presentation:
—the technical challenges of handling diverse data sources at each stage of the process, and workflows and best practices to address these challenges;
—how the process of reviewing documents for PII in a post-breach scenario differs significantly from assessing documents for privilege or relevance in litigation, and how forensic examiners assisting in a breach recovery situation will approach the data differently than digital forensic experts tasked with preserving data for litigation and investigations; and
—how these differing review processes impact outside legal teams and attorneys that will assist with the data breach portion versus the litigation or government investigation portion of the breach event.
Whether dealing with ransomware attacks or data exfiltration by threat actors, we hope that you will gain from this program important insights into navigating government investigations, litigation, and class actions that often follow data breaches.
This presentation will provide 1.0 hr MCLE credit for the California State Bar specially-required subject category of Technology in the Practice of Law.
Some Information About Our Speaker:
Alex Marjanovic
Senior Managing Director
ANKURA Management Consulting
Alex Marjanovic is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Southern California and is the West Region, U.S. Lead Partner for the Risk Advisory, Discovery practice. With more than 20 years of e-discovery, litigation management, and document review experience, Alex has overseen project management, account management, and business operations for e-discovery related matters. His core expertise is managing consultant teams and developing workflows that enable in-house and outside counsel to streamline data management, e-discovery, document review, and production protocols.
Alex’s experience includes the whole lifecycle of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), from delivering proactive assistance in relation to information governance and discovery readiness consulting to preservation, processing, and review of data for production purposes. Alex has guided and overseen e-discovery engagements on a variety of matters ranging from internal investigations tied to data exfiltration to bet the company government investigations.
Alex regularly collaborates with his forensic accounting colleagues, providing eDiscovery support for matters involving audit committees and management, including investigations into allegations of improper accounting, misappropriation, cybersecurity failures, foreign corruption, and other complex financial accounting issues that require additional data management and eDiscovery oversight.
Alex has extensive experience navigating clients’ budgetary requirements and advising on workflows that adhere to proportionality. He understands that one of the most complex challenges for companies in litigation is monitoring expenses tied to e-discovery, and that cost predictability is best achieved by leveraging appropriate technologies and workflows, and by implementing a phased approach to each milestone in managed e-discovery matters.
With a team that has deep experience utilizing analytics, technology-assisted review, and generative AI tools and workflows, Alex tailors the appropriate approaches and technologies to each engagement. He and his team regularly designs new e-discovery strategies that align with matter-specific budgets and proportionality requirements
As part of the leadership team for the Ankura Risk Advisory practice, Alex leads account management, project management, sales operations, and thought leadership endeavors. He supports litigation readiness, early case assessment, structured data expert services, forensic collection and analysis for investigations and lawsuits, electronically stored information processing, database hosting, and technology assisted review.
Prior to joining Ankura, Alex was a managing partner at a business services firm in their e-discovery and managed review division for seven years where he managed regional project management, business development executives, sales operations, and customer service teams. These teams’ core services included information governance, early case assessment, hosted review, and technology-assisted review.
In addition to the program being presented by Alex on June 11th to our bar association members, other certified legal education programs that Alex has presented recently include:
- Emerging Trends and Considerations: A Practical Guide to Efficiency in eDiscovery
- Navigating Legal Challenges in Discovery: Managing Third-Party Contractors, Including Social Media Influencers and Affiliate Marketers
- Saas & E-Discovery – Navigating the Challenges of Emerging Data Sources (Saas = Software as a Service)
- Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery
- Electronic Discovery Issues in Cross-Border and Multilanguage Litigation
- Ethical Issues in Defensible Disposition