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Thursday, June 12, 2025 — MCLE Luncheon — Maresa Talbert & Alex Marjanovic
We are very pleased to have Maresa Talbert, Founder & CEO of Talbert Law Office, APC, and Alex Marjanovic, Senior Managing Director, Data & Technology for Ankura, as our speakers for June, presenting “THE NEW NORMAL: Artificial Intelligence and its Ethical Implications” to cover Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in the practice of law; and the ethical implications of AI in the practice of law.
This presentation will provide participants 1.0 hour MCLE credit in the special area requirement of Technology in the Practice of Law. We hope that all of you will attend this program.
Some Information About Our Speakers, Maresa Talbert and Alex Marjanovic:
Maresa Talbert, Esq.Talbert Law Office, APC
Maresa Talbert is the Founder and CEO of Talbert Law Office, APC, providing innovative legal solutions for multipreneurs, social enterprises, and multi-entity nonprofits.
Featured in the Association of Business Trial Lawyers Report and San Diego Lawyer Magazine, Maresa has been named among the San Diego Power Players, Top 100 Leaders in Law, Top 50 Women of Influence in Law, and a recurring Super Lawyers Rising Star for Intellectual Property.
An award-winning attorney, legal strategist, and thought leader, Maresa combines sharp legal expertise with a deep commitment to justice and innovation.
With over a decade of military service as a Surface Warfare Officer, including two deployment tours, Maresa brings battle-tested leadership and legal strategies to boardrooms, brand rooms, and beyond. Licensed to practice in California and the District of Columbia, she brings unmatched passion and expertise to every stage, boardroom, and community she serves.
Alex Marjanovic, Esq.Senior Managing Director
Ankura, West Region, U.S.
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Alex Marjanovic is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in Irvine and is the West Region, U.S. Lead Partner for the Data & Technology, Discovery practice. With more than 19 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 professional 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 has extensive experience in navigating clients’ budgetary requirements and advising on workflows that adhere to proportionality. He knows that one of the most complex challenges for a company in litigation is monitoring expenses tied to e-discovery and that predictability is achieved by leveraging appropriate technologies and workflows and implementing a phased approach to each milestone for managed e-discovery matters.
As part of the leadership team for the Ankura Data & Technology practice, Alex leads account management, business development, 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.
Certified legal education programs that Alex has presented recently include:
- A Practical Guide to Efficiency in E-discovery
- Saas & E-Discovery – Navigating the Challenges of Emerging Data Sources
- Ethical Issues in Electronic Discovery
- Electronic Discovery Issues in Cross-Border and Multilanguage Litigation
- Ethical Issues in Defensible Disposition