Jamie has more than 25 years of experience as a law firm partner, former regulator, strategic consultant, and in-house counsel, leading and litigating complex matters involving information and technology in federal and state courts and responding to investigatory demands brought by the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. and foreign regulatory bodies. She focuses on information law, pre-trial strategies, cross-border investigations, e-discovery and emerging technologies. A Chambers-ranked litigation consultant and recognized thought leader, Jamie is known for her pragmatism, advocacy and ability to explain technically complex concepts to business stakeholders and courts alike. Before joining Shook, Jamie led a consulting practice focused on pre-litigation strategies to address risk involving information and technology. She also served as a consulting and testifying expert on complex technical topics.
In previous roles, Jamie has worked for several leading financial institutions, including UBS as executive director and global e-discovery counsel, where she was responsible for designing, implementing and managing a centralized e-discovery program to support the firm’s litigation and investigation matters worldwide. In this role, she advised internal and external counsel on strategies for the preservation, collection, search, review and production of data, and personally managed several high-profile internal and regulatory investigations involving complex data issues. Jamie also worked for Barclays, leading and implementing a global program to reduce legal, regulatory and privacy risk associated with legacy systems and data. Before corporate law, Jamie spent several years in government service, first as a trial attorney in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and later as assistant general counsel and head of e-discovery for the agency. In this capacity, she advised more than 250 enforcement attorneys on investigation techniques, strategies and protocols on cases with global prominence. She also managed several key congressional investigations, inspector general investigations and internal investigations.
In her corporate and government roles, Jamie served as a 30(b)(6) designee for formal and informal testimony and regularly interfaced with regulators and Congress on e-discovery strategy and internal practices. Independently, Jamie has advised corporate legal departments on e-discovery best practices and operating model development and enhancement, particularly in the face of regulatory scrutiny.
Earlier in her career, Jamie was a litigation and government investigations associate at King and Spalding and later, was a litigation partner at Fennemore Craig. Jamie served as a law clerk to the Honorable Roslyn O. Silver of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona after graduating from Duke University School of Law. She is a frequent speaker and lecturer at educational events and legal conferences internationally.
Note: Practicing under the supervision of attorneys licensed in the state of New York.
Representative Matters
Witness Deposition / Trial Testimony Experience
Jamie has served as a testifying expert in several MDLs on novel issues of information law:
Tenet St. Vincent v. MNA, NLRB No. 2024-00331 (ULP Review), testimony at trial.
Fresno Community Hospital v. Sante Health Foundation, No. 22-0314 (Cal. Super. Ct. 2022), deposition.
In Re: Zantac (Ranitidine) Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2924 (U.S. Fla. 2020), deposition.
In Re: Essure Product Cases, JCCP No. 4887 (Cal. Super. Ct., 2018), deposition.
Office of the Inspector General Investigation of the Oversight and Regulation by the CFTC of MF Global (2012), informal testimony.
Congressional Investigation by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) into the CFTC Oversight of MF Global (2012), informal testimony.
Office of the Inspector General Investigation of Division of Enforcement’s Investigative Records Disposition Policy (2011), informal testimony.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Smithers, No. 05-80592 (S.D. Fla. August 2, 2005), testimony at evidentiary hearing/trial.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Lexington Royce & Assoc., No. 04 02768 (S.D.N.Y. April 12, 2004), testimony at evidentiary hearing/trial.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Remco Capital Management, No. 04 9029 (S.D.N.Y. November 16, 2004), testimony at evidentiary hearing/trial.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Emerald Worldwide Holdings, No. 03-8339 (C.D. Cal., November 18, 2003; May 11, 2004), testimony at evidentiary hearing/trial.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Sun Platinum Group LLC, 03-7112 (S.D.N.Y. September 12, 2003), testimony at evidentiary hearing/trial.
Presentations and Publications
Conferences
eDiscovery Issues in Investigations; eDiscovery Issues Keeping In-House Counsel Awake At Night; Storage is Cheap – Over-Retention is Not; Advanced Technical Aspects of Collaboration Platforms; Georgetown Advance eDiscovery Institute, Washington, D.C., 2012, 2014, 2023, 2024.
Real Advocacy Under the Federal Rules; Leveraging Microsoft 365 in a Post-Schrems World; Generative AI, From Innovation to Impact, Legal Tech/Legal Week, New York, 2016, 2021, 2024.
All Things Compliance; Data Breach and Combatting Information Threats; Mock Negotiation with the Government Regarding Discovery; Maintaining Vendor Relationships; Dodd Frank & More, Info Gov and Audio; Data Surveillance: Dealing with Privacy, Complex Data and Company Culture; Freedom Tower: What You Can Do In the Clouds; Microsoft 365: Gap Analysis and Recommendations for Defensibility; M365 Update; eDiscovery Institute (EDI) Leadership Summit, 2012-2017, 2020, 2022-2025.
Managing a High-Profile, Bet the Farm Investigation; A Recap of the Government’s Focus on Insider Trading After Newman; Dealing with Unannounced Investigations and Raids; The Regulators Always Ring Twice; Managing a Destruction of Evidence Claim from the Government and Litigation; Experts as a Matter of Fact - When to Hire an External Witness for PMQ and 30(b)(6) Testimony, Modern Data Challenges in Investigations; Government Investigations and Civil Litigation Institute (GICLI), 2015-2024.
What Is Information Governance in Copilot? (4-Part Online Series), International Legal Technology Association, 2024-2025.
Generative AI, From Innovation to Impact, Legal Talk Network, New York, 2024.
Ephemeral and Encrypted Communications, Federal Judiciary Center Training Program (EDI), Ft. Lauderdale, 2018.
Information Governance in the Boardroom, Chief Information Governance Officer Summit, Chicago, 2017.
Information Governance Institute, Chicago, 2017.
Technology Tools for Protecting Privacy and Security in Litigation, Sedona Conference Institute Annual Program on eDiscovery, Charlotte, 2017.
In-house Perspectives, Sedona Conference WG 6 Annual Meetings, Zurich and Hong Kong, 2014-2015.
Best Practices and Case Studies, APAA Annual eDiscovery Forum, Seoul, Korea, 2015.
Developing and Implementing an Effective, Actionable Program that Unifies Stakeholders’ Interests and Objectives, IQPC Information Governance and eDiscovery Summit, London, 2014, 2016.
Developments in Cross-Border eDiscovery; Government Investigations; Arkfeld eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference, Phoenix, 2013-2015.
Document Retention, Litigation Holds and Legal Ethics, Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention, Washington, D.C., 2014.
Creating a Breach Response Plan, Thomson Reuters/EDI Telepresence Event: A Consortium on Litigation, Information Law and eDiscovery, New York, 2013.
eDiscovery in Highly Regulated Industries, Q1 Productions, Philadelphia, 2013.
Federal eDiscovery Working Group Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 2011-2013.
Information Governance and the Regulator’s Perspective, Compliance Governance Oversight Council Annual Summit, Washington, D.C.; Chicago, 2012.
Leveraging Information Assets in a Privacy-Forward Organization, International Data Law Forum, Berlin, 2025.
Microsoft Client Events and Conferences, Various, 2017-2025.
Courses
Class Webinars: Government Investigations; eDiscovery Challenges with Collaboration Tools; Hot Topics in eDiscovery; Practicing Litigation Institute, 2016, 2024, 2025.
Online Class: In-house Perspectives and the Future of eDiscovery, Duke Law School and EDI eDiscovery Training Program, 2017.
Visiting Lecturer, Technology Course, University of Maine Law School, 2015.
Visiting Lecturer, eDiscovery Course, American University Law School, 2013.
Multimedia
Generative AI, from Innovation to Impact, Legalweek 2024, February 8, 2024.
Written Materials
Author: CFTC Enforcement Chapter, Government Investigations Civil Litigation Institute Manual, 2017-2022.