Legal Commentary

Mary Mack, considered by many to be the "face" of Fios, has defected to join ZyLab as its enterprise technology counsel. She starts her new post on November 7, based in California, after a decade with the Oregon e-discovery provider as its corporate technology counsel. In addition to working with Fios' clients, she wrote the influential blog, Sound Evidence, and was a frequent speaker on the legal technology circuit.

At the new gig, she will collaborate directly with legal counsel and IT teams from ZyLab's corporate, government, and law firm customers. She will also "continue to share her perspectives and experience through speaking engagements and blog contributions," reports Johannes Scholtes, ZyLab's chair and chief strategy officer.

Mack told LTN that as much as she enjoyed her job, she was getting a bit "restless," and wanted to devote more time to pro bono activities. "When I saw your post about ZyLab being part of the team that won the award for its work convicting war criminals, my radar went up." The rest, as they say, is history. Mack says she'll miss her colleagues and clients, "but, after 10 years working for the same company (that is 70 years in e-discovery time), it is time for a change."

Fios' CEO John Hesse bid his colleague a fond farewell: "Today we don't say good-bye, but we do wish our friend Mary Mack only the best as she explores new challenges in life. For 10 years, she has been a key contributor to our company's development and to the electronic discovery industry at large. When e-discovery was the 'wild, wild West,' there was Mary, advocating for smart and consistent practices that leveraged the best technical innovations of the time."

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