Accel Consulting<br/><br/>Special Master and Court Appointed Neutral<br/><br/>Data Privacy | Cyber Security | eDiscovery
Douglas is a federally court-appointed Special Master and neutral expert in high-profile litigation and class action matters involving privacy, security, and eDiscovery.<br/><br/>He is an information security executive with over 30 years of entrepreneurship and professional technology experience and a globally recognized expert in cyber security, incident response, digital forensics, and information governance. <br/><br/>In addition to serving as a CISO and leading enterprise security assessments, he has conducted hundreds of investigations involving hacking, data breaches, trade secret theft, employee malfeasance, and various other legal and compliance issues. <br/><br/>Douglas is also committed to raising awareness about mental health, self-care, neurodiversity, and diversity, equity and inclusion, in the information security industry.
Appointed Special Master:<br/>• United States District Court Northern District of California, Brown, et. al. v. Google, Inc. (2021)<br/>• United States District Court Northern District of California, Calhoun, et. al. v. Google, Inc. (2021)<br/>• United States District Court Northern District of California, In re: Google Inc. Street View Electronic Communications Litigation (2014)<br/><br/>Appointed as Neutral Expert in:<br/>• United States District Court District Connecticut, VCS Group, LLC v. Carlos Molina (2010)<br/>• New York State Civil Supreme Court, Rockland County, Media Revo Corp. vs. Adam Rouff (2011)<br/>
I often get asked: What do you do as a Special Master or Court Appointed Neutral?<br/><br/>I help the judiciary.<br/><br/>How?<br/><br/>Judges don’t have the time or skills to create bespoke ESI discovery processes for litigants.<br/><br/>Cases can stall in eDiscovery for far longer than needed, resulting in case backlogs and unpleasant sanctions for litigants.<br/><br/>I assist by creating transparent, repeatable, defensible processes that help simplify complex disputes involving complex data.<br/><br/>Shira A. Scheindlin stated, "These court appointments are made for the very purpose of resolving disputes that the court cannot resolve because of the lack of sufficient judicial resources or the lack of the required expertise or both."<br/><br/>Simply put, there are not enough daily hours to move the current caseloads through the system. While I am only a part of the discovery process as an ESI Special Master, I would like to think I give the judiciary time back to work on more significant case issues.
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$600 Per Hour
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Broomfield, CO
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