Clinton Sanko, Chattanooga office managing shareholder and the Firm's eDiscovery and document review officer, is a seasoned litigation trial lawyer who focuses his practice on efficient, effective and expeditious management of eDiscovery and document review. He has substantial experience in a variety of matters, including the defense of a client in two large multidistrict antitrust class actions alleging wage and compensation fixing of thousands of employees and independent contractors arising out of alleged information exchanges, benchmarking and no poach agreements.
While Clinton has been the lead lawyer on various high-stakes commercial litigation, he principally manages the critical juncture where electronically stored information intersects with legal need, whether that intersection occurs in litigation, investigations, information governance, litigation preparedness, or mergers and acquisitions. Clients turn to Clinton for advice on maintaining a proportionate approach to finding what is needed and complying with all legal obligations, while keeping costs measured and finding the case story in the documents.
As a trial lawyer and technology enthusiast, Clinton has 13 years of experience dealing with eDiscovery issues in litigation settings. He is uniquely positioned to understand the client's perspective, the trial team needs and the legal requirements of eDiscovery as they play out in actual litigation. As such, he is positioned to advise, counsel and advocate for clients on these critical issues. Clinton has direct oversight responsibility for the Firm's eDiscovery, Document Review and Investigations Team, which is responsible for supporting the Firm's needs for active cases where eDiscovery or document review services are needed. He seeks to bring value to clients through integrated processes, applied legal knowledge and management of the Firm's eDiscovery technology vendors. In conjunction with the team, Clinton has led the development of Baker Donelson's LeanDiscovery™ system, which seeks to closely integrate process, technology and the various team constituencies for the cost-effective and efficient management of eDiscovery and document review.
Clinton works closely with the Firm's Data Protection, Privacy and Cybersecurity Team and Client Solutions Group, and is a member of the Technology Steering Committee.