Denise E. Backhouse
Denise is a Shareholder and eDiscovery Counsel at Littler Mendelson, P.C. Her practice focuses on litigating the eDiscovery aspects of class and collective actions, as well as leveraging her significant international experience to help employers with cross-border discovery challenges. At Sedona, Denise is a member of the Working Group Series Leadership Council, served on the Steering Committee for WG6, is Editor-in-Chief of The International Litigation Principles and The International Investigations Principles, and contributed to publications including the Commentary on Ephemeral Messaging. Denise serves on the ABA Cross-Border Institute Steering Committee and InfoGovANZ’s International Council, and is a Founding Director of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Data Law Initiative. She is also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (CIPP/E). Denise received her J.D. from Columbia University Law School, and her M.A. in late medieval history and B.A. with first-class honors, both from the University of Melbourne, Australia.