The Organization of Legal Professionals (OLP) Elects Chairs of Board of Gov.

The OLP (Organization of Legal Professionals) announced today Douglass Mitchell of Boies Schiller, Las Vegas, NV and Peter del Valle of Seyfarth Shaw, San Francisco and Los Angeles, CA have been elected to the positions of Co-Chairpersons of the Board of Governors of The Organization of Legal Professionals. (www.theolp.org)

Mr. Mitchell and Mr. del Valle will lead a blue ribbon panel of thought leaders in the e-discovery arena including Browning Marean (DLA Piper); Tom O'Connor; Ron Friedmann (Integreon); Anne Kershaw; Nigel Murray (Trilantic); Professor Jay Grenig (U of Marquette Law School; The Hon. Mark Cavanagh (Michigan Court of Appeals; Jeff Fowler (O'Melveny & Myers); Linda Klein (Past President of the Georgia State Bar Association); Arnold Blair, WilmerHale and Karen Willenken (Skadden Arps) and others.

The OLP is actively at work creating certification exams in the legal field. The first certification exam is for core competencies of non-attorneys in e-discovery.  The exam will be available Spring 2010 and is being developed master subject matter experts. The OLP provides training, publications, webinars, an annual conference and networking opportunities.  It will be given in a secured environment. For more information or to join this prestigious organization, go to:
www.theolp.org.