Executive Team

Michael Bauta
Expert CV
Michael “Mike” W. Russo, CEDS
CEO
Mike enjoys the competition in digital forensics and litigation because these events must produce a winner; and Mike competes to win. For Mike, every day and every project starts at zero. By the end of every day - workdays, weekends, & vacations - he must achieve tangible progress. Mike usually sets the pace for all sides involved in an engagement. Mike’s mantra is “prove it.” And for Mike, the proof is in the data because data has no agenda. Mike’s focus is his filter. He keeps everyone on point; no matter how intriguing delays, obstacles, and tangents appear.

Mike’s experience includes the entire gamut of litigation support and digital forensics: from hardware management to network infrastructure and software development; from advising attorneys and firm clients on discovery responses to production compliance in billion-dollar cases; from litigation holds to e-Discovery audits; from active intrusion response to employee education.  Mike has managed cases on every major E-Discovery platform and is proficient in a variety of software languages.  He specializes in auditing existing e-Discovery environments – including correcting system and workflow inefficiencies, ensuring compliance with best practices and case-specific e-Discovery agreements, preventing inadvertent production of sensitive materials, and creating custom solutions to automate and accelerate manual efforts.

Mike is a Certified e-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) with fifteen years of experience in digital forensics, eDiscovery, and litigation support.  Mike’s career spans four offices of the United States Attorney’s Office, litigation boutique law firms, and national and international law firms.  His criminal and forensic experience includes investigations into – and defense of – financial crimes, internet crimes, white collar crimes, terrorism, and other major crimes.  His civil experience includes prosecution and defense of cases involving insurance, health care, class actions and mass claims, securities, and complex commercial litigation.
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