Chair and Managing Member of CODISCOVR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cozen O’Connor, Nicole Marie Gill works with attorneys and clients to develop efficient and effective discovery management strategies tailored to the case at hand. Leveraging advanced technologies and analytics, she manages complex and high-profile eDiscovery projects and routinely navigates data and privacy protection laws across many jurisdictions, both domestic and foreign.

Nicole Gill participates in 26(f) conferences; negotiates agreements and stipulations establishing parties’ obligations with respect to preserving, searching, and producing electronically stored information (ESI); directs use of artificial intelligence (AI) in discovery; and negotiates technology assisted review (TAR) and predictive coding protocols. She also advises on collection methodology, search and retrieval methodology, FRE 502(d) orders, and production specifications and develops internal and external discovery guidelines addressing each phase of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). Additionally, Nicole is involved in discovery-related motion practice, including the drafting of affidavits in support of cost-shifting. She also implements quality control procedures to mitigate risk and counsels both clients and colleagues on issues related to eDiscovery, information governance, and data management.

Nicole has written the ABA’s book on eDiscovery – Best Practices for E-Discovery: A Practical Handbook – which has been featured in eDiscovery Today and Law360. She is also a regular columnist for Thomson Reuters, where she addresses and navigates novel eDiscovery issues. She is a member of the Sedona Conference and is currently part of the WG6 Drafting Committee focused on exploring data privacy issues related to the exportation of data from the People’s Republic of China. Nicole has written articles appearing in The Legal Intelligencer, The American Bar Association’s Law Practice Today, Bloomberg Law, and The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. She has spoken on numerous eDiscovery-related panels at the country’s most reputable conferences, including Georgetown Law’s Advanced eDiscovery Institute, the International Legal Technology Association’s EVOLVE conference, the Construction Super Conference, the Sedona Conference, the Master’s Conference, the Association of Corporate Counsel’s Annual Conference, and Law.com’s Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference. Nicole is also a member of the Philadelphia Chapter of Women in eDiscovery, serves as Co-Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Wellness and Quality of Life committee, and is on the firm’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee.