Ackerman, James B.

Year Joined Organization: 2007

Lawyer Overview

James Ackerman is a staff attorney in the firm's Securities Department, and a member of the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Practice Group. He joined the firm in 2007.

Practice

Mr. Ackerman focuses his practice on issues of e-discovery. Specifically, he works with other attorneys, litigation technology project managers, and paralegals on teams that manage electronic and other documents in large cases and investigations. Attorneys on these teams take a leadership role in the document control process, systematically tracking documents from preservation to collection and through review and production. They work with e-discovery vendors and their review and analytical tools; review documents; train and oversee other firm and contract attorneys who review documents; and partner with project managers to perform production quality control.

Mr. Ackerman has significant experience responding to regulatory and criminal investigations on behalf of WilmerHale clients, including industry-leading manufacturing, pharmaceutical and insurance companies. His background also includes extensive studies of international law and a Master of Laws from the George Washington Law School.

Areas of Practice

• Securities
• Litigation and Enforcement

West Practice Categories

Securities Law, Securities Regulation

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Colorado

Education

• George Washington University Law School, 2005
  LLM, International and Comparative Law
• University of Notre Dame Law School, 2003
  JD
• Colorado College, 2000
  BA, Political Science
  Honors: with distinction

Address

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Phones

+1 202 247 4724 (Business Phone)

Faxes

+1 202 663 6363 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.wilmerhale.com