Redgrave LLP

Partner

Gareth T. Evans, Partner at Redgrave LLP, represents clients in complex, high-profile litigation matters, and over the course of his career, he has made hundreds of court appearances, drafted thousands of briefs, taken and defended countless depositions, and counseled clients in significant and contentious disputes. Gareth’s experience spans a broad range of Information Law issues.

Gareth leverages his extensive knowledge and experience to steer complex litigation across various industries, including manufacturing, transportation, finance, healthcare, technology, and energy. His work as discovery counsel includes overseeing the investigation, preservation, and collection of relevant electronically stored information (ESI), formulating technology-assisted review strategies, defending review and production processes in court proceedings, and challenging the adequacy of the opposing party’s processes.

Gareth also leads teams in tackling complex privilege and confidentiality matters and develops strategic approaches to asserting and defending privilege claims and sealing confidential information, including trade secrets and other proprietary and sensitive information.

Gareth also advises clients on scoping legal holds and evaluates and implements legal hold technology strategies, develops approaches for expedited and cost-effective search and review of large document populations, and finds key facts early in litigation and investigations using technology assisted review (TAR) and other methodologies. Gareth also advises clients on defensible disposition, data remediation, and records retention policies and practices.

Gareth is a frequently published author and speaker on various eDiscovery and information governance topics. He has participated in drafting The Sedona Conference® publications, including serving as the co-lead of the drafting team for the in-process Sedona Conference Commentary on Discovery of Collaboration Applications.

Prior to joining Redgrave, Gareth was a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP for 20 years and a lawyer with the firm for 28 years. He was a founder and chair of the firm’s eDiscovery and Information Law Practice Group and the lead author and editor of the firm’s eDiscovery Year-End and Mid-Year Reports. Gareth also served as a law clerk to the Hon. Gordon Thompson, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.

Member and former Steering Committee Member, The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1) Member, The Sedona Conference® Working Group on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery and Disclosure (WG6) Member, The Sedona Conference® Working Group on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG11) Board Member and former Chair of the Board, Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society

New York University School of Law, J.D. (1988) The University of California at Berkeley, B.A. (1983)