Jay Carle > Seyfarth Shaw LLP > Chicago, United States > Lawyer Profile

Jay has a passion for technology, hands-on experience in the technology industry, and significant litigation experience. This provides him unique insights into the challenges faced by, and often competing interests of, in-house legal teams and IT departments when dealing with complex information governance and eDiscovery matters. Jay’s technical background includes more than 10 years of experience consulting in the private industry in technology systems administration and security, knowledge management, and technical project management.

Jay is not afraid to litigate discovery matters aggressively and approaches discovery as an opportunity to drive the narrative and pace of the matter while minimizing discovery risk and costs. As a litigator, Jay regularly leverages the latest in AI and continuous active learning technology to increase speed to key evidence and reduce discovery spend. He has successfully defeated spoliation and related allegations, as well as aggressively exposed discovery-related weaknesses of the opponent. In counseling engagements, Jay has developed repeatable and efficient eDiscovery processes for in-house programs, as well as for handling discovery in a portfolio of litigation matters. In addition, he has developed in-house eDiscovery and information governance programs and guidelines for outside counsel, and designed and executed defensible data destruction projects involving petabytes of information.

Jay also regularly manages forensic investigations, including misappropriation and theft of trade secrets, and directs internal investigations, including whistleblower investigations and investigations resulting from regulatory inquiry.

Jay is an active speaker on eDiscovery and information governance topics and works to promote innovation and entrepreneurial efforts to provide better client service.