Ralph C. Losey
Jackson Lewis P.C.
Orlando, Florida
407-246-8440; [email protected]
Personal Blog: e-discoveryteam.com
Ralph Losey is an attorney, author, and educator
in the field of electronic discovery, information
technology law and legal search.
Ralph is a shareholder of Jackson Lewis, a national labor and employment law firm
with 52 offices throughout the U.S. and 800 attorneys. Ralph serves as Jackson Lewis’
National e-Discovery Counsel and Chair of its Electronic Discovery practice group. He
is also co-founder of the IT-Lex foundation and the Electronic Discovery Best Practices
group (EDBP.com), and the developer of an online training course in e-discovery, eDiscoveryTeamTraining.com. Ralph is a frequent speaker at e-discovery conferences
worldwide and a leading contributor in the field of Legal Search. His work focuses on
the use of Artificial Intelligence enhanced review to find evidence in Big Data for the
resolution of legal disputes. His contributions to the field include both academicscientific research, and real-world litigation applications, such as his role as lead
technology counsel for the defense in the recent landmark decision by Judge Andrew
Peck approving the use of predictive coding, Da Silva Moore.
Ralph is a prolific author of electronic discovery, having written five books and
multiple law review articles in the past six years, and over forty articles on AIenhanced review, also known as “predictive coding.” His latest formal writing is a law
review article, Predictive Coding and the Proportionality Doctrine: a Marriage Made
in Big Data, 26 Regent U. Law Review 1 (2013-2014). His latest book is an iBook
available on iTunes: e-Discovery Stories from the Cutting Edge of Law and Technology
(Dec. 2012). His last paper book is Adventures in Electronic Discovery (West 2011).
Adventures includes an often quoted chapter at page 204 entitled Child’s Game of
‘Go Fish’ is a Poor Model for e-Discovery Search. Losey’s prior books include
Electronic Discovery: New Ideas, Trends, Case Law, and Practices (West 2010);
Introduction to e-Discovery, (ABA 2009); and, e-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases
(ABA 2008). Ralph is also the author of the well-known law review article on the
mathematics underlying e-discovery: HASH: the New Bates Stamp, 12 Journal of
Technology Law & Policy 1 (June 2007). In early 2009 he wrote an article on the
ethics underlying e-discovery: Lawyers Behaving Badly: Understanding Unprofessional
Conduct in e-Discovery, 60 Mercer L. Rev. 983 (Spring 2009). This was followed by a
law review article on ethics and cooperation. Mancia v. Mayflower Begins a
Pilgrimage to the New World of Cooperation, The Sedona Conference Journal (Winter
2009).
Ralph is also the principle author and publisher since 2006 of a popular weekly blog on
e-discovery, e-Discovery Team Blog. His influential blog is generally considered the
leading source of commentary and analysis in the field.
Ralph entered private practice in Orlando in 1980. Prior to becoming a partner at
Jackson Lewis, he was a shareholder of Akerman Senterfitt and founder-chair of its ediscovery practice group. Prior to that he was a shareholder with Subin, Shams,
Rosenbluth, Moran, Losey and Brennan, P.A., where, in addition to practicing law, he
was the firm's IT Director for 15 years.
Ralph has a long history in commercial and employment litigation in both state and
federal court, with an emphasis on technology-related issues, ERISA disputes, and Qui
Tam government fraud cases, which includes on of the largest cases in government
fraud prosecution. Ralph has over 70 published opinions to his credit, including
recently, some of the largest e-discovery cases in the country.
Ralph has unique practical experience as a computer user and amateur programmer
going back to 1978. He has worked with mainframes, minicomputers, Macs and PCs,
utilizing all applications imaginable, and creating and designing software in the 1980s
and Internet websites in the 1990s. Ralph was the first lawyer in Central Florida to
have a computer on his desk, the first to use Westlaw, and the first lawyer in Florida
with an Internet website. He was also a pioneer in the field of Computer Law, dating
back to the early 1980s where he developed special expertise in computer database
protection, software licensing, and later, Internet law; see for instance, The Legal
Protection of Computer Databases, Florida Bar Journal (1991), and Your Cyber Rights
and Responsibilities: The Law of the Internet, Chapter 3 of Que's Special Edition Using
the Internet, McMillian Publishers 3rd Ed, 1996. Ralph has also worked with high-tech
start-up companies, where he helped develop a food service database which later
became the industry (IFDA) standard.
Ralph Losey was also in the first group of attorneys to be certified by the Florida
Supreme Court as a Mediator of Computer Law disputes in 1989, and has extensive
experience in alternative dispute resolution.
Ralph Losey received his B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1973 and his J.D. with
honors from the University of Florida School of Law in 1979.
For Ralph's full detailed resume please see: RalphLosey.com