Publications and Presentations

Charlene A. Brownlee
Partner - Seattle, Washington Office

charlenebrownlee@dwt.com
(206) 622-3150

Charlene has lectured and published widely in the areas of Records Management and E-Discovery, Technology and Internet law including publication in Corporate Counsel Weekly, Corporate Secretary, Dow Jones, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, Computerworld, Texas Lawyer, and Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal. She has been interviewed and featured in the media, including the ABA Journal, Forbes.com, and Lawyers Weekly.

Recent publications include:

“U.S. Safe Web Act of 2006,” Cyberspace Lawyer, January 2007

“E-mail Management Software: The Panacea We’ve All Been Waiting For?,” Digital Discovery &
e-Evidence, January 2006

"What Directors Need to Know About Document Retention," Directorship, October 2005

"E-mail Headlines and Headaches: Is There a Technology Cure?" Dow Jones Corporate Governance Newsletter, September 14, 2005

"When Corporate Records Run Amuck, So Does Justice," Corporate Counsel Weekly, July 27, 2005

"IP Due Diligence and Records Management," Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, July 2005

Co-authored with Melissa Cozart, "The Challenge of Electronic Records and Corporate Compliance,"
The Corporate Counselor, June 2005

"United States v. Arthur Andersen Reversed," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Legal Update, May 31, 2005

"Better Safe Than Sorry: Establish Records Management Program," Houston Business Journal,
May 6, 2005

"FTC Issues Rules for Disposal of Consumer Report Information," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Legal Update, May 2005

"Zubulake V: Counsel's Increasing Responsibility to Monitor Client Electronic Document Retention," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Legal Update, August 26, 2004

"Unsolicited Advertising: Can Spam, No Fax," Texas Lawyer, April 2004

"New Federal Anti-Spam Law Takes Effect January 1st," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Legal Update, December 2003

Presentations

“Protecting Consumer Data & Managing Disclosure: Security & Litigation,” Kroll On-Track, Boston, MA, March 15, 2007

"The New Federal Rules on Electronic Discovery: Is Your Records Management Program Ready?," GWDC ARMA Chapter Meeting, January 17, 2007

“The Impact of the New Federal Rules on Records Management," DC Chapter of ARMA, International, January 16, 2007

“An Approach to Email & E-Discovery: Information Lifecycle Management," Greater Seattle Chapter of ARMA, International, January 4, 2007

“Records Management: The Front End of Electronic Discovery," LegalWorks Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference, December 7, 2006

“E-mail and E-Discovery: An Integrated Records Management Solution,” ARMA International Conference 2006, San Antonio, TX, October 23, 2006

“How Recent Court Cases Impact Records Management in Law Firms,” ARMA International Conference 2006, San Antonio, TX, October 22, 2006

Faculty, West LegalWorks, 10 th Annual Electronic Discovery and Records Retention Conference New York, NY, October 10, 2006

“E-discovery – Planning for a Large Review,” IQPC’s 2nd E Discovery Conference, New York, NY, September 18-20, 2006

"Being Proactive: Developing a Plan for Electronic Discovery," Mealey’s Email Discovery & Retention Policies Conference, New York, NY, March 30, 2006

"Managing Documents in Connection with a Merger or Acquisition," E-Discovery Preparedness for Pharma, New York, NY, March 27-28, 2006

"Avoiding Digital Disaster: Records Retention in an eWorld," Advanced E-Discovery Certification Course, KrollOntrack, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN, March 24, 2006

"E-mail Headlines and Headaches: Is There A Technology Cure?," ARMA Houston Chapter Monthly Meeting, Houston, February 22, 2006

"E-Discovery in the U.S.: Avoiding Digital Disaster," E-Discovery Seminar: Where Discovery & Technology Intersect, Sponsored by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Calgary AB, February 16, 2006

"Avoiding Digital Disaster: Records Retention in an eWorld," Crescendo 2006, Sponsored by Stellent, Inc., Orlando, January 30, 2006

"Proactive eDiscovery Planning: Minimizing the Impact of eDiscovery with Proactive Compliance and Archiving Solutions," RenewData Webinar, December 20, 2005

Panelist, 9 th Annual Electronic Discovery & Records Retention Conference, “The Stakes Have Never Been Higher,” sponsored by LegalWorks, New York, November 17, 2005 and San Francisco, December 8, 2005

"Electronic Discovery and the Proposed Amendments to the Federal Rules," ARMA Annual Conference, Chicago, September 20, 2005

Served as Panelist at the Attorney's Liability Assurance Society (ALAS) 2005 Firm Administration Conference, Chicago, August 16, 2005

"Electronic Document Retention & Management from Creation to Litigation," The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Dallas, August 10, 2005

"HR Document Retention – To Shred or Not To Shred," Williamson County HR Management Association Membership Meeting, Round Rock, June 24, 2005

Served as Panelist at the Lawyers, Ethics, and Records Legal Symposium Sponsored by ARMA International and Iron Mountain, Houston, June 16, 2005

"The Key to Knowledge Management: Life Cycle Management of Records," Energy Knowledge Management Network Meeting, Hosted by CSC and BP, Houston, May 12, 2005

"Best Practices in Issuing and Managing Litigation Hold Notices," Fios Web Cast, May 11, 2005

"Developing and Implementing Effective Document Retention Management Policies," American Conference Institute's The Pharmaceutical Industry's Guide to Document Management and E-Discovery, Philadelphia, April 19, 2005

"Electronic Communications for Discovery: From E-mail to Voicemail to iPods," Fios Web Cast,
April 13, 2005

"Ethics in Records Management and E-Discovery," Austin IPLA, March 22, 2005

"E-Communications Policy and Program Best Practices," Avoiding Digital Disaster: E-mail Archiving, Records Retention and Policy Management sponsored by Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, March 17, 2005

"Ethics in the Electronic World," University of Texas CLE Telecommunications Law Conference, Austin, March 11, 2005

"From Records Creation to Records Preservation - A Legal Update," Mobius User Group Conference, Dallas, February 7, 2005

"Records Management and Best Practices in E-Discovery," Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, December 16, 2004

"Records Management and Best Practices in E-Discovery," Corporate Counsel Section Session, Houston Bar Association, Houston, December 9, 2004

"Record Retention Policy and Practices for the Healthcare Industry," Health Law Education Program, Fulbright & Jaworski, Austin, October 20, 2004

"Privacy: Corporate Responsibility and Consequences of a Breach," Austin In-House Counsel Quarterly Luncheon, October 29, 2003

"Privacy: Corporate Responsibility and Consequences of a Breach," LES 2003 Annual Meeting, San Diego, September 25, 2003

"Privacy in the Workplace," Annual Employment Law Symposium, Texas Association of Business,
July 25, 2003

"Post 9/11: Balancing Security v. Privacy," Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, Calgary, April 29, 2003

Charlene has been interviewed, quoted, and or featured by the following media outlets:

"Getting Rid of Backup Tapes: A Practical Approach to Breaking the Habit," Digital Discovery &
e-Evidence, August 2006

"Awash in E-mail, Firms Embrace E-discovery," Investor's Business Daily, February 1, 2006

"FTC's New Rules Fight Identity Theft, Protect Consumers," Corporate Legal Times, September 27, 2005

"EContent and the Law Practice," EContent Magazine, September 9, 2005

"Preserving the Evidence," web cast video interview on the importance for companies to maintain communication records, Forbes.com Video Network, August 2, 2005

"Business Must Destroy Consumer Credit Information: How Can Law Firms, Clients Comply," Lawyers Weekly USA, April 12, 2005

"The Zubulake Road Show," ABA Journal, February 2005

"Telecomweb Broadband: Tailoring E-mail Promotions to Fit the New Spam Rules," March 5, 2004

"CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 Brings Challenges and Risks to Business by Steve Latham," Houston Business Journal, February 6, 2004

Jaikumar Vijayan, "IT Obligations Unclear Under California Privacy Law," Computerworld,
November 10, 2003

Jaikumar Vijayan, "Privacy Protection, Step by Step," Computerworld, July 14, 2003

Appeared on a news special in March 2003 concerning an employee's right to privacy in Internet and email