Cecil Lynn is a recognized thought leader in the area of electronic discovery and speaks and publishes on a wide variety of e-discovery topics including, document review, document retention, data accessibility and international e-discovery.  Cecil enjoys a very diverse practice area which includes representing clients on issues related to intellectual property, employment, sports, entertainment, and white-collar crime.

He is an accomplished trial lawyer having litigated several entertainment, intellectual property, and employment cases in Los Angeles prior to relocating to Phoenix.  Cecil also has a tremendous amount of experience negotiating transactional entertainment deals related to film, television, music and new media finance, production and distribution. He has also put together a number of international licensing deals for several major apparel brands.

Cecil is an active member of the Sedona Conference® and serves as an instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) where he teaches courses in electronic discovery, deposition skills, and trial advocacy.  He previously served as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and also served as a special prosecutor for the National Church Arson Task Force.  He is a former adjunct professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California and he is currently an instructor at Cal State University, Fullerton.

B.A., New Mexico State University (1989)

J.D., University of California Hastings College of Law (1993)

E-Discovery 2009: The Year in Review, Law Technology News, January 2010 (andticipated)

Limbo For Corporate E-Mail Retention: How Low Can You Go? BNA Digital Discovery and e-Evidence, September, 2009

Voices From the Desert:  The Sedona Conference® Update, BNA Digital Discovery and e-Evidence, April, 2009

Playing On The Same Team: Managing The Relationship Between Inside And Outside Counsel In E-Discovery, Presented at The Sedona Conference Institute, March 2009

Invasion of Privacy or Standard Protocol?  Computer Privacy Policies and Government Employees, BNA Government Employee Relations Report, January 2009

E-Discovery 2008: The Year in Review, Law Technology News, January 2009 (co-author)

Public Information or Privileged?  Enforcement of Workplace Computer Privacy Policies, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, November 2008

Litigation Preparedness: Information Management Practices for the Petroleum Industry, ABA Oil & Gas Journal, Fall 2008 (co-author)

Enforcement of Employer Computer Privacy Policies, Presented at ABA Labor & Employment Conference, September 2008

You've Been Served: Corporate Response to Government Subpoena and Search Warrant Requests for ESI, The Sedona Conference Law Journal, No. 9, Fall 2008

First University-Level E-Discovery Program To Debut, Digital Discovery and e-Evidence, January 2008

Litigation Preparedness: Early Case Assessment, Presented at the ABA Annual Labor and Employment Conference, November 2007 (co-author)

The Discovery Book, Lexis Nexis, November 2007 (co-author)

Top Ten E-Discovery Tips for Paralegals, Inland Counties Association of Paralegals Newsletter and Orange County Paralegals Association Compendium, October 2007

Sedona Watch: The Sedona Conference Goes Global, The E-Discovery Standard, October 2007

Foreign Privacy Laws and U.S. Electronic Discovery Rights: Columbia Pictures v. Bunnell, The E-Discovery Standard, October 2007

NCCUSL Approves Uniform E-Discovery Rules for State Courts at Annual Meeting, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, September 2007

Litigation Preparedness: A Checklist For Corporate Counsel, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 2007

2006: E-Discovery Year in Review, ABA Pretrial Practice and Discovery Newsletter, June and July 2007 (co-author)

Electronic Discovery: Subpoena Considerations for Insurers, Presented at the Mealeys Reinsurance Conference, May 2007

Maryland District Court Establishes Suggested Protocol for E-Discovery, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, April 2007

NCCUSL Promulgates Uniform E-Discovery Rules for State Courts, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, January 2007

State Court E-Discovery Guidelines, Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, November 2006

Ethics and Inadvertent Disclosure, Presented at the ABA Section of Litigation Program on Avoiding Inadvertent Production of Privileged Documents, August 2006

Considerations for E-Discovery When the Scope Is International: How to Avoid Common Pitfalls, The E-Discovery Standard, August 2006

The Sedona Conference, Working Group 1 Member

American Bar Association, Advisory Panel Member

National Bar Association, Commercial Law Section

American Health Lawyers Association

Electronic Discovery Resource Model

State Bar of California, 1993

District of Columbia, 1995

U.S. Supreme Court, 1994