eDiscovery Leaders Live: Helen Geib of Hoover Hull Turner
Helen Geib, Of Counsel at Hoover Hull Turner LLP, joins George Socha, Senior Vice President of Brand Awareness at Reveal, for ACEDS #eDiscoveryLeadersLive.
Helen’s deep knowledge of eDiscovery law and practice was gained over many years of experience as a litigator and eDiscovery consultant. Helen has published numerous articles on topics in eDiscovery and legal technology for a wide variety of publications including Legaltech news, The Indiana Lawyer, ACEDS, and Corporate Counsel Business Journal. In 2019, she was recognized as eDiscovery Professional of the Year by the Indianapolis Bar Association.
Helen obtained her JD, summa cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School and is a member of the bar of the State of Indiana and the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. She serves on the board of the Women in eDiscovery Indianapolis chapter, which she launched in 2017, and is Chair of the Executive Committee for the Indianapolis Bar Association’s E-Discovery, Information Governance & Cybersecurity Section.
Helen started our discussion by sharing what she does today and how she got to that place. We quickly turned to professional development, covering what it means to her, how to pursue it, and how to take advantage of it. Next Helen addressed eDiscovery education, in particular advocating for the self-directed version. Finally, Helen focused on how to figure out your professional development and education ROI – so you can make the most of those for yourself and others.
Key Highlights
- [2:15] What Helen does today and how she got there.
- [5:00] Spanning the range from eDiscovery issues to business matters.
- [6:20] Professional development – what it is about for her.
- [7:58] Why and how to get involved in bar associations and the like.
- [9:49] The professional development value of LinkedIn and other online groups.
- [11:42] How to join organizations like ACEDS – and how to make membership work for you.
- [13:43] How to be a liker, not a lurker.
- [15:20] Bar associations and eDiscovery-specific organizations to join.
- [17:42] eDiscovery education, particularly self-directed eDiscovery education.
- [19:37] Structured and build-your-own-adventure education.
- [21:52] Figuring out your professional development and educational ROI.
- [27:25] How you can use what you learn to become the educator yourself.
- [29:00] Closing thoughts
Key Quotes by Helen Geib
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- “I feel like my current job is the best of all my prior jobs come together, drawing on all those skills, getting to do all the things that I enjoy.”
- “Having that in-house counsel background just continues to be an advantage to me in being able to counsel my clients more effectively and to help my colleagues who are on the front line of the relationship.”
- “When other people do eDiscovery better, I think it is better for all of us.”
- “Be a liker, not a lurker” on LinkedIn and the like.”
- “No matter how long you’ve been in the field, there’s always something new to learn…. This is an imperative for people in our field.”
- “If you have that opportunity – someone asks you to present with them or to write something or to go to a meeting with them – say yes, take that plunge, because there’s just so much that you can get from it.”