Alex Khoury is the Director of e-Discovery and a Partner in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
Mr. Khoury is Smith, Gambrell & Russell’s Director of e-Discovery. His practice focuses on helping clients manage the legal risks and expense of creating, maintaining, and using electronic information before, during, and after litigation. Mr. Khoury serves as discovery counsel for businesses and government bodies involved in complex litigation and counsels clients on information governance issues such as data retention, destruction, and privacy. He partners with clients to ensure their data is being managed in a way that best accomplishes their business and legal goals.
In addition to helping Smith, Gambrell & Russell’s clients and attorneys navigate the rapidly evolving world of electronic data, he also supervises the firm’s e-Discovery and document review staff and teaches e-Discovery at the University of Alabama School of Law.
Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists, Atlanta Chapter
Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG 1)
Sedona Conference Working Group on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG 11)
State Bar of Georgia, Business Litigation Section, E-Discovery and the Use of Technology Section
State Bar of Alabama
“The Sedona Conference Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2) Primer: Practice Pointers for Responding to Discovery Requests,” 19 Sedona Conf. J. 447 (2018)
“Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2017 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 69 Mercer L. Rev. 1109 (2018)
“Self-Collection in E-Discovery-Risks vs. Rewards, Law360, law360.com/articles/957202, Aug. 28, 2017
“Strategic Investments in Technology,” ILTACON 2017, August 2017
“Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2016 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 68 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (2017)
“Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2015 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 67 Mercer L. Rev. 859 (2016)
“Cooperation Between Counsel,” National Business Institute: Discovery Under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Sept. 24, 2015
“Practical Tech Advice for the Non-Techy Attorney,” Alabama Law Weekly & Tennessee Attorneys Memo Webinar, Sept. 17, 2014
“Secure E-Discovery,” ESI Roundtable, August 28, 2014
“E-Discovery Case Management 101,” ESI Roundtable, April 18, 2014
“Social Media: Practice Development Through Verdict,” YLD Ethics & Professionalism CLE, Apr. 4, 2014
“A Judge’s Perspective on E-Discovery,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Feb. 27, 2014 (with The Hon. Joseph C. Iannazzone)
“The Courts (And Legislatures) Speak,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Feb. 27, 2014 (with The Hon. Joseph C. Iannazzone)
“The Latest E-Discovery Precautions, Risks and Advice,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Oct. 24, 2013
“Practical Tech Advice for the Non-Techy Attorney,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Oct. 24, 2013
“FRCP E-Discovery Amendments, Proportionality, and the EDRM,” ESI Roundtable, Jan. 25, 2013
