Melissa McGinn

Melissa McGinn is an experienced consulting professional with more than two decades of experience managing large, complex legal matters and investigations for multinational clients across technology, energy, healthcare and other industries. Ms. McGinn specializes in innovating processes and workflows to assist clients in high-stakes matters. She has experience managing multidisciplinary teams and workflows to provide data analysis and reporting for clients to respond to regulatory requirements and legal issues.

Ms. McGinn brings practical and technical experience with the identification of personal data in the context of cybersecurity incidents and data breaches. She is an expert in applying advanced analytics, technology-assisted review methodologies and bespoke workflows to streamline analysis and review and meet time-sensitive deadlines. With extensive domain expertise, project management capabilities and technology skills, Ms. McGinn supports her clients in navigating complex data issues and incident response challenges.

Prior to FTI Technology, Ms. McGinn spent more than five years as a consultant at Strategic Discovery, where she led large e-discovery matters across multiple platforms and served as a liaison between clients and third-party vendors for e-discovery review and production management. She has also held project management and quality assurance roles with numerous e-discovery providers.

Relevant Experience:

• Managed multiple large data breach response matters involving multiple terabytes of sensitive data across millions of impacted individuals
• Assisted corporate and outside counsel with identifying notifiable individuals in data breach matters and coordinating breach notification tracking
• Worked with legal counsel at a large multinational conglomerate to streamline e-discovery processes and provide budget predictability for legal matters of all sizes; advised the client across e-discovery workflows, technology implementation and project management
• Supported a large technology company in establishing a self-service e-discovery program built upon the use of advanced analytics and a strategic mix of in-house and outside experts