CLEF Educational Webinar
Follow the Thread: AI-Powered Deposition Strategy for Plaintiff Teams
Find the evidence that matters. Build your case theory around it. Pressure-test it before the witness sits down.
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Noon CT / 1:00 p.m. ET
Virtual Webinar
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Presented by the Complex Litigation E-Discovery Forum in partnership with
Minnesota CLE Credit Approval Pending
An application for Minnesota CLE credit is pending. Credit information will be updated when available.
The Challenge
The Record Is Bigger. Finding the Thread Is Harder.
In mass tort and class action practice, strong deposition strategy depends on three things: knowing what the documents say, building your case theory around them, and pressure-testing that theory before the witness sits down.
The modern record makes all three more difficult. Productions can span millions of files across email, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and increasingly, generative AI conversation logs. The thread that explains what a witness knew, when they knew it, and how the facts connect rarely announces itself.
This session is about how plaintiff teams can find and follow that thread. Speakers from Relativity, Korein Tillery, and Beasley Allen will demonstrate how technology can help teams move from an unfamiliar production to an evidence-grounded deposition strategy.
Built for the Plaintiff Side
This program is designed for plaintiff-side attorneys, discovery counsel, litigation support professionals, and e-discovery teams handling complex, document-intensive matters.
Practical Takeaways
What You’ll Learn
- How to orient your team quickly when receiving a large or unfamiliar production
- How to uncover the documentary threads that support, challenge, or reshape your developing case theory
- How to build and maintain a living case timeline as new evidence and testimony emerge
- How to create deposition-preparation materials grounded in the documentary record
- How to pressure-test your strategy before the witness sits down
- How to carry insights across a complete deposition program so each deposition is informed by everything that came before it
From Production to Preparation
An Integrated Workflow, Not Isolated Tools
The speakers will walk through RelativityOne, aiR Assist, and aiR for Case Strategy as a connected workflow—from orienting to a new production and building a living case timeline to developing deposition-preparation materials grounded in the record. They will also explore how the same tools can support a full deposition program, allowing the deposition you take next week to benefit from everything your team has already learned.
Featured Speakers
Meet the Speakers
Three perspectives. One practical conversation about building stronger plaintiff-side deposition strategy from the documentary record.
Suzanne Clark, Esq., CEDS
Of Counsel – Mass Torts Discovery Counsel
Beasley Allen
ESI strategist and nationally recognized e-discovery educator supporting complex mass tort discovery and plaintiff-side teams.
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Stephanie Clerkin, CEDS, RCA
Director of Litigation Support
Korein Tillery
Litigation support leader who bridges legal and technical teams across large-scale ESI matters and complex discovery workflows.
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Caitlin Ward
Lead, Growth Strategy – Law Firms
Relativity
Attorney and growth-strategy leader focused on litigation technology, case strategy, and practical solutions designed for litigators.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Bring the Record into Focus Before the Deposition Begins
Join plaintiff-side professionals for a practical discussion about connecting discovery, case theory, witness preparation, and deposition strategy.
Minnesota CLE Credit Approval Pending
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Speaker Bio
Suzanne Clark, Esq., CEDS
Of Counsel – Mass Torts Discovery Counsel
Beasley Allen
Suzanne H. Clark graduated from the University of Florida and began her legal career in 2002. She received her Certified eDiscovery Specialist designation from ACEDS in 2014 and transitioned to a full-time focus on e-discovery, where she has become a nationally recognized speaker and panelist in e-discovery education.
Suzanne works remotely from Jacksonville as Discovery Counsel for the Mass Torts Section of Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Montgomery home office. Suzanne’s role at Beasley Allen is to assist the 36 mass torts attorneys with discovery, especially relating to ESI. In furtherance of this concentration, she has earned the Mass-Tort MDL Certificate from the Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law.
Suzanne is a frequent lecturer at eDiscovery educational events, including the annual University of Florida College of Law eDiscovery Conference where she serves on the Planning Committee. From 2019 to 2020, Suzanne served as an Associate Professor at Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, where she taught ESI I: Introduction to E-Discovery and ESI II: Discovery to students earning their Master of Studies of Law.
Suzanne co-founded the Jacksonville chapter of ACEDS in 2014 and continues to serve on its board. She has also served in leadership roles with CLEF, the Jacksonville Bar Association, the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, and EDRM.
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Speaker Bio
Stephanie Clerkin, CEDS, RCA
Director of Litigation Support
Korein Tillery
Stephanie is the Director of Litigation Support at Korein Tillery, one of the country’s leading plaintiffs’ complex-litigation firms, where she leverages almost 20 years of experience in finance, consulting, and data analytics to manage massive litigation projects, as well as the firm’s e-Discovery platform.
Working with all departments in the firm, she understands how to bridge the gap between the legal teams and IT personnel to streamline discovery efforts and design cost-effective solutions for clients. She is responsible for the processing, analysis, review, and production of hundreds of terabytes of ESI.
Stephanie is an ACEDS Certified e-Discovery Specialist and Relativity Master. She is a Member Liaison for the St. Louis ILTA Community and the current Strategic Partner Liaison for ILTA and Relativity. She is also a member of Women in eDiscovery, The Sedona Conference, an EDRM 2.0 Project Trustee, and is on the Steering Committee for the St. Louis Relativity User Group.
Outside the office, she tirelessly dedicates countless hours to several community organizations, including the Make-A-Wish® Foundation.
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Speaker Bio
Caitlin Ward
Lead, Growth Strategy – Law Firms
Relativity
Caitlin Ward is Lead, Growth Strategy – Law Firms at Relativity, where she supports law firm growth initiatives and helps shape solutions designed for litigators. A licensed attorney with over a decade of experience in complex commercial and healthcare litigation, Caitlin brings deep legal insight to her work. Having spent her career at the intersection of litigation and technology, she focuses on advancing how litigators approach case strategy and the adoption of innovative legal technology to drive better outcomes.
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