Thomas Y. Allman
As senior counsel with Mayer Brown, Tom provides consulting and legal representation to major US and international corporations with interests in updating policies and procedures to accommodate changes in corporate compliance activities, including e-discovery, electronic information management and integration of technologies.
Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2004, Tom was Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel for BASF Corporation where he was responsible for all NAFTA legal, compliance, intellectual property issues; for the Washington Office of Legislative Affairs; and for managing the Legal Department of more than 50 lawyers. While at BASF Tom served as Committee Chair for ACC, CJRG, LCJ and other Industry advocacy groups, developed and implemented E-Discovery, Records Management integration and Information Management Initiatives, and led a coalition of corporations supporting Amendments to E-Discovery Federal Rules.
Previous to that, Tom was with Taft, Stettinius & Hollister where he was a Partner for more than twenty years. There he specialized in Commercial Litigation and corporate governance, including shareholder litigation.
Thomas Y. Allman has spoken at the following CGOC events:
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The New Federal eDiscovery Rules
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Implications of the New Federal Rules and the Proposed NCSC Guidelines