Woods K. Abbott
Woods K. Abbott is the Senior Manager of Legal Operations for Raytheon Company (RTN: Fortune 100 – Defense contractor). He is primary responsibility for all the legal technologies that are utilized by the Raytheon Office of the General Counsel. This includes the Legal department’s own array of SQL servers, web application servers and their document collection/review/production tool: iCONECTnXT. He also oversees all of the Company’s discovery and legal hold operations. He is a member of the Raytheon’s Records Management oversight committee and is trained as a Six Sigma Expert, for which he serves as both the Six Sigma and Knowledge Management Champion for the OGC. He is a member of the Sedona Conference working groups on eDiscovery and Litigation Holds. He is a frequent speaker at MCLE seminars and conferences on various eDiscovery topics and their impact on corporate America. Prior to joining Raytheon in 1994, Woods was a Litigation Specialist with Wilmer Hale (DC office) and later became the Legal Administrator on a Bain Capital turn around team for Robertson-Ceco Corporation.
Woods K. Abbott has spoken at the following CGOC events:
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Benchmarking Retention for Litigation Readiness
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Communications and Sustainability