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Lawyers across the country rely on Emma’s experience as a lawyer in pretrial, trial and post-trial stages and her technology expertise spanning more than 20 years.
A Specialized Skillset
Her work has been recognized locally and nationally, including by the American Bar Association, which profiled her in 2014 as one of nine lawyers in the country making innovating strides to reform the legal profession.
Emma has represented clients and been appointed to coordinate discovery on some of the most high profile cases in the country in matters involving mortgage fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, identify theft, healthcare fraud, drug conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, firearms trafficking, RICO, and death eligible charges, including material support.
As a consultant, she develops and consults on her clients’ overall discovery review strategies and advocates on their behalf during meet and confers, discovery conferences, and hearings.
She regularly handles discovery disputes across the country and acts as a liaison to ensure the compliance and responsiveness of her clients’ adversaries, including U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In 2011, she became one of the first three National Coordinating Discovery Attorneys (CDA) – the first female National CDA – contracted with the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AO), to support the work of CJA Panel attorneys and FDO staff across the country on multi-defendant prosecutions involving large volumes of complex discovery.
She has been appointed by scores of Federal District Courts in multiple jurisdictions and has assisted thousands of distinguished defense lawyers nationwide.
1 of 5
1 OF 5 NATIONAL COORDINATING DISCOVERY ATTORNEYS
20 Years+
OVER 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN TECH AND LAW
1,000+
ASSISTED OVER 1000 LAWYERS AND LEGAL TEAMS ON DOZENS OF CASES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Meet Our People
Emma M Greenwood, Esq.
Officer, CDA
Lawyers across the country rely on Emma’s experience as a lawyer in pretrial, trial and post-trial stages and her technology expertise spanning more than 20 years. She strategizes and consults on discovery review methods and advocates for clients in preparation for and at meet and confers, discovery conferences, hearings and in motion practice involving complex discovery issues to be presented in court.
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Bar Admissions
New York
CLE Presentations, Faculty Engagements, and Trainings
View Past Events
Faculty and Presentation:
“Ok, I Got The USAFx Email/Hard Drive with Discovery, Now What?
A Practical Overview of Today’s E-Discovery For Everyone
(Beginner to Advanced)”
EDNY CJA Committee & the Federal Defenders of New York
U.S. District Courthouse
Brooklyn, NY
May 22, 2023
Faculty and Presentation:
“From the Novice to Seasoned Practitioner,
Nuts and Bolts and Issues in E-Discovery”
“2023 Civil Rights Etoufee”
Federal Bar Association, Civil Rights Section
New Orleans, LA
February 2023
Faculty and Presentation:
“Electronic Information in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings”
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
Webinar
June 2021
Faculty and Presentation:
“Electronic Information in Criminal Investigations & Proceedings (Part 2)”
American Bar Association (ABA)
Webinar
February 2020
Faculty and Presentation:
“Emerging Technology & the Practice of Law”
Syracuse University College of Law, School of Law
Syracuse, NY
October 2019
Faculty and Presentation:
“Electronic Information in Criminal Investigations & Proceedings (Part 1)”
American Bar Association (ABA)
Webinar
July 2019
Faculty and Presentation:
“Electronic Information in Criminal Investigations and Proceedings”
New York State Bar Association (NYSBA)
New York, NY
March 2019
Faculty and Presentation:
"EDiscovery: The ESI Protocol, Litigation Support & Strategies to make ESI Work for You"
CJA Panel Attorney Program, Eastern District of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
March 2017
Faculty and Presentation:
"EDiscovery: The ESI Protocol, Litigation Support & Strategies to make ESI Work for You,”
CJA Panel Attorney Program, District of Vermont
Burlington, VT
May 2016
Subcommittee Member: Joint Electronic Technology Working Group (JETWG): “Guidance for the Provision
of ESI to Detainees,” re in-custody defendant access to ESI 2015
Faculty and Presentation:
"EDiscovery: The ESI Protocol, Litigation Support & Strategies to make ESI Work for You”
CJA Panel Attorney Program, Middle District of Tennessee
Nashville, TN
October 2015
Faculty:
Techniques in Electronic Case Management (TECM) Seminar
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Division
San Diego, CA
September 2015
Faculty and Presentation:
“The ESI Protocol, Litigation Support & Strategies to make ESI Work for You”
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Division
The Fundamentals of Federal Criminal Defense, Winning Strategies Seminar
Chicago, Illinois
August 2012
Faculty and Presentation:
“Cloud Computing and Social Media”
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Division
Multi-Track Federal Criminal Defense Seminar
Buffalo, NY
August 2013
Faculty:
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Division
Techniques in Electronic Case Management (TECM) Seminar
San Francisco, CA
September 2013
Faculty:
Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Defender Services Training Division
Techniques in Electronic Case Management (TECM) Seminar
San Francisco, CA
September 2012
Faculty and Presentation:
“Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Online Privacy”
New York County Lawyer’s Association (NYCLA)
New York, NY 2010
Our Team
Marisa Suroweic
Senior Project Manager
Courtney Wall
Operations & Technology Manager
Manuela Gomez
Administrative Assistant
Alex Hendricks
Office Assistant
As a small firm, we often turn to Greenwood Law Group to help us manage document discovery. GLG does a great job slicing, dicing and organizing the multiple terabytes of document discovery that can be a burden for firms like ours in the 21st Century. The fact is GLG does a better job of this, and at a lower cost, than most "in house" IT departments at Behemoth Firms. By outsourcing this work to Greenwood Law Group, our firm is able to compete with larger firms for work in document intensive cases, and we can do so at a very attractive price point for our clients.
Roland G. Riopelle, Esq. Sercarz & Riopelle, LLP
I have worked with Emma and her company and crew for more than a decade. Simply put, every case I work on with Emma is easier because she is involved. When I receive a hard drive from the government, I need to download 10 different applications to open each thing they send -- which I can rarely do -- but, when the government has to send the discovery to Emma -- she does her magic and sends me a drive that has all of the material I need and all I have to do is click once -- and there it is! Her ability to make the discovery available and comprehensible has been lifesaving! And, Emma is a pleasure to work with -- she does her work quickly, efficiently and with a smile.
Susan G. Kellman, Esq.
Emma and her team at GLG have done a remarkable job. Using a sophisticated digital search engine, we have been able to locate exculpatory information that no one (including the prosecutors and state regulators who blamed our client for misleading them) knew that we had access to. We could not have uncovered what we did without GLG's help.
David J. Williams, Esq. Jarvis, McArthur & Williams
Effective discovery management is the basis of quality legal advocacy.
We manage discovery issues large and small to help you focus on legal principles and procedure.