Jeff Schaefer is an attorney at the Cincinnati, Ohio, office of Ulmer & Berne LLP. He is a registered patent attorney and has been involved in patent litigation and drug and medical device litigation for the past 28 years. Starting in 2012, Jeff became deeply involved in the collection and production of ESI primarily in pharmaceutical litigation, but also including IP litigation and construction litigation. His involvement in eDiscovery includes negotiating eDiscovery orders, taking and defending depositions related to ESI, appearing in court and status conferences on eDiscovery issues, and managing vendors through all phases of eDiscovery in complex litigation, including numerous pharmaceutical MDLs.