Briordy currently works as Discovery Counsel at Google. Prior to Google, Briordy served as Director & Senior Counsel-eDiscovery for Boehringer Ingelheim USA and worked as a Discovery attorney at McDermott Will & Emery, Sidley Austin LLP and Troutman Sanders eMerge. He began his career representing abused and neglected children as an Assistant Public Guardian with the Cook County Public Guardian's Office in Chicago. Briordy has focused on cross-border discovery over the last few years and helping clients navigate the dual challenges of U.S. discovery obligations and global data protection compliance and is a licensed CIPP/E privacy professional. He is a member of The Sedona Conference’s Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG1), Working Group 6 on International Electronic Information Management, Discovery, and Disclosure (WG6), and Working Group 11 on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG11). Briordy's recent focus has been on helping WG6 draft the Commentary on Proportionality in Cross-Border Discovery and examine the Hague Convention on Evidence and its utility for cross-border discovery practices. He joined the Steering Committee for WG6 in 2024. Briordy received his B.A. in History from the University of Virginia in 1999 and his J.D. from the College of William and Mary School of Law in 2003.