A certified e-discovery specialist, Stephanie has worked in the legal industry since 2002, specializing in the area of litigation support and technology since 2005, supporting lawyers and legal teams in electronic discovery processes and procedures.

As a member of the ellwood Evidence team, Stephanie provides eDiscovery and litigation support to our clients in the form of technical training, best practices, project consulting and management.

Stephanie has extensive experience consulting on, managing and working with large document intensive files. Stephanie has had extensive training in and is proficient in working with a variety of litigation support software and training tools which include Reveal, CaseMap, Ipro solutions, Concordance, EDT, EDA, Law PreDiscovery, Relativity, Axcelerate and AD Summation.

In addition to consulting and providing litigation support services, Stephanie has spent a great deal of time over the last several years supporting clients in the capacity of trainer. Providing instruction and support in clients’ learning of various document review platforms.

Advancing the Industry

Papers

CLE Webinar May 2020 - Becoming the Indispensable eDiscovery Practitioner

Journal of the British Columbia Paralegal Association
Winter 2016 – “CaseMap: A Litigation Case Management Thinking Tool” co-written with Stephanie Williams, Volume 47, Issue 3, Paralegal Press, Winter 2016/2017

Committees

Sedona Canada Subcommittee - 3rd edition of the Sedona Canada Principles

Sedona Canada Subcommittee - Education and Outreach

Spotlights

Women in eDiscovery Toronto Chapter April 2023 Spotlight

Interviews

eDiscovery Leaders Live: Stephanie Williams of ellwood Evidence (revealdata.com)

Conferences & Seminars

Attendee

Ipro Tech Show ( May 2019)

Legal Tech New York (Feb 2017)

Commonwealth Legal - Technology in Practice (Nov 2016)

Ipro Innovations (April 2015, April 2016)

Certifications & Professional Education

Memberships

Women in eDiscovery

Other Specialized Software Training

Reveal Certifications
LexisNexis Suite of Litigation Support Products (CaseMap, TextMap, TimeMap, Sanction, LAW PreDiscovery & EDA)
EDT Certification
Relativity
Open Text Recommend's Axcelerate
Ipro Eclipse Web & Analytics Ipro for Desktop Certified Certified eDiscovery Specialist (CEDS) Trial Director Certification

Certifications

Experience & Education

Professional Experience

ellwood Evidence Inc.
Director of eDiscovery (2014 - present)

Koch Thornton LLP
Director - Litigation Support & Technology (2009 - 2013)

The Law Office Management Association (TLOMA)
Chair of Website Committee (2011 - 2012)

Bennett Jones LLP
Litigation Support Technician (2006 - 2009)

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Litigation Support Technician (2001 - 2006)

Education

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
Project Management (2017 - 2018)

Canadian Business College
Paralegal (2015)

Ryerson University
Information Systems Management (2006 - 2009)

Durham College
Advanced Certificate of Dispute Resolution (2006)
Certificate of Dispute Resolution (2004 - 2005)

George Brown College
Law Clerk Certificate (ILCO) (2002 - 2004)

University of Toronto
Honours BA, Criminology, History Sociology (1996 - 2000)