Are you a law firm owner striving to grow your business, lead with clarity, and create something bigger than yourself?

I had the honor of sitting down with Ariana J. Tadler, founding partner of Tadler Law LLP, and a national powerhouse in complex litigation and E-discovery. In this inspiring episode, Ariana shares her personal journey, from deciding to be a lawyer at age 13 to becoming a leader and innovator in the legal field.

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About Ariana Tadler

ARIANA J. TADLER is the founding partner of Tadler Law LLP, a WBENC-certified, women-owned boutique law firm that offers an array of litigation and legal counseling services. With 32 years’ experience advocating for consumers, employees, and investors against corporate fraud and abuse while litigating and managing securities, consumer and data breach class actions, and complex litigation and arbitrations, Ariana is one of the leading women litigators in the country. Described by Chambers USA as one who “passionately defends her clients’ interests to the greatest extent possible,” Ariana litigates large, complex, high-profile cases as well as smaller, impactful matters. She is sought after for her unique legal and technological acumen and case management skills.

Ariana is renowned for being “gracious and tenacious.” A tough, solution-driven negotiator with a creative and robust aptitude for resolving disputes, Ariana is regularly retained by clients and appointed by courts to leadership positions in large, complex federal, multi-district, and state coordinated proceedings because of her extensive experience managing complex litigation. Ariana is also recognized as one of the nation’s leading authorities on electronic discovery and pioneered the establishment of an eDiscovery Practice group within a plaintiffs’ firm structure 20+ years ago.

Her exceptional skills and knowledge in the field of eDiscovery have distinguished her among her litigation peers. She remains the only plaintiffs’ lawyer to be ranked repeatedly as a Band 1 eDiscovery Practitioner by Chambers and Partners in the Global-USA and USA-Nationwide categories, an unprecedented achievement. In 2024, Ariana received a Star Ranking for eDiscovery from Chambers and Partners, making her one of only three people and the only woman to have ever received this distinction. In 2023, Ariana received the 2023 Honorable Shira Scheindlin Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2024, Ariana became the Co-Vice President of Women Owned Law.

Ariana was a Founding Principal and served as a consultant to Meta-e Discovery LLP, an independent data hosting management and consulting company. In March 2023, Repario Data was created and includes the integration of Meta-e Discovery with several other service providers, and Ms. Tadler has a limited equity interest in Repario Data.

In 2017, United States Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts appointed Ariana to serve on the Federal Civil Rules Advisory Committee. After serving two three-year terms, in July 2023, Chief Justice Roberts renewed Ariana’s appointment to serve for an additional year, which expired in October 2024. By the Committee Chair’s appointment, she served on subcommittees focused on specific aspects of the federal civil rules, including Multidistrict Litigation (MDL) and Discovery.

Ariana is an author and a paid professional and keynote speaker.  She writes and speaks on an array of topics stemming from her decades of experience as a lawyer, entrepreneur, founding partner, business owner, woman in tech, mentor, and mother. Ariana is an active member of the New York City Chapter of the National Speakers’ Association and is currently writing a book on work life integration based on a philosophy she developed to live an effective, productive, and abundant life geared to mentoring and developing the next generation of leaders.

Ariana is a proud graduate of Hamilton College and Fordham University’s School of Law. An avid learner, Ariana achieved a certificate in Women’s Entrepreneurship from Cornell University in March 2022.