eDiscovery Chicks Podcast

Legal ops is the difference between: A legal team running on strategy and a legal team running on vibes and late-night fire drills.

With Jessica Vander Ploeg, we get brutally practical about:

• Priority management when you’ve got 20–30 “top” priorities
• Partnerships as currency across the business
• Proving value (including the messy reality of quantifying “soft savings”)
• How to diagnose a role before you accept it

It’s live: our 2026 State of the Industry episode with Doug Austin.

If GenAI is “transformative,” why does adoption still look like a secret hobby?

Because the problem isn’t the robot. It’s the fact that half our workflows exist as oral tradition.

In this episode, we get specific about:

• The adoption gap—and what it’s really exposing
• Governance as the true gatekeeper (who owns the risk, who approves, who verifies)
• Incentives: why some sectors sprint and others clutch their pearls
• Defensibility: validation methods that hold up when someone asks, “prove it”

And yes: we talk about prompts—work product, strategy, and the upcoming disputes that will feel very familiar to anyone who has lived through search term negotiations.

📣 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰: “𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞: 𝟓 𝐀𝐈 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟑 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐬.”

If you’re still prompting like it’s Google, you’re going to keep getting essays when you wanted work product.

💡 The fix is boring and powerful: 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫.

Angie and Bree break down 𝟓 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 (output not topic, role + rubric, earn confidence, dictation, chunking) and then show how to turn those habits into 𝟑 𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐬 you can build today (decision support, email drafting, meeting transcript → workflow artifacts).

🎧 𝐋𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐬.

If your system is chaos, AI doesn’t fix it. It just makes your chaos faster.

Out now with Nicole Mott, author of The Undeniable Power of Movement and the person who built enablement from scratch at Exterro. We talk about getting unstuck, protecting focus, building discipline without waiting for motivation, and managing perception so you can push back without getting labeled “difficult.”

Where are you stuck right now: distraction, indecision, or lack of structure? Listen wherever you get podcasts.

Identification and preservation are where eDiscovery cases quietly get won—or quietly get set on fire.

This episode is for in-house counsel, legal ops, and eDiscovery leaders who are tired of legal hold theater and surprised-by-retention-policy disasters. We break down Identification + Preservation (EDRM style), what “reasonable steps” under Rule 37(e) looks like in the real world, and why mobile/messaging data is now the main character.

#FlockOn Friends!

The eDiscovery Chicks are back — 🐔✨

Join Angie & Bree as they break down the rapid changes AI is bringing to our industry, what’s real vs. what’s… well… a little cluckin’ dramatic, and how these shifts might reshape your role and even the billable hour. ⏱️⚖️

💛 Feeling behind the flock already? Don’t stress — you’re not alone.

💛 And of course, you won’t want to miss the entertainment (and chaos) as the Chicks explore what ChatGPT can really do. 🧠🐣

Sweetie, your prompt is showing… 👀

Generative AI has gone from shiny toy to discovery minefield. Courts are sanctioning lawyers for hallucinated citations, bar associations are issuing new guidance, and regulators are rolling out rules with teeth.

In our next episode, we dig into:

• Some everyday tips and tricks for using AI
• The patchwork problem of AI ethics and regulation
• Prompting as the new literacy for legal pros
• What governance and readiness really mean in 2025

🎙️ Tune in Thursday for a witty, no-nonsense guide to AI in eDiscovery — because the last thing you want is your chatbot testifying against you.

Forensic video expert Melissa Kimbrell joins the eDiscovery Chicks to unpack the future of video evidence:

• Deepfakes in the courtroom
• Metadata as the “fingerprints” of digital files
• Lessons from real testimony where evidence was tossed out
• Tools that track every step from crime scene to courtroom

If you’ve ever wondered how experts prove what’s real — and how lawyers challenge what isn’t — this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now: link in comments.

✨ Tag a trial lawyer, forensic nerd, or courtroom techie who needs to hear this!

Your smart speaker wasn't designed to be a witness—but that doesn't mean it won't end up in court.

In this episode of eDiscovery Chicks, we dive into the wild world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its growing role in legal discovery. From Fitbits that contradict alibis to Ring doorbells reconstructing timelines, we explore how connected devices are quietly reshaping civil and criminal litigation.

Angie and Bree break down:

• What counts as IoT—and why it matters in court
• Real-life cases where smart devices became key evidence
• Why context is everything when interpreting IoT logs
• The eDiscovery headaches (and opportunities) IoT creates

Hey! And speaking of the worlds of Forensics and eDiscovery colliding, the Chicks are joined by Allison Dowd and Jennifer

Whether you're a legal tech pro, a curious litigator, or just someone side-eyeing your smart fridge—this one's for you.

In Memory of our dear friend, Kaylee Walstad.

Join Angie and Bree as they sit down with the Queens of eDiscovery - Mary Mack and Kaylee Walstad. They will discuss:

• The origin of the EDRM and where its going.
• Why they do what they do.
• And "Fun Facts" you will NOT want to miss!