Ian Schuler

Associate | He/Him/His

Overview

Ian Schuler has developed discovery skills and abilities in E-Discovery through years of experience both in a law firm and in an in-house setting. Ian’s practice focuses on advising clients on novel and complex discovery issues across all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) lifecycle. Ian helps clients formulate defensible discovery strategies, achieve proportionality in their preservation process, and implement best practices in E-Discovery processes. Ian also has significant experience in conducting defensible collections, managing small and large-scale documents reviews, privilege review, and leveraging emerging technology to efficiently manage and streamline discovery.

His practice focuses on discovery issues in a wide range of practice areas, including antitrust, government contracts, litigation, health care, and white collar and regulatory enforcement.

Ian also has an active pro bono practice. He volunteers at Election Protection’s national voter hotline led by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The national hotline is a year-round non-partisan resource for voters regarding registration, absentee and early voting, voting at the polls, and overcoming obstacles to their participation in voting.

He has significant in-house E-Discovery experience across the aviation and technology industries. Before re-joining Crowell, Ian was Lead Counsel at a multinational technology company in the eDiscovery and Information Governance group, where he provided legal guidance to the company’s global litigation, investigation, and product teams.

Ian graduated from Rutgers University in 2005 with a B.A. in criminal justice. He earned his J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 2010. During law school, Ian interned with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where he represented the Commonwealth of Massachusetts prosecuting misdemeanors in District Court.

Career & Education

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    • Rutgers University, B.A., 2005
    • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2010
    • Rutgers University, B.A., 2005
    • Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 2010
    • District of Columbia
    • Massachusetts
    • District of Columbia
    • Massachusetts

Ian 's Insights

Webinar | 06.11.24

Consilio Symposium 2024

Ian Schuler will be speaking on the panel, "An Evolving Playbook: Privilege Protection and Logging.” The discussion will explore strategies for identifying privileged materials, including analytic tools and TAR, and approaches to logging privileged materials, including categorical logs and other types.

Representative Matters

  • Defending eight health insurance companies in MDL litigation involving national and state class actions asserting antitrust claims.
  • Defending a leading health services company in a contract dispute involving the creation, design, and operation of a large health plan.
  • Represented AT&T in its proposed acquisition of Time Warner.
  • Represented a major medical school in litigation involving breach of a patent license agreement.
  • Represented a multinational government contractor in an investigation and a response to an inspector general subpoena related to labor practices.
  • Represented Humana Inc. in its proposed merger with Aetna Inc.
  • Represented a major airline in an antitrust litigation against DOJ related to the acquisition of slots at Newark-Liberty International Airport.
  • Represented a major telecommunications firm in connection with an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice into alleged violations of Section I of the Sherman Act.

Ian 's Insights

Webinar | 06.11.24

Consilio Symposium 2024

Ian Schuler will be speaking on the panel, "An Evolving Playbook: Privilege Protection and Logging.” The discussion will explore strategies for identifying privileged materials, including analytic tools and TAR, and approaches to logging privileged materials, including categorical logs and other types.

Ian 's Insights

Webinar | 06.11.24

Consilio Symposium 2024

Ian Schuler will be speaking on the panel, "An Evolving Playbook: Privilege Protection and Logging.” The discussion will explore strategies for identifying privileged materials, including analytic tools and TAR, and approaches to logging privileged materials, including categorical logs and other types.