Alex Khoury

Partner / Atlanta

Alex Khoury is the Director of e-Discovery and a Partner in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.

  • Full Bio

    Mr. Khoury is Smith, Gambrell & Russell’s Director of e-Discovery. His practice focuses on helping clients manage the legal risks and expense of creating, maintaining, and using electronic information before, during, and after litigation. Mr. Khoury serves as discovery counsel for businesses and government bodies involved in complex litigation and counsels clients on information governance issues such as data retention, destruction, and privacy. He partners with clients to ensure their data is being managed in a way that best accomplishes their business and legal goals.

    In addition to helping Smith, Gambrell & Russell’s clients and attorneys navigate the rapidly evolving world of electronic data, he also supervises the firm’s e-Discovery and document review staff and teaches e-Discovery at the University of Alabama School of Law.

     

  • Representative Experience

    • E-Discovery counsel for one of Georgia’s co-equal branches of government, handling all phases of electronic discovery for litigated matters large and small, including high-profile redistricting class actions.
    • Managed e-Discovery for the State of Mississippi in multiple complex litigation matters arising from Hurricane Katrina and the Deep Water Horizon oil spill.
    • Conducted internal investigation for a large, regulated entity involving environmental issues.
    • Managed client responses to subpoenas from the DOJ and the OIG.
    • Created the strategy for and supervised the implementation of e-Discovery for the State of Mississippi in complex litigation arising from the Deep Water Horizon oil spill.
    • Planned and managed all aspects of e-Discovery in defense of multiple class action cases against a large regional bank.
    • Created the strategy for and managed the implementation of e-Discovery for multiple litigated matters for a large state university.
    • Developed information governance/document retention programs for manufacturing companies, banks, an electric membership corporation, and a consolidated asset management services company.
    • Audited litigation hold process for Fortune 500 corporation.

  • Bar Admissions

    Georgia
    Alabama
    Supreme Court of Georgia
    Georgia Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
    U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
    U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia

  • Education

    Undergraduate
    • Georgia College & State University

    Law School
    • Mercer University

  • Memberships

    Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists, Atlanta Chapter

    Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production (WG 1)

    Sedona Conference Working Group on Data Security and Privacy Liability (WG 11)

    State Bar of Georgia, Business Litigation Section, E-Discovery and the Use of Technology Section

    State Bar of Alabama

  • Recognitions


    Super Lawyers, Rising Star, (2009-2011)
    The Best Lawyers in America®, Atlanta, Commercial Litigation (2023-2026); Electronic Discovery and Information Management Law (2023)

  • Publications and Speaking Engagements


    “The Sedona Conference Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 34(b)(2) Primer: Practice Pointers for Responding to Discovery Requests,” 19 Sedona Conf. J. 447 (2018)

    “Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2017 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 69 Mercer L. Rev. 1109 (2018)

    “Self-Collection in E-Discovery-Risks vs. Rewards, Law360, law360.com/articles/957202, Aug. 28, 2017

    “Strategic Investments in Technology,” ILTACON 2017, August 2017

    “Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2016 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 68 Mercer L. Rev. 971 (2017)

    “Electronic Discovery,” Mercer University Law Review’s 2015 Eleventh Circuit Survey, 67 Mercer L. Rev. 859 (2016)

    “Cooperation Between Counsel,” National Business Institute: Discovery Under the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Sept. 24, 2015

    “Practical Tech Advice for the Non-Techy Attorney,” Alabama Law Weekly & Tennessee Attorneys Memo Webinar, Sept. 17, 2014

    “Secure E-Discovery,” ESI Roundtable, August 28, 2014

    “E-Discovery Case Management 101,” ESI Roundtable, April 18, 2014

    “Social Media: Practice Development Through Verdict,” YLD Ethics & Professionalism CLE, Apr. 4, 2014

    “A Judge’s Perspective on E-Discovery,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Feb. 27, 2014 (with The Hon. Joseph C. Iannazzone)

    “The Courts (And Legislatures) Speak,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Feb. 27, 2014 (with The Hon. Joseph C. Iannazzone)

    “The Latest E-Discovery Precautions, Risks and Advice,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Oct. 24, 2013

    “Practical Tech Advice for the Non-Techy Attorney,” National Business Institute: Everything You Don’t Know About E-Discovery (But Wish You Did), Oct. 24, 2013

    “FRCP E-Discovery Amendments, Proportionality, and the EDRM,” ESI Roundtable, Jan. 25, 2013

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