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LEGAL TECHNOLOGY CONSULTING

Martin Felsky Martin Felsky, Ph.D., J.D.
Consultant

Well-versed in the law and strategy of electronic discovery and electronic production of documents, Martin advises major law firm and government clients in Canada, the United States and overseas on the effective use of automated litigation support and strategic electronic discovery.

Prior to launching Felsky Consulting (www.felsky.com), Martin was the Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Legal from 2000-2009. Before joining Commonwealth Legal, Martin was the Director of Canada's leading legal technology consulting firm where he worked with more than 60 law firms and law departments to provide advice and support on strategic technology planning, information systems implementation and training. Prior to that, Martin was Legal Technology Counsel and a research lawyer at McCarthy Tétrault for seven years with responsibility for implementing technology for lawyers.

Martin obtained two doctorates from the University of Toronto (English and Law) and was called to the Ontario Bar in 1985. For three years he taught a course in Business Law and Ethics in the MBA program at Concordia University. Martin is a member of the Judges Technology Advisory Committee of the Canadian Judicial Council and chairs its subcommittee on Evidence Standards.

Martin has spoken at dozens of conferences throughout North America, in Europe and New Zealand, including the ABA TechShow in Chicago, and Legal Tech in Toronto, New York and Los Angeles. He is often cited in the press and has written extensively on legal technology matters. He is also a Summation Certified Trainer and an experienced trainer of several other legal software packages.


Richard Wessel
Technology Consultant

Richard Wessel’s history with Commonwealth Legal spans over five years.  His relationship with the company started initially in a client capacity working on a large scale e-discovery project. Over the past 2 years, Richard has been actively consulting with clients and project management to support Commonwealth Legal’s e-Discovery initiatives while taking a leadership role on the company’s key Information Technology initiatives. Richard has also been involved in managing and executing the e-Discovery components for a number of large legal projects utilizing the same IT related tools that clients are using today.  As a member of the technology team, Richard brings with him over 15 years of Information Technology (IT) experience in the following areas: Network Administration; Email Management; Document Management / Records Retention; Lotus Notes Expertise, Project Management; and Application Development in a number of business sectors.