Cary J. Calderone
California Licensed Attorney

Cary Calderone is an active California licensed attorney who specializes in supporting General Counsel, CIO, IT, CFO, and all C-level executives as they help their companies implement or update their electronic data retention policies,  data privacy safeguards, and litigation strategies.  It is Cary’s extensive computer consulting background and experience implementing technology solutions, that gives him a unique capacity to help legal departments work together with IT to formulate strategies for legal compliance, without damaging business productivity. 

While still practicing some law, Cary operated Advanced Legal Systems in San Francisco (1994-1999) providing outside MIS services to professional businesses and law firms.  Since the early 1990s Cary has reviewed and commented on technology for legal practice and law for technology businesses, and has been a speaker at legal, technology, and at local ARMA and other records management conferences.

 Prior to establishing Sand Hill Law and Advanced Legal Systems, he served as a partner-tracked Senior Associate for a nationally recognized law firm, managing junior associates, and as an in-the-trenches litigator for other bay area law firms.  He regularly writes on best practices and industry events concerning Data Retention and Electronic Discovery on his blog at www.DREDLaw.com.  Cary earned a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Northwestern University, and a Juris Doctor from the University of California , Hastings College of the Law, in San Francisco .

Some recent speaking/teaching engagements include:

Panel, "How to work with IT and Legal" ARMA Silican Valley Chapter November 2011
Panel, “Selling Electronic Records Management in your Organization: Tears and Fears - The Business Case for Starting a RIM Program,” ARMA International Tri-Chapter 2011 Spring Seminar, Apr. 6, 2011
Participant, Executive Counsel Institute-EDiscovery Roundtable, March 14, 15 San Francisco California
Speaker, “People, Processes and Technology and How to Manage Them for Document Retention”
City Clerks Association of California, Annual Meeting, Vallejo CA, June 2010 
Moderator, “Aligning Compliance Programs and Business Strategy Using Collaborative Teams”
IDC/KCI Fifth Annual Compliance in Information Management Forum, New York, September 17, 2008.