Maura Robin Grossman is a research professor and former Director of Women in Computer Science in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo. She is cross-appointed to the School of Public Health Sciences at the university and is also principal of Maura Grossman Law in Buffalo, New York. Previously, she was Of Counsel at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, where she pioneered the use of technology-assisted review (TAR) for electronic discovery.American Lawyer (2016). The Wachtell Way of EDiscovery . Retrieved June 16, 2016.American Lawyer (2016). The Lawyer Inventor. Retrieved August 13, 2016.ABA Journal (2016). E-discovery pioneer creates smart search for archive of VP candidate's emails Retrieved August 14, 2016Federal Courts Law Review (2013). Grossman-Cormack glossary of technology-assisted review with foreword by John M. Facciola, U.S. Magistrate Judge Retrieved August 14, 2016
Grossman's research with Gordon V. CormackRichmond Journal of Law & Technology Technology-assisted review in e-discovery can be more effective and more efficient than manual review Retrieved August 14, 2016 has been cited in cases of first impression in United States,S.D.N.Y. (2012). Moore v. Publicis Retrieved August 13, 2016. Ireland,High Court, Ireland (2015). Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited v. Sean Quinn Retrieved August 13, 2016 and (by reference), in the United KingdomHigh Court of Justice Chancery Division, U.K. (2016). Pyrrho Investments Ltd v. MWB Property Ltd Retrieved August 13, 2016 and Australia,Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (2016). McConnell Dowell Constructors (Aust) Pty Ltd v Santam Ltd & Ors (No 1) VSC 734 (2 December 2016) Retrieved March 15, 2017 approving the use of technology-assisted review in civil litigation. Grossman served as a special master in the Southern District of New York "to assist with issues concerning Technology-Assisted Review (TAR), also known as predictive coding."S.D.N.Y. (2015). Rio Tinto v. Vale Retrieved August 13, 2016
In 2015 and 2016, Grossman served as a coordinator for the Total Recall Track at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Text Retrieval Conference (TREC). In 2010 and 2011, she served as a coordinator for the Legal TrackLegal Track at TREC; in 2008 and 2009, she served as a subject-matter expert.
Grossman is an adjunct professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University. Previously, she was a lecturer in lawLecturer in Law at Columbia University Law School and an adjunct professor of LawAdjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where she taught electronic discovery. She also has taught at Pace Law School and Rutgers School of Law - Newark.
Grossman received her J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, from Georgetown University Law School in 1999. Prior to commencing her law career, Grossman received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the Gordon F. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University in 1982 and 1984, respectively, and practiced as a clinical psychologist and hospital administrator until she began her law studies in 1996. Grossman holds an A.B., magna cum laude, from Brown University (1980).
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