Electronically stored information (ESI) plays a key role in nearly every modern legal case, whether you're dealing with business files, e-mail or digital photos. But managing thousands of records – and making sure it's all admissible in

court – often gets overwhelming. In this paper, a U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge explains what she's looking for from attorneys and offers tips on how both sides in a case can winnow their work down to the ESI that really matters.