John Tredennick

John Tredennick

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CEO and Founder at Merlin Search Technologies
Colorado, United States

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  • Merlin Search Technologies
    CEO and Founder
    Merlin Search Technologies
    Apr 2019 - Aug 2021 (2 years 5 months)
    Merlin is a cloud technology company, developing the latest AI-powered search and review software for investigations, ediscovery and regulatory compliance.
  • Merlin Search Technologies
    CEO and Founder
    Merlin Search Technologies
    Mar 2019 - Current (7 years 8 months)
    I founded Merlin to build the discovery and investigation platform I wished I'd had during my 20 years as a trial lawyer.

    Our flagship platform, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ, uses generative AI to transform how legal teams work with large document collections. Instead of running complex keyword searches and wading through thousands of hit reports, lawyers ask questions in plain language and get comprehensive, sourced answers in seconds. Alchemy creates timelines, investigation reports, witness kits, and strategic analyses โ€” work that used to take days or weeks.

    Through our AI Services division, we're solving additional challenges that have burdened legal teams for decades:
    โ€ข ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ replaces traditional human
  • Catalyst Repository Systems
    CEO and Founder
    Catalyst Repository Systems
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2019 (19 years 1 month)
    I founded Catalyst out of my law practice to build one of the first cloud-based ediscovery platforms. We were pioneers in cloud computing and multi-language ediscovery, and we developed the first Continuous Active Learning (CAL) algorithm for the ediscovery community โ€” what I named TAR 2.0. Over 19 years, we grew the company to approximately 180 people with five data centers and operations spanning the U.S., Asia, and India. The company was acquired by OpenText in January 2019.
  • Catalyst Repository Systems
    CEO and Founder
    Catalyst Repository Systems
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2019 (19 years 1 month)
    I founded Catalyst out of my law practice to build one of the first cloud-based ediscovery platforms. We were pioneers in cloud computing and multi-language ediscovery, and we developed the first Continuous Active Learning (CAL) algorithm for the ediscovery community โ€” what I named TAR 2.0. I wrote TAR for Smart People to help the legal industry understand why CAL was a fundamental improvement over first-generation technology-assisted review.

    Over 19 years, we grew the company to approximately 180 people with five data centers and operations spanning the U.S., Asia, and India. Catalyst developed an award-winning platform for managing complex discovery and served law firms, corporations, and government agencies worldwide. The comp
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    Trial Lawyer and Litigation Partner
    Holland & Hart
    Sep 1981 - Apr 2005 (23 years 8 months)
    Senior Litigation Partner | Founder, Trial Partner | Chief Technology Officer
    Holland & Hart LLP

    Tried complex commercial cases across the country as a senior litigation partner at one of the largest law firms in the Mountain West.

    In 1986, I founded Trial Partner, one of the first alternative business units within a major law firm. Trial Partner provided jury consulting, litigation graphics and animations, a professional video studio, and courtrooms for mock trials โ€” giving the firm's litigation teams sophisticated trial support capabilities that were widely recognized as pioneering in the legal industry.We also built one of the first cloud-based litigation search platforms, pioneering the use of Adobe Acrobat fo
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  • University of Virginia School of Law
    Juris Doctor, Law
    University of Virginia School of Law
    Sep 1976 - May 1979 (2 years 9 months)
  • University of Virginia
    Bachelor of Arts, Economics
    University of Virginia
    Sep 1971 - Jun 1976 (4 years 10 months)
  • University of Virginia
    Bachelor of Arts, Speech and Economics
    University of Virginia
    Jan 1971 - Jan 1976 (5 years 1 month)
  • University of Virginia
    BA, Speech and Economics
    University of Virginia
    Jan 1971 - Jan 1976 (5 years 1 month)
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      TAR for Smart People (Third Edition)
      Jan 2000
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      Technology Assisted Review: Moving Beyond the First Generation of E-Discovery Review
      Jan 2000
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      TAR for Smart People: How it Works and Why it Matters
      Jan 2000
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      TAR for Smart People (Third Edition)
      Jan
      Technology Assisted Review has been a game changer for e-discovery professionals, offering dramatic savings in both time and review costs forsavvy clients and their legal counsel. This book confronts the difficult issues with the first generation of TAR applications, while showcasing the newer, more advanced protocols coming with TAR 2.0.
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      Technology Assisted Review: Moving Beyond the First Generation of E-Discovery Review
      Catalyst Apr
      Once controversial, technology assisted review (TAR), also known as predictive coding or computer assisted review, has gained judicial acceptance and is increasingly used for large-scale production reviews. Less recognized, however, is that TAR has a range of uses beyond simple review that can help in mastering large document sets, from information governance to early case assessment and preparing for depositions and trial.

      Join us for a luncheon seminar and panel discussion presented by Catalyst Repository Systems, in partnership with Women in eDiscovery and Esquire Deposition Solutions. In-house counsel from IBM, AIG and JPMorgan Chase will share their thoughts about how TAR can be best used in e-discovery and discuss how busi
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      TAR for Smart People: How it Works and Why it Matters
      Catalyst Repository Systems Jan
      LearningTechnology Assisted Review has been a game changer for e-discovery professionals, offering dramatic savings in both time and review costs for savvy clients and their legal counsel. This book confronts the difficult issues with the first generation of TAR applications, while showcasing the newer, more advanced protocols coming with TAR 2.0.