FACULTY
L. Steven Emmert, Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, PC / Virginia Beach
Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
John W. Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
L. Steven Emmert, Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, PC / Virginia Beach
Steve Emmert is a partner in the Tidewater firm Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy, where he limits his practice to appellate advocacy, primarily in the Supreme Court of Virginia. He has chaired the Virginia Bar Association’s Appellate Practice Section, the Virginia State Bar’s Appellate Practice Committee, and the Boyd Graves Conference, and is a past board member of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers. He listed in The Best Lawyers in America in the category of Appellate Law, and is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a fellow of the Virginia Law Foundation and a member of the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Richmond College and received his law degree from the University of Virginia.
Sharon D. Nelson, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a digital forensics, cybersecurity, and information technology firm in Fairfax, Virginia.
Ms. Nelson is the author of the noted electronic evidence blog Ride the Lightning and is a co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast series called The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology as well as Digital Detectives.
Ms. Nelson is a frequent author (eighteen books published by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, cybersecurity, and electronic evidence topics. She was the President of the Virginia State Bar June 2013–June 2014 and a past President of the Fairfax Law Foundation and the Fairfax Bar Association.
John W. Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
John Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., an information technology, digital forensics, and cybersecurity firm located in Fairfax, Virginia. He has a national reputation as a digital forensics technologist and has testified as an expert witness throughout the United States. He holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University.
Mr. Simek holds the prestigious CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) and the CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker) certifications in addition to multiple other technical certifications. He is a past chair of ABA TECHSHOW and a co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast Digital Detectives. He is a frequent author (eighteen books published by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, cybersecurity, and electronic evidence topics.