
As the Managing Director of Mintz’s E-Data Consulting Group, John’s practice focuses exclusively on counseling clients – from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies – on information governance, e-discovery readiness, and the utilization of technology and artificial intelligence to manage large data matters. John has particular experience working with clients in the life sciences, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare industries facing commercial litigation, M&A issues/second requests, and government investigations. John also directs and oversees the team of lawyers and technologists who comprise the E-Data Consulting Group and manages the Firm’s discovery vendor partnerships and internal discovery functions.
In all aspects of his role, John relies on his extensive experience both in legal practice and discovery project management to help clients:
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Develop and implement processes for governing and preserving electronic data in common corporate forms and repositories;
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Prepare defensible litigation readiness and discovery plans addressing management and collection of electronic data;
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Implement best-in-class case assessment tools to significantly reduce electronic data volumes;
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Advise on the use of technology-assisted review and artificial intelligence approaches to prioritize and automate review, management, and analysis of corporate data; and
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Utilize innovative workforce arrangements to maximize efficiency and data management cost savings.
Prior to rejoining the firm in 2016, John led the Boston office of one of the nation’s leading legal services firms, where he worked with in-house legal departments and law firms to create effective and economical legal solutions – incorporating flexible staffing, reliable workflows, and technology – in a wide variety of practice areas including litigation, compliance, employment, corporate transactions, and contracts management.
During his initial tenure at Mintz, John was a founding member of the firm’s Electronic Discovery Practice Group. He was also an active member of the firm’s Product Liability and Complex Tort Litigation Practice Group. John maintained a diverse litigation and counseling practice with a particular focus on serving as national trial, strategy, and discovery counsel for pharmaceutical/device and biotechnology clients involved in serial litigation. In this role, he also advised on information governance and the coordination of companywide and multinational discovery efforts.
Outside of the office, John lectures, speaks and writes frequently on issues of e-discovery law, information governance, and data privacy. John teaches E-Discovery Law at Suffolk University Law School, one of the few national full-semester offerings on the subject matter.
viewpoints
Will the GDPR Ease Cross-Border Data Transfers for Purposes of E-Discovery?
April 10, 2018 | Blog | By John Koss
The Wells Fargo PII Epic Fail - Chapter II
August 22, 2017 | Blog | By John Koss
Monkey See… Now, How NOT To Do
July 28, 2017 | Blog | By John Koss
Knock, Knock, Knocking on Menon’s Door
July 6, 2017 | Blog | By John Koss
HIPAA Spring Check-up: Your Obligations to Safeguard Third-Party Patient Health Information in medical records produced in litigation
May 23, 2017 | Blog | By John Koss
And, if your organization is facing a request seeking records or other materials that may contain patient health information (“PHI”), it bears repeating that while HIPAA provides a number of methods through which covered entities that hold records containing PHI may produce such records, these guidelines are closely enforced by courts.
News & Press
How Top Law Firm Mintz is Using AI to Help Reduce Costs for Clients and Alleviate Work for Associates
July 31, 2020
Mintz Launches Newly-Dedicated E-Data Consulting Group
June 30, 2020
Legal Tech: Approaches and Considerations for Discovery Cost Minimization and Recovery
August 1, 2018
Mintz Attorneys to Address National LGBT Bar Conference
August 02, 2017
Events & Speaking
Practical Technology to Enhance Your ECA Workflow
Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists
Boston, MA

2019 Section of Litigation & Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division CLE Conference
American Bar Association
New York Marriott Marquis New York, NY
2018 Relativity Fest
"From Carpenter to the GDPR: 2018 Data Privacy and Protection Law Update" & "A Bazooka to a Knife Fight: Practical Technology to Enhance Your ECA Workflow"
Hilton Chicago - 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
THoR Innovation & Transformation Program
Hilton Chicago - 720 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605
Recognition & Awards
- Chambers Global: USA - E-Discovery and Information Governance (2022)
- Chambers USA: Nationwide- E-Discovery and Information Governance (2021 - 2022)
- Chambers USA: Massachusetts - E-Discovery and Information Governance (2021)
- Massachusetts Super Lawyers: Rising Star
- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and Massachusetts Bar Association: Up and Coming Lawyer
- National LGBT Bar Association. Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40
