John B. Koss

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

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.