Oliver Maner partner, Jacob Massee, and associate, Amelia Stevens, attended CoreCivic’s outside counsel conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on May 8-9, 2024. At the conference, Jacob and Amelia gave a continuing legal education presentation on the current state of the law on spoliation. Spoliation is a hot topic in the law and on the mind of every litigator as they seek to preserve relevant evidence, work with clients on document production, and proceed through the discovery phase of a lawsuit. The CLE included a jurisdictional survey of relevant caselaw, a look at how courts sanction parties who have lost, destroyed, or failed to adequately search for and produce evidence, proactive steps to preserve evidence at first notice of a claim, discussion of the practical limitations on a client’s ability to preserve large volumes of electronic material, and a specific focus on ephemeral messaging in the e-discovery and spoliation landscape. 



CoreCivic is a Nashville-based company that operates correctional, detention, and transitional facilities throughout the country by partnering with the federal and state governments. Jacob has represented CoreCivic for many years in both Colorado and Georgia. Amelia began representing CoreCivic when she joined Oliver Maner in 2020.  



To read more about spoliation, please see the below excerpts from Jacob and Amelia’s presentation.

Spoliation Presentation