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Julie Ruse

Trial Technology Specialist,
Cooley LLP

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Cooley LLP

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Trial Technology Specialist,
Cooley LLP

Bio

Dr. Julie Ruse has worked in the IT field for 30 years, the last 13 focused on legal technologies. Julie has been with Cooley, LLP since 2009 starting as an IT Analyst, then into litigation support as Litigation Analyst, and now as Sr. Trial Technology Specialist. Julie has worked for other firms in the San Diego area, Procopio Hargraves Cory & Savitch, Sullivan Hill, and Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek. Before moving into law firms, Julie’s career included IT Management, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator with Kyocera, Int’l, Hughes Network Systems, Qualcomm and SANDAG. Julie is also an Adjunct Professor at the Adams State University in Colorado, and was an Adjunct Professor at University of Phoenix teaching Business Information Systems and Advanced Computer Information Systems. Julie completed her dissertation in 2012 in fulfilment of Doctor Organizational Leadership, Information Systems and Technology Management. Julie is involved in several organizations supporting legal technologies in the San Diego area including Women in eDiscovery, San Diego Chapter and the San Diego ILTA Chapter.  Julie has also spoken on the topics of technology as it relates to future litigation and trial needs as well as technology in training legal professionals.

Job History

Cooley LLP
Sr. Trial Technology Specialist
San Diego, CA, United States
June 2012 - present

Adams State University
Adjunct Professor, School of Business
Alamosa, CO, United States
January 2019 - present

Cooley, LLP
Litigation Support Analyst
August 2011 - June 2013

Cooley, LLP
IT Analyst
August 2009 - June 2011

San Diego Association of Governments
Associate Analyst
June 2008 - January 2010

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Systems Support Engineer
May 2008 - June 2008

Sullivan Hill Lewin Rez & Engel
IT Manager
October 2007 - May 2008

SELTZER CAPLAN
Systems Administrator
January 2005 - January 2008

SDTV
IT Manager
January 2002 - January 2006

Qualcomm
Network Support
January 1996 - January 1999

Cooley LLP
Trial Technology Specialist

Professional Associations

Association of Certified EDiscovery Specialists
2013 - Present

ILTA - San Diego
2009 - Present

San Diego LAN Administrators
0 - Present

Women in eDiscovery
0 - Present

Other Licenses and Certifications

  • ACEDS University Essentials 2015, Certified Trial Director Trainer

Education

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
DM/IST, 2012
Information Technology
2007 To 2012
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Study on Women in Information Technology: Are They Leaving or Being Forced Out?
Advisor: Dr. Linda Gutsch

Softskills
San Diego, California, United States
CompTIA + Network
2015 To 2016

MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Tackling the Challenges of Big Data
2015 To 2015

MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cybersecurity: Technology, Application and Policy
2015 To 2015

University of Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Masters, Information Technology Management, 2009
Information Technology