Janet Bryan

Biography

Ms. Bryan practices in the area of business litigation. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, in 1992, graduating summa cum laude from the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Interdisciplinary Honors Program. In 2007, she received her law degree from William & Mary Law School where she was a member of the Moot Court team and served as the Executive Editor of the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.

Ms. Bryan was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in 2008 and the State Bar of Texas in 2012. She has been admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Ms. Bryan enjoys eDiscovery and utilizing litigation technology such as analytics and active learning. Through professional activities and certifications, she maintains currency in the latest litigation technology. She is a member of ACEDS and EDRM. She holds the following certifications: CEDS; Relativity (Relativity Expert, Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Analytics Specialist, and Relativity Review Management Specialist); Brainspace (Specialist, Analyst, and Certified Administrator); and Reveal (Review, AI, and Processing).

Area of Practice

Business Litigation

Bar Admissions

Virginia Bar, 2008
State Bar of Texas, 2012

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, 2018

Education

William & Mary Law School, Williamsburg, VA, 2007 (Juris Doctor)
Howard Payne University, Brownwood, TX, 1992 (Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude)

Awards & Honors

William & Mary Law School

Merit Scholarship

Moot Court team

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Executive Editor

CALI

CALI Award (highest grade in class): Electronic Discovery and Data Seizures

Howard Payne University

Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom Interdisciplinary Honors Program

Mrs. Dallas B. Sherman award

The Hatton W. Sumners Foundation

Hatton W. Sumners Scholarship

Pi Gamma Mu

Historian

Professional Associations and Memberships

Member, State Bar of Texas: Litigation Section; Computer and Technology section
Member, Virginia State Bar

Virginia Mountain Valley Lawyers’ Alliance

ACEDS (Marketing Director/Public Relations for Dallas Chapter, 2019-2021; study group leader, winter 2020)

EDRM (Project Trustee/Chair of Privilege Logs project)

Certifications

CEDS (Certified E-Discovery Specialist)

Relativity (Relativity Certified Administrator, Review Management Specialist, Analytics Specialist, Relativity Expert)

Brainspace (Specialist, Analyst, Certified Administrator)

Reveal (Review, Processing, AI)