Sam Sessler joined Norton Rose Fulbright in 2011 and leads the firm’s eDiscovery consulting group, cyber incident response, and discovery analytics teams. With 17 years of consulting experience, including prior roles in PwC’s Forensic Technology and Cyber group, Sam specializes in managing teams and complex matters across electronic discovery, incident response, information governance, technology-assisted review (TAR), AI, data analytics, structured data analysis, and forensic collection.

As part of the firm’s global eDiscovery services group, Sam leads and develops legal technologists, incident response professionals, and litigation support teams. He has extensive experience managing complex investigations involving data theft, fraud, mismanagement, social engineering, and employee systems abuse. Sam is well-versed in forensic and eDiscovery collection technology and methodologies, preservation workflows, and defensible collection strategies, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements across a wide range of industries including financial services, technology, retail, energy, and telecommunications.

Alongside leading teams and initiatives, Sam supports clients and lawyers in cross-border eDiscovery, advancing process improvement through early data insights, analytics, statistical analysis, and data remediation. Sam’s leadership drives a team-focused approach that blends AI and emerging technologies with process efficiency and professional development. This enables NRF’s eDiscovery department to reduce discovery costs and complexity, allowing lawyers and technologists to focus on delivering impactful, client-driven outcomes.