Rebecca Bates Manno Counsel Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville Rebecca Bates Manno is counsel in the Litigation Department. Ms. Bates Manno advises clients on information management and discovery issues. Her practice focuses on designing and implementing records retention programs for clients of all sizes and business structures. As part of that focus, Ms. Bates Manno conducts audits of clients' existing information-related practices and programs. She also conducts employee training in records retention policy and procedures compliance, including the use and storage of electronic media. Ms. Bates Manno also works with clients involved in the discovery phase of litigation to preserve, collect, process and produce documents relevant to the cause of action. Working through Frost Brown Todd LLC, Ms. Bates Manno managed a discovery team for a multinational corporation faced with serial litigation in many jurisdictions in the United States and abroad. In order to address the client's complex discovery needs in a consistent manner, Ms. Bates Manno interacted with employees at all levels, and in all locations of the corporation, to develop and implement a sound information management structure. Ms. Bates Manno also worked with co-counsel and outside vendors to establish an extensive electronic repository which is utilized by co-counsel involved in all phases of litigation across the country.ExperienceSole Practitioner Shelbyville, Kentucky, 1994-1996 Practice concentrated in areas of residential real estate, wills, trusts and probate Domestic Relations Commissioner Shelby County, Kentucky 2005 Professional AffiliationsARMA International and Louisville Chapter Member PresentationsKentucky Societies of Certified Public Accountants: Document Retention, November 7, 2005 Designing an Effective Records Retention Program, September 10, 2004 CPA Associates International:Implementing a Records Retention Program, July 21, 2008Lorman Education Services: Document Retention and Destruction in Ohio, September 22, 2004 Implementing A Records Retention Program, April 30, 2007, October 29, 2008, and March 10, 2010Updated Best Practices for Legal Holds in Civil, Criminal, and Business Contexts, November 18, 2009 How Companies Can Avoid Disaster by Implementing a Records Retention and Data Management Program, March 12, 2007, October 18, 2007, and April 30, 2008