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Mark Yacano, Esq. Executive Vice President Hudson Legal
Mark Yacano, a widely recognized industry expert and thought leader in e-discovery, is Executive Vice President of Hudson Legal. In this role, he is responsible for the strategic direction and profitable growth of Hudson’s industry-leading legal staffing and discovery solutions business in North America.
More than a decade ago, Mark founded the Discovery Solutions practice at Wright, Robinson, Osthimer and Tatum, one of the first law firms in the U.S. to develop a specialized document review and discovery practice. Under his leadership, that business grew steadily year-over-year until Wright Robinson merged with LeClairRyan in 2008.
Post-merger, Mark continued to head the combined unit’s Discovery Solutions team, providing Fortune 1000 corporate clients with discovery-related representation and advice focused on the effective management of large-scale document and electronic discovery projects for litigation, government investigations, and other legal engagements.Before his pioneering e-discovery business development efforts, Mark was a practicing attorney at Wright Robinson, and previously at Calfee, Halter & Griswold, where he defended clients on various matters involving industrial vehicles, material handling systems, automotive parts, orthopedic implants, prescription drugs, medical devices and consumer products.
A frequent speaker, panelist, moderator and published e-discovery subject matter expert, Mark received his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law, and is a member of the Virginia State Bar, Virginia Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute (Product Liability and Technology Committees).
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