Eric Bishop is a senior manager and leader on the Forensics and eDiscovery Services Team. He has over 25 years of experience in federal law enforcement and 21 years in white-collar crime investigations. He provides digital forensics, investigation, and litigation support services, including eDiscovery solutions, to clients. He relies on extensive digital forensics and investigative experience to help clients better understand their unique situations and offer sound solutions and results that provide peace of mind. He focuses on providing clients with a suite of digital forensic services and investigative support that will reveal the root cause of their case and withstand scrutiny in court.

Eric is a former Assistant Special Agent in Charge and a Special Agent at the U.S. General Services Administration Office of Inspector General. During his career at GSA OIG, he was the Director of the Digital Crimes and Forensics Unit and oversaw a unit that provided nationwide digital forensics support to GSA OIG’s Office of Investigations. In this role, Eric conducted complex digital forensic examinations and computer crime investigations. He investigated intricate “white-collar crime” cases, including major fraud, public corruption, bid-rigging, bribery, theft, wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, gratuities, conflict of interest and employee misconduct.

Eric’s accreditations include: Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), Digital Forensics Certification Board (DFCB), Digital Forensics Certified Practitioner (DFCP), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), Cellebrite Certified Operator (COO), Physical Analyst (CCPA), MSAB XRY Mobile Forensics Certification, International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS) and Certified Electronic Evidence Collection Specialist (CEECS).

Master of Science in Digital Forensics (MSDF), University of Central Florida
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Criminology, magna cum laude, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

As an incredibly successful former Assistant Prosecutor in the State of New Jersey, Megan brings over a decade of seasoned trial experience to the firm. Her government credentials impart valuable insight not only into ways clients can protect their businesses against fraud and misconduct, but also from the corporate perspective to ensure compliance with regulatory and law enforcement agencies. Moreover, Megan’s time in government has led to the development of key relationships across the State with different law enforcement bodies, including State and Local institutions, Federal Agencies, and private banking and corporate institutions.

Megan’s most recent experience includes serving as Chief of the Financial Crimes Unit at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, where she was tasked with rebuilding and modernizing the unit. During her tenure, the division took on complicated Ponzi investigations, identity and check trafficking, cryptocurrency cases, large-scale money laundering schemes, and expanded to include cyber-related investigations. Megan is also attuned to the various civil implications involved with the parallel actions accompanying financial crime investigations.

Additionally, she has served in a multitude of units while at the Hudson and Bergen County Prosecutors’ Offices, gaining extensive trial and litigation experience. In addition to multi-faceted financial crimes, her prior practice areas spanned complex criminal offenses such as murder, attempted murder, murder for hire, cyber-dark web investigations, and high-profile armed robbery cases. Megan has also argued before both the Appellate and Supreme Court of New Jersey on a variety of different legal issues.

Megan also serves as Co-Chair of the New York External Fraud Committee, one of the oldest public/private partnerships working to dismantle financial fraud. She has taught Financial Crimes at the Bergen County Police Academy and guest lectures at Roger Williams University School of Law in their Trial Advocacy class on the topic of direct and cross-examination tactics.

Education: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, LLM; Roger Williams School of Law, JD; Wellesley College, BA

Susan Usatine is a member of Cole Schotz's Litigation Department. She is regarded as a litigator who understands how the Information Age has indelibly altered the way businesses make strategic decisions including the handling of high-stakes disputes.

Susan has served as trusted counsel to high-level entrepreneurs, private equity firms, and financial and accounting service professionals for more than twenty years. She represents domestic and international businesses in bet-the-company litigation in federal and state courts, mediation, and arbitration proceedings.

As a result of her successful and disciplined handling of fast-paced, multi-state litigation with enormous information volume, Susan spearheads the firm’s strategic planning in the area of litigation technology and is the founder and leader of the firm’s Discovery Services Practice Group.

In 2020, Susan was named Innovator of the Year by the New Jersey Law Journal and has been recognized as a United States’ Top 250 Women in Litigation by Benchmark Litigation for three years. Susan’s clients believe this honor recognizes the results she obtains in the courtroom and her keen understanding of technology’s effect on litigation strategy and outcome. Susan has answered sophisticated clients’ “more for less challenge” by using efficiency strategies in every matter. The game-changing litigation efficiencies she has developed and implemented are widely recognized as best practices throughout the legal profession.