JACK HALPRIN

We send our condolences to Jack Halprin's family and friends in this time of grief.

On February 26th, 2014, Jack Halprin, head of eDiscovery, Enterprise for Google, issued Ellis Act evictions for four of the 7 units at 812 Guerrero Street. After moving into the building two years ago, he issued an OMI eviction on another unit through an alleged partner's name, Daniel Jay Ortiz, unbeknownst to him. Susan, who was displaced and forced to relocate to the East Bay, is now engaged in a lawsuit against Jack.

Currently being Ellis Act evicted are:

• Claudia Triado, a third grade teacher at Fairmount Elementary in San Francisco who lives there with her two-year-old son and parter who drives taxis.
• Evan Wolkenstein, a teacher at Jewish Community High School.
• Johnny Tripod, an artist and community member.
• And a woman with a disability who wishes to remain anonymous.

On April 11, 2014, tenants and Eviction Free San Francisco organized a Google Bus blockade, stopping a bus at 18th and Dolores, demanding that Google pressure Jack in rescinding the eviction immediately. 

Mission Local reported:

“He is so fake, he had this plan all along,” said Claudia Tirado, one of Halprin’s tenants, a third grade teacher and mother of a small child who has lived in the building for eight years. “He bought it with a partner taking two flats, now he’s taking all seven.”

“Why doesn’t he buy a regular house, why does he have to take seven units off the rental market,” said a seemingly tearful Tirado, to a crowd gathering on 19th and Dolores in anticipation of blockading a Google bus. “When Jack Halprin moved in two years ago, he saw me and my baby, he knew who he was kicking out.”

For the protest’s organizers, the case of 812 Guerrero demonstrates the clear link between the tech giant’s presence in San Francisco and the rise in evictions.

“Google is actually evicting people,” said McElroy to the crowd, referring to Halprin. “We’re demanding that Google put pressure on Jack Halprin to rescind these evictions.”

After police officers ushered demonstrators out of the Google bus’ path, the march moved up Guerrero Street towards the house in question. Protest organizers as well Tirado and her fellow tenants moved up the steps of the building and spoke to the crowd through a megaphone.

Evan Wolkenstein, a teacher at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay who is also being evicted from his $1,700 a month one-bedroom apartment, added: “He feels so empowered and he can do what he wants.”

“I’ve lived here for eight years. This is my home. I love this building and I love the people in it,” said Evan Wolkenstein, a tenant in the building and a teacher at Jewish Community High School. “We had a community where we knew each other…what was once a community of friends has become a piece of property to be traded and sold for money.”

Tirado emerged from her apartment, accompanied by her young son, and held up a portrait of her family to show the crowd.

“I want to stay here, my baby was born here,” Tirado said. “Jack Halprin, you don’t need seven units!”

According to his Google Hangout profile, his tagline is "eDiscovery and Information Governance Specialist, Recovering Litigator and Road Warrior." And, he is into "Google Apps Vault, information governance, data management, the preservation obligation and compliance related issues are my work related passions...Outside of that, you'll have to ask for more information!"

Jack Halprin's Summary (from LinkedIn)

"I work to ensure the legal team has the tools, technology and capabilities to ensure discovery obligations are met. I also serve as a member of the team working on the internal records management and information governance program. In addition to these responsibilities, I focus on building a common strategy to manage eDiscovery and governance across all Google’s product lines.

"As an attorney and former private-practice litigator, I focus on the challenges organizations have managing electronically stored information (ESI) for both legal and information governance purposes. With close to 7 years experience in the Information Governance and eDiscovery spaces, my interests include managing social media for legal and governance purposes, defensible processes for managing discovery, proportionality, and the reduction of eDiscovery costs. I frequently speak and write on social media discovery and governance, best practices for legal hold and the preservation obligation, defensibility of search technology, return on investment, and the movement of enterprise data to the cloud.

I am a strategic and visionary thinker with a diverse range of experiences that enable me to communicate effectively across all levels of an organization, understand and solve complex issues, manage P&L and budget, and motivate teams to exceed their goals. I have experience creating a startup division that was profitable in less than three years and helping established businesses increase market share, revenue, profitability, and brand awareness.

I am active in industry organizations including The Sedona Conference, EDRM, and the ACC. My prior experience includes litigation, senior product manager/marketing manager in the enterprise software sector, and discovery consultant for corporate counsel.

Specialties

• Social media, legal, eDiscovery and governance issues and trends
• Enterprise technology to manage the discovery and information governance process 
• Public speaking, including advanced CLE and webinars
• Written communication, including published articles, book chapters, and whitepapers 
• Management and assessment of enterprise practices and ROI for eDiscovery and information governance
• Product marketing, product management, competitive analysis, market research, and product pricing"

Jack Halprin's Publications

• Social Media: New Evils, Old Challenges

  • Law Business Review
  • September 2010

  Authors: Jack Halprin

  The challenges facing corporate counsel and their law firm counterparts in managing and handling electronically stored information (ESI) are well documented, as the volume of unstructured information in the enterprise increases at a rate of more than 60% per year. However, as daunting as the task of managing enterprise ESI may seem, it is the rise in use of social media and rich media that should...more

• Surviving the eDisclosure Storm

  • Law Business Review
  • April 2010

  Authors: Jack Halprin

  In 2009, eDisclosure issues came to the fore in cases such as Earles v Barclays Bank plc in the UK and 2010 brought cases that include Pension Comm. of the Univ. of Montreal Pension Plan v. Banc of Am. Secs. in the United States. This article looks at the eDisclosure trends in 2009 and follows with an in-depth look at what changes counsel and law firms should expect in 2010. In 2009, counsel saw a...more

• Doing More with Less: A Guide to 2010 for Corporate Legal Counsel

  • Chicago Lawyer Magazine: Legal Technology Guide 2010
  • April 2010

  Authors: Jack Halprin

  The financial meltdown of 2009 created a perfect storm for the legal industry: reduced budgets were met with an increase in litigation, investigation, and their associated costs. Reduced budgets required general counsel to reduce costs through a multi-faceted approach which involved both internal teams and outside counsel, with a focus on reducing the ever-increasing costs for one of the most...more

• Computing Needs: Law firms versus technology

  • Chicago Lawyer Magazine
  • May 2010

  Authors: Jack Halprin

  Law firms are struggling with technology upgrades, whether it is adoption of new software or hardware, the move to cloud computing or the use of advanced technology to manage data and improve the firm-client relationship. Technology has advanced quickly, but adoption is often a slow process because change does not come easy. This article discusses opportunities for firms distinguish themselves...more

• E-discovery: Creating and Managing an Enterprisewide Program

  • Syngress Publishers, an Elsevier Company
  • October 2008

  Authors: Jack Halprin

  I authored the chapter on data identification and search techniques which examined different technologies and defensible best practices. This book is a comprehensive technical guide to electronic discovery, including digital investigations and litigation support.

• Custodian Self-Collection - The Challenges and Consequences

  • ILTA Peer to Peer
  • May 2008

  Authors: Jack Halprin

JACK HALPRIN

• Head of eDiscovery, Enterprise, Google, 8/2011 to Present 
• Vice President, eDiscovery and Compliance, Autonomy, June 2008 – July 2011 
• Senior eDiscovery Product Manager/Product Marketing Manager, Guidance Software, Inc, November 2006 – May 2008 
• Corporate Electronic Discovery Specialist, LexisNexis Applied Discover, November 2005 – July 2006 
• Consultant, BAR/BRI Patent Bar Review, April 2004 – November 2005 

• Director, BAR/BRI Patent Bar Review, November 1998 – April 2004

• Associate Director/Assistant Director, BAR/BRI Bar Review, March 1995 – July 2002 

• Associate, Law Clerk, Summer Associate, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, June 1993 – February 1995

Jack Halprin
812 Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA