Judge Waxse has authored several pioneering decisions in electronic discovery disputes, including Williams v. Sprint/United Management Co., 2005 WL 2401626 (D. Kan. Sept. 29, 2005), interpreting the scope of electronic discovery to include metadata. He has been a lecturer in law at the University of Kansas School of Law and has made presentations on electronic discovery and other topics in programs presented by the American Bar Association, the University of Kansas, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, Washburn Law School, the Kansas Bar Association, the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association, IQPC, Kroll Ontrack, Marcus Evans, Pike & Fisher, and LexisNexis Applied Discovery. He is the author of "Do I Really Have To Do That? Rule 26(a)(1) Disclosures and Electronic Information," 10 RICH.J. L. & TECH. 50 (2004),at http://law.richmond.edu/jolt/v10i5/article50.pdf. Prior to his appointment as a Magistrate Judge he was a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Overland Park, Kansas.