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ABA TECHSHOW® 2009 Track Advisory BoardS

Last updated on: Friday, October 31, 2008 1:00 PM

 

Tech for Client Development - NEW!

Track Leader: Debbie Foster

Andrew Adkins Andrew Adkins

Mr. Adkins serves as the Director of the Legal Technology Institute, and as Associate Director of Technology Services at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He also accomplished over 325 consultations as a Legal Technology Consultant for various organizations.

Mr. Adkins is involved with a number of committees and events including Chair of ABA TECHSHOW planning board (2000-2001), Co-Chair of the LegalTech conferences (2000-present). and the Florida Supreme Court, Privacy & Court Records Committee (2003-2005).

 

Barron K. Henley, Esq. Barron K. Henley, Esq.

Barron K. Henley, Esq. is an attorney, a “legal technologist” with 15 years of experience and a founding member of Henley March & Unger Consulting, Inc. He received his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from the Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate planning Council. Mr. Henley is a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section and the Technology Committee (General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section) the Visioneer Legal Advisory Board, and the Columbus Bar Association Law 2010 Committee. He’s also a member and former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation a& Technology committee. Mr. Henley is a Certified Consultant for Amicus Attorney® practice management software and a Certified Consultant and Alliance partner for HotDocs ® document assembly software. Mr. Henley heads HMU’s HotDocs document assembly and software training departments and teaches CLE classes covering practice management, document management, file management, server and personal computer issues, remote access, mobile lawyering, scanning and imaging, legal paper reduction strategies, electronics case filing, Word, Excel, Outlook, Wordperfect, HotDocs document assembly, Adobe Acrobat, malpractice avoidance, and many other topics.

Mr. Henley is a frequent Continuing Legal Education speaker on legal-specific technology issues throughout the U.S. for State and local Bar associations and CLE providers including the Ohio State Bar Association, Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum, the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Michigan and many others.

 

 

A Day in the (Techno) Life - NEW!

Track Leader: Paul Unger

Michael Goler Michael Goler

Mr. Goler’s practice primarily focuses on corporate, real estate and financing law. He represents a variety of public and privately held corporations, lending institutions and privately held professional service and business entities, with specialties in real estate, financial institution transactions (loans, restructures, secondary market and regulatory issues) and technology-related matters (including mergers, acquisitions, software licensing, copyrights and trademark protection).

Mr. Goler has regularly presented CLE programs at RPPT Spring and ABA Annual Meetings since 1985 and he spoke on two panels at the ABA Law Practice Management Section’s TechShow 2001. He serves as liaison from the Section to the ABA's Law Practice Management Section (2000 - present), the ABA Task Force on Attorney-Client Privilege (2007 - present), SOC Technology Committee (2005 - present) and SCOTIS (2007 - present). He is also active in the Law Practice Management Section, serving as vice-chair (2003-2006) and co-chair (2006 - present) of its Membership Development Committee, and liaison to SOC Membership Committee (2006 - present). He has been listed as an Ohio “real estate” Super Lawyer every year since 2004.

Michael Moloney Michael Moloney

Mike was admitted to the Ohio bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1980, the Florida bar in 1982, the U.S. Supreme Court in 1984, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1985. He received his B.A. in 1974 from Miami University and his J.D., with honors, from The Ohio State University in 1980. He is a member of the Dayton and Ohio State Bar Associations and a member of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Sections of the American Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Florida Bar and the Dayton Trust and Estate Planning Group. His areas of concentration are Estate Planning, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law.  Mike has served as Chair of the Access to Justice Campaign.

Mike is an Ohio State Bar Association Board Certified Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law.  He is also a Certified Financial Planner.

 

E-Discovery Update & E-Discovery Boot Camp

Track Leaders: Herbert Dixon, Browning Marean

Craig Ball Craig Ball

Craig Ball, of Austin is a Board Certified Texas trial lawyer and an accredited computer forensics expert, who’s dedicated his career to teaching the bench and bar about forensic technology and trial tactics.  Craig hung up his trial lawyer spurs to till the soils of justice as a court-appointed special master and consultant in electronic evidence, as well as publishing and lecturing on computer forensics, emerging technologies, digital persuasion and electronic discovery.  Fortunate to supervise, consult on or serve as Special Master in connection with some of the world’s largest electronic discovery projects and most prominent cases, Craig also values his role as an instructor in computer forensics to the Department of Justice and other law enforcement and security agencies.

Craig Ball is a prolific contributor to continuing legal and professional education programs throughout the United States, having delivered over 5000 presentations and papers. Craig’s articles on forensic technology and electronic discovery frequently appear in the national media, including in American Bar Association, ATLA and American Lawyer Media print and online publications. He also writes a multi-award winning monthly column on computer forensics and e-discovery for Law Technology News called "Ball in your Court."  Rated AV by Martindale Hubbell and named as one of the Best Lawyers in America and a Texas Superlawyer, Craig is a recipient of the Presidents' Award, the State Bar of Texas’ most esteemed recognition of service to the profession.

Craig’s been married to a trial lawyer for 21 years. He and Diana have two delightful teenagers and share a passion for world travel, cruising and computing.

Rick Hauser Rick Hauser Rick serves as the Senior Corporate Counsel in the Office of the General Counsel, Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. He is responsible for the E-discovery issues and cost control for corporate litigation. For 33 years he has practiced law, primarily in civil ligitation defense. The cases he has been involved in include products liability, legal and medical malpractice, insurance agent/broker E & O, major torts, and commercial litigation. He has developed significant expertise in E-discovery and attorneys fees/billing issues.
Ralph Losey Ralph Losey

Ralph C. Losey is practicing attorney and author in the field of Electronic Discovery. He is a shareholder in the Orlando office of Akerman & Senterfitt, P.A., where he leads the firm's national Electronic Discovery Practice group.

Ralph Losey is the author if the ABA's feature book on e-discovery for 2008, e-Discovery: Current Trends and Cases. Ralph is also the author of the popular multi-media weekly blog e-Discovery Team. He has written extensively in this area, including the chapter on "Metadata" in West-Thompson's new book, E-Discovery, a Report and Guide to the New Rules (January 2008). Last year Ralph also wrote a law review article on the mathematics underlying e-discovery: HASH: The New Bates Stamp, 12 Journal of Technology Law & Policy 1 (June 2007). 

Ralph has practiced commercial and employment litigation since 1980 and has over 70 published opinions. Ralph's work at Akerman Senterfitt is now limited to electronic discovery. He supervises the e-discovery aspects of major litigation handled by his firm and serves as national e-counsel to coordinate the discovery work of local counsel. He also assists large corporate and government clients to prepare for litigation by helping them to organize and operate their own internal e-discovery teams. His team related services include advice on: team organization and budgeting; records retention policies; litigation hold procedures; ESI identification, retrieval, search and analysis; information management; software; hardware; and, vendor selection.

  Sidney Schinker

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Enterprise IT

Track Leader: Ben Schorr

Eric Fleckles

Eric Fleckles

Eric has been with Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, LLP, one of Hawaii's oldest and largest law firsm, since 1999. Prior to that, Eric was the principal of Digital Medicine, a technology colsulting company. Eric has a B.S. in Computer Science from Hawaii Pacific University, and is working to finish his Masters in Infomration Systems. As goodsill's CIO, Eric is responsible for all of the firm's Technology, Infomration Life Cycle Management, and KNowledge Management initiatives. Eric is a member of both the Interantional Legal Technology Association, and the Association of Legal Administrators.

 

Tech for Financial Management - NEW!

Track Leader: Debbie Foster

Steve Best

Steve Best

Steve is an attorney as well as a certified law office software consultant. With an educational background in law, accounting and economics, Steve consults with law firms throughout the United Staes on law office software as well as sophisticated practice mangement issues. Steve is a graduate of Rutgers University (B.A.) and Emory University School of Law. He is a member of the Florida and Georgia Bars. Steve is the CEO of Best Law Firm Soluctions, Inc. He is also a certified consultant/trainer on all of our software products. In 2007, Steve was hired by LexisNexis to train CIC candidates on Lexis Back Ofice-PCLaw/PCLawPro. In his free time, Steve enjoyes composing music, playing tennis, and spending time with his wife and two children.

 

Britt Lorish Knuttgen

Btitt Lorish Knuttgen

Britt Lorish Knuttgen, our President and Legal Technology Coordinator, has over ten years of experience as a litigation paralegal and law firm network administrator. Britt received her Bachelor of Science in Criminology/Pre-Law from the University of Tampa and is a member of the Alpha Phi Sigma National Criminal Justice Honor Society. Shortly after graduating Britt completed her paralegal certification and became involved in the Roanoke Valley Paralegal Association, eventually serving as both Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors. Additionally, she has been a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA volunteer) for abused and neglected children since 1996. Britt is also an associate member of the American Bar Association.

Britt has extensive experience conducting training on legal specific software and specializes in tailoring custom technology solutions for law firms and law-related agencies. She is a former instructor of paralegal classes at a local business college, and has also been a seminar speaker for a number of organizations, including the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Institute for Paralegal Education. She has also contributed articles to publications such as Law Office Computing and Technolawyer. Her expertise also extends to legal accounting, electronic billing and specialty formats required by insurance companies and large corporations.

 

 

Internet

Track Leader: Catherine Sanders Reach

Steve Matthews

Steve Matthews

Steve is the Founder and Principal of Stem Legal, a company dedicated to bringing web visibility to the legal industry. Between 1998 and 2007, Steve was the Knowledge Services Director for a mid-sized Canadian law firm Clark Wilson LLP. based in London, Ontario. Steve is also an enthusiastic law blogger. Since 2004, he has published his thoughts on legal web technology & research on his . He is a founding member of the Canadian legal technology and rese Vancouver Law Librarian Blogarch co-op blog Slaw , and is sharing his thoughts on Law Firm Web Strategy - the official blog of Stem Legal.

Tom Mighell

Tom Mighell

Tom is a Senior Manager and Consultant at Fios, Inc., a provider of electronic discovery services. Tom is a frequent speaker and writer on the internet, legal technology, and e-discovery, and is the co-author of The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies: Smart Ways to Work Together, published by the ABA (www.lawyersguidetocollaboration.com).  Tom has been a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section since 2003, and served on the ABA TECHSHOW Planning Board from 2004-2008.  He served as Chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2008.  He has published the Internet Legal Research Weekly newsletter since 2000, and the internet and legal technology blog Inter Alia (www.inter-alia.net) since 2002.  He received his J.D. and B.A. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

David Whelan

David Whelan

David is the manager of legal information for the Law Society of Upper Canada in Toronto. He oversees corporate records and the Great Library for the Law Society, which regulates lawyers and paralegals in Canada's most populous province. David received his law degree at the University of Arkansas - Little Rock and his library degree at the University of North Texas, He was director of the American Bar Association's Legal Technology Resource Center, director of the Cincinnati Law Library Association, and head of computing at SMU's Underwood Law Library. David speaks and writes frequently on legal technology and information topics and is a member of the Law Technology News editorial advisory board. His article "Technology Decisions: What to Buy? What to Buy?" is in the Association of Legal Administrators Management Encyclopedia, and his manual entitled "High Octane Internet Legal Research" was published by the Ohio State Bar Association in 2007.

     

Large Firm/Corporate Counsel

Track Leader: Dominic Jaar

Ronald Hedges

Judge Ronald J. Hedges is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation practice group. He has extensive experience in e-discovery and in management of complex civil litigation matters. Mr. Hedges was appointed in 1986 as a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, where he served as the Compliance Judge for the Court Mediation Program, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee, and both a member and reporter for the Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee. From 2001 to 2005 he was a member of the Advisory Group of Magistrate Judges. Mr. Hedges has also been an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law (1993-2007) and at Georgetown University Center since 2006. He is also Co-Chair on the Planning Committee of Georgetown University Law Center's Advanced E-Discovery Institute since November 2007.

Patrick Oot

Patrick Oot is Director of Electronic Discovery and Senior Litigation Counsel at Verizon in >Washington DC. Mr. Oot has extensive experience in discovery practices involving commercial litigation, regulatory filings, and antitrust matters. Mr. Oot is charged with advising Verizon’s business units on electronic discovery while developing new technologies that increase cost-efficiency. In 2007, Mr. Oot appeared with United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at Georgetown University Law Center’s H5 Summit on Electronic Discovery. Mr. Oot has testified before the Judicial Conference’s Federal Rule Committee where he presented Verizon’s position on Proposed Rule of Evidence 502. The Committee included in its draft to the Judicial Conference language incorporating Mr. Oot’s suggestions. Inside Counsel Magazine named Verizon’s e-discovery team as one of the ten most innovative legal groups of 2007, the group’s second year winning the title. He has also testified as Verizon’s 30(b)(6) witness for discovery-related inquiries in other matters. Currently, Mr. Oot is a member of the advisory board for ALM’s LegalTech, The Georgetown University Law Center CLE Program’s Advanced E-discovery Institute, and The eDiscovery Institute, an independent search and retrieval science consortium. Mr. Oot actively participates in The Sedona Conference’s working groups, is a member of the International Legal Technology Association, and has co-chaired Martindale-Hubble’s Counsel to Counsel electronic discovery roundtables. Mr. Oot lectures regularly at educational events, legal conferences, and general counsel round tables internationally. He received both his B.A. and J.D. from Syracuse University and his LL.M. from Gerogetown University Law Center. Mr. Oot is admitted to practice in New York and Massachursetts and is also registered corporate counsel in Virginia.

George Rudoy George I. Rudoy

George I. Rudoy is the Director of Global Practice Technology & Information Services at Shearman & Sterling LLP. Mr. Rudoy is responsible for the strategic implementation of practice specific and information management solutions and services, including oversight of the Practice Technology Support Group and the firm's Information Center, worldwide. Additionally, George is responsible for advising the firm’s attorneys and clients on all aspects of applied legal technology. Previously, George held management positions in legal support at a number of AmLaw 100 law firms, including Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.

Mr. Rudoy graduated from New York University (magna cum laude). He is a seasoned veteran in the international legal support arena and a sought after speaker at legal conferences worldwide. George periodically writes on a variety of legal tech topics for the main industry publications. For his work in the Practice Management area Mr. Rudoy was named the 2008 “Champion of Technology” by Law Technology News as well as the “Tech Star 2007” and “2006 Globally Recognized” by Cititech magazine Global Tech Leaders Top 100.

Mr. Rudoy is Chair of the ALM Law & Business’s Legal Tech Educational Board, Vice President of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Practice Management Peer Group, Author of the Electronic Data Discovery News and Analysis and serves on the Advisory Boards of the Advanced E-Discovery Institute at Georgetown Law Center, Law Technology News and Law.com. He is an active member of the NYU Alumni Association and the Project Management Institute.

     

I'm a Mac

Track Leader: Reid Trautz

David Sparks

David Sparks

David Sparks is a business litigation and transactional attorney with the firm of George & Shields, LLP in Irvine California. David graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1990 with honors and from Pepperdine University, School of Law in 1993 as a merit scholarship recipient. David also served as an extern with the United States Federal District in Los Angeles. Since that time David has actively practiced law and participated in several legal and community based organizations.

David is also very involved with technology. Specifically with respect to the use of Apple computers in the practice of law. David publishes the MacSparky blog (www.macsparky.com) where he distributes tutorial screencasts, software reviews, and provides general advice on incorporating Macintosh co puters into a productive professional and personal workflow. David is also a regular contributor to several influential Apple based podcasts including The Mac Roundtable, the Typical Mac User, and the MacReviewCast.

     

Paperless Practice

Track Leaders: Paul Unger, Debbie Foster, Dominic Jaar

Rick Borstein

Rick Borstein is a Business Development Manager specializing in the Legal Market for Adobe Systems Incorporated. Rick is a veteran of 20 years in the software business, the last fourteen with Adobe. During his tenure at Adobe, Rick has had broad exposure to all of Adobe's products including intelligent documents, digital imaging, publishing and digital video.

Rick is an Adobe Certified Expert in Acrobat and a member of the American Bar Association and International Legal Technology Association. Over the years, Rick has presented hundreds of talks targeted to the legal industry. He has been a featured speaker at the American Bar Association's annual Techshow, LegalTech East, LegalTech West, the National Solo and Small Firm Conference, International Legal Technology Association Conference and a variety of state and local bar conferences including  the California Bar Association Conference, Missouri State Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference and many others.

Rick's AcroLaw Blog is a popular destination for those interested in the legal application of Adobe Acrobat. The blog may be found at http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw and contains more than sixty illustrated how-to articles. Rick's has contributed articles to Legal Technology News and various legal-focused websites.

Headquartered in San Jose, California, Adobe Systems Incorporated is a $3.6B, Fortune 500 company with over 700 employees. The company's popular Adobe Reader software is installed on over half a billion PCs around the world.

Glen Pritchard Glen Pritchard

A highly sought after speaker on topics of insurance law, tort reform, and the use of technology by lawyers, Glen Pritchard enjoys the many cerebral challenges associated with representing seriously injured people. Getting a large verdict for a client is not a good result unless you can collect it. Often, that means litigation against insurance companies about whether insurance will cover the loss. Such cases are usually appealed, and Glen has argued cases in nearly every Court of Appeals in Ohio, including the Ohio Supreme Court.

While attending law school at The Ohio State University, Glen joined the firm as a law clerk in 1987. After passing the bar exam in 1988, Glen became an associate attorney and has never worked anywhere else. When you are surrounded by bright and committed colleagues, have the opportunity to contribute to a good cause, and enjoy the day - to - day challenges or trial practice, "one job is all you really need."

Glen is also committed to sharing his knowledge in the classroom. In addition to presenting more than 100 continuing legal education seminars to lawyers throughout Ohio, Glen is an adjunct instructor at the Capital University Law School where he teaches paralegal students how to make the best use of the Internet in the practice of law.

Glen limits his practice to complex legal matters involving personal injury, insurance law, and products liability. The 1994 recipient of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association President's Award, his professional memberships and offices include: Secretary, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers Insurance Law Section, 1989 - 90. Co-Chair, Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association Negligence Law Committee, 1990 - 94. Editor, Franklin County Trial Lawyer's Association Quarterly Comment newsletter, 1995 - 96. Member, Columbus Bar Association; Ohio State Bar Association; and Association of Trial Lawyers of America. A graduate of The Ohio State University College of Law in 1988, Mr. Pritchard was born in November of 1962.

Ernest Svenson Ernest Svenson

Svenson Law Firm

Bio coming soon...

     

E-Records Management - NEW!

Track Leaders: Browning Marean, Dominic Jaar

Jason R. Baron

Bio coming soon...

 

Jean-François De Rico Jean-François De Rico

Jean-François De Rico specializes in commercial litigation, professional liability as well as bankruptcy and insolvency law. He was involved in reorganizations and restructurings made in virtue of the CCAA, both for debtor companies and financial institutions and regularly acts on behalf of businesses, financial institutions, professionals and insurers before arbitration tribunals, trial and appeal courts.

He also assists businesses on various aspects of their activities including commercial agreements, compliance and more specifically on the impacts and legal obligations pertaining to the use of IT in business operations in regards to issues like records retention/management, and personal information protection. He has a particular interest in e-discovery and the use and advantages of IT in the practice of law.

He is a member of The Sedona Conference working group 7, and of the Media, Information and Intellectual Property Section of the Canadian Bar Association (Quebec chapter) and a frequent speaker on law and technology issues.

     

Solo & Small Firm I & II

Track Leaders: Catherine Sanders Reach, Reid Trautz

Eric Barefield

Eric Barefield

Eric has worked for the Louisiana State Bar Association since November of 2005 as Professional Programs Counsel. He works in the administration of the Practice Assistance and Improvement Program and the Law Office Management Assistance Program. Eric previously worked as a Deputy Disciplinary Counsel for seven years and as an Orleans Parish Assistant District Attorney for three years.  

Sheila M. Blackford

Sheila M. Blackford

Sheila has been a Practice Management Advisor for the Oregon State Bar Professional Liability Fund since 2005. A former sole practitioner, teacher, and marketing director in the financial services industry, she provides confidential practice management assistance to Oregon attorneys to reduce their risk of malpractice claims, enhance their enjoyment of practicing law, and improve their client relationships through clear communication and efficient delivery of legal services. She is a member of the Practice Management Advisors Taskforce and Practice Finance Core Group of the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section.

Jim Calloway

Jim Calloway

Jim is the Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association's Management Assistance Program. He served as chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2005 and co-chair of the first two GP|Solo Division's National Solo and Small Firm Conferences in 2006 and 2007. He frequently writes and speaks on legal technology issues, Internet research, law office management and organization and legal ethics. In addition to being a sought after speaker and a prolific writer on law practice management issues, he was recently honored with an induction as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management.

Bruce L. Dorner

Bruce L. Dorner

Bruce maintains his primary law office in Londonderry, New Hampshire, but practices law wherever he can find a connection to the Internet. He is a graduate of Northeastern University and New England School of Law. He was the founding chair of the New Hampshire Bar Association Technology Section and served as the chair of the Law Practice Management Section. At the American Bar Association level he serves as the chair of the Technology Committee of the General Practice Solo and Small Firm Division. Additionally, he was vice-chair of the Computer and Technology Division of the Law Practice Management Section and is a past chair of the Solo and Small Firm Division. He offers computer and management consulting services for solo and small firm law practices in the New England region.

Donna Neff

Donna Neff

Donna, a practicing attorney in Ottowa, Canada, is passionate about her role as a wills, estates and trusts lawyer and provides exceptional service to her clients. In addition to estate planning and estate administration services, Donna and her team complete specific real estate transactions for clients. As an owner of her own businesses (as a lawyer since 1996 and previously, as a consultant and project manager in the high tech industry), Donna has gained personal experience regarding the issues that small business owners face. She has been invited to present estate-planning seminars to a wide range of corporate and community groups.

     

Trial Skills

Track Leader: Herbert Dixon

David R. Cohen

David R. Cohen

K&L Gates

Pittsburgh, PA

 

Bio coming soon...
 

Magistrate Judge John M. Facciola

United States District Court for DC

Washington, D.C.

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Judge Christina M. Habas

Judge Christina M. Habas

Denver, CO

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David L. Masters

David L. Masters

The Masters Law Firm, L.L.C.

Montrose, Colorado

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Sharon D. Nelson

Sharon D. Nelson

President, Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Fairfax, VA

Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a computer forensics and legal technology firm located in Fairfax, Virginia.  Ms. Nelson graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978 and has been in private practice ever since, now concentrating exclusively in electronic evidence law. Ms. Nelson is a past President of the Fairfax Bar Association, a Director of the Fairfax Law Foundation and serves as Chair of the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Management Publishing Board and as a member of ARMA’s E-Discovery Advisory Group. She is also a graduate of Leadership Fairfax, is a past chair of the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW and serves on the Virginia State Bar governing Council, on its Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Board, on its Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and as Chair of the Virginia State Bar Technology in the Practice of Law Committee. She is a co-author of The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists and Guidelines (American Bar Association, 2006) and Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms (American Bar Association, 2006), as well as The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple ( American Bar Association, 2008).

She is a frequent author and speaker on legal technology and electronic evidence throughout the country.
Nils B. Jensen

Nils B. Jensen

Crown Counsel

Victoria, British Columbia

Bio coming soon...
 

Judge Gregory Holiday

Administrative Law Judge Manager

State Office of Administrative Hearings and Rules

Detroit, MI

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Tom O'Connor

Tom O'Connor

Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center

New Orleans, LA

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Bruce A. Olson

Davis & Kuelthau, s.c.

Green Bay, WI

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Timothy A. Piganelli

CEO - Consultant

Legal Technology Consulting Inc.

Phoenix, AZ

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David G. Ries

Thorp Reed & Armstrong, LLP

Pittsburgh, PA

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John Simek

John Simek

Vice President, Sensei Enterprises, Inc.

Fairfax, VA

Mr. Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. He is an EnCase Certified forensic technologist (EnCE). Mr. Simek has a national reputation as a computer forensics technologist and has testified as an expert witness throughout the United States.

 

Mr. Simek holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University. After forming Sensei, he ended his 20+ year affiliation with Mobil Oil Corporation, where he served as a senior technologist designing and troubleshooting Mobil’s networks throughout the western hemisphere. Mr. Simek has in-depth experience with network troubleshooting, hardware and software implementations, systems integration, and logistical and financial expertise in a wide range of computer engineering designs and solutions. He has an extensive knowledge of multi-protocol environments and a diverse range of networking technologies. In addition to his EnCase Certification (EnCE), Mr. Simek is a Certified Handheld Examiner, Certified Novell Engineer, Microsoft Certified Professional + Internet, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, NT Certified Independent Professional, and a Certified Internetwork Professional. He is also a member of the High Tech Crime Network and of the International Information Systems Forensics Association as well as the American Bar Association. He is a member of the ABA Law Practice Management Publications Board. He currently provides information technology support to over 220 area law firms, legal entities and corporations. He is a co-author of The Electronic Evidence and Discovery Handbook: Forms, Checklists and Guidelines (American Bar Association, 2006) and Information Security for Lawyers and Law Firms (American Bar Association, 2006), as well as The 2008 Solo and Small Firm Legal Technology Guide: Critical Decisions Made Simple (American Bar Association, 2008). He is a frequent author and speaker on legal technology and electronic evidence throughout the country.

 

Andy Simpson

Andrew C. Simpson, P.C.

Christiansted, St. Croix

U.S. Virgin Islands

Bio coming soon...
 

Virtual Office

Track Leader: Ben Schorr

Paul Unger

Paul Unger

Paul J. Unger is a 1994 graduate of Capital University Law School.  He is an attorney and founding member of HMU Consulting, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio.  Prior to forming HMU in February of 2000, Paul was Vice President of a Columbus-based technology consulting firm.  He spent five years at Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., L.P.A., limiting his practice to civil litigation. 

Mr. Unger now specializes in litigation technology consulting, trial presentation, document and case management software, and legal-specific software training for law firms and legal departments throughout the Midwest.  Mr. Unger is a member of The American Society of Trial Consultants, the American Bar Association, the Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association.