LawTech Silicon Valley Tackles Productivity
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The inaugural LawTech Silicon Valley conference will be held on Oct. 7, focusing on four major challenges that lawyers face when they try to supercharge their legal practice with technology:
1. Eliminating—or delegating—tasks that get in the way of proving your value.
2. Articulating what your cases are all about to drive successful outcomes.
3. Collaborating with colleagues and clients through document sharing.
4. Solving the Big Data challenge that can be mind-numbing in major litigation.
The ALM conference will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Palo Alto, and is presented by The Recorder and Law Technology News.
Here’s a quick roster of the day’s presentations:
• The intense agenda kicks off with “Gains Without Pain—Supercharge Your Productivity Without Systems/Staffing Overload. It features Anchorage attorney James Farr, whose practice includes criminal law, personal injury and representation of pilots in Federal Aviation Administration enforcement actions; Michael Krieger, of MRK Technology Marketing Services; and Alessandra Lezama, CEO of Abacus Data Systems Inc., co-chair of the conference. Sponsor: Abacus Data Systems.
• Logikcull.com sponsors the second panel of the day, “Massive Cost Containment Through Smart Document Mangement.” It features Melissa Frank, consulting litigation counsel, of SunPower, and Logikcull’s CEO, Andy Wilson. The session promises to “examine common obstacles to cost containment and effective document review.”
• Third on the agenda is “Using Technology to Organize Your Case and Manage Risks,” sponsored by Alfresco, featuring its account manager, Faron Lyons, as well as Ryan McVeigh, vice president of enterprise content management at Zia Consulting. “Many businesses have content spread across multiple systems that are not integrated, and may not even be approved by the organization,” they note.
• I’m delighted to be the lunch speaker, and will be offering the “Top 10 Legal Tech Trends,” several of which will be “ripped from the headlines” of LTN. (Yes, cybersecurity will be one of the trends.)
• Speaking of headlines, our LTN October issue’s cover story profiles the two speakers who will be offering the first afternoon program, “Virtual Law Practice: How to Embrace Technology and Deliver Legal Services Online.” Rocket Lawyer’s CEO Charley Moore and Jay Mandal, its senior director and head of the legal advice business, are involved in the new pilot project with the American Bar Association that hopes to address the long-standing problem that 80% of Americans cannot find or afford routine legal services, while small firm lawyers struggle to be profitable. At LawTech Silicon Valley, the two will participate on a lively panel (other participants to be announced shortly) discussing the opportunities and challenges of Web-based legal services. Sponsor: Rocket Lawyer.
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