ILTA Voices

Women Who Lead: Crystal Kelley

Our second featured podcast Woman Leader is Crystal Kelley, IT User Support Manager at Troutman Pepper. She sits down with our WWL group and talks about her Peer to Peer article, mentors, leadership, and more!
 
About
ILTA’s Women Who Lead Advisory Committee put out a call for names earlier this year to identify women who have recently experienced a job transition into their first management role. WWL is profiling four new women leaders in Peer to Peer, one profile in each of the next four issues. WWL will also do an interview with them as part of our podcast series throughout the next year, so stay tuned!  

Business Analysts

In this session, we will discover and learn about the evolving role of business analysts, what they do, how they help legal technology and why they are so valuable.Moderator:@Carly Prellwitz- Business Analyst 1, Fish & RichardsonSpeakers:@Rex Balboa– Systems Business Analyst, Perkins Coie@Jennifer Perez- IT Business Analyst, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Recorded on 09-14-2021

The Vendor/Firm Ecosystem - How Firms can Impact Product Development

As firms move from jack-of-all trades providers to working with a host of best-in-class tools provided by smaller companies, opportunities for directly influencing product development and product pipeline have greatly increased. During this podcast, we will discuss specific ways in which firms can leverage their networks and vendor relationships to guide the creation of better, more cost efficient vendor offerings.Moderator: @Rebecca Holdredge - Innovation Manager, Husch Blackwell LLPSpeakers:@Anna McGrane - COO, PacerPro@Virginio D'Aversa - Senior Director Knowledge Management and Technology Innovation, Husch Blackwell@Dan Anderson - CEO and Co-founder, SeeUnity@Dan Hauck - Chief Product Officer, NetDocuments
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Recorded on 09-02-2021​​

Ensuring You Have Adequate Visibility As You Move Further Into The Cloud

During this podcast, a cyber security professional will discuss ways that you can ensure that you have adequate visibility to protect against unauthorized access into our data as you move additional pieces of your architecture into the cloud. The conversation will highlight cloud access security brokers, security incident and event management, and data loss prevention tools and strategies.Moderator:@Corey Reitz - E-Discovery Project Lead, Sandia National LaboratoriesSpeaker:Kevin Magee - Chief Security Officer, Microsoft Canada
​Recorded on 08-06-2021​

Maximize Fixed-Free Arrangements with AI, Analytics and Automation

Many junior and mid-level associates are beginning to realize that the billable model is moving towards fixed-fee arrangements. This is becoming especially true during the pandemic, where everyone is looking to cut costs. In this podcast session, we will learn more about how to handle transactions using less lawyer time (through AI or other methods)Moderator:@Brian P. Morris - IT Business Relationship Manager, Holland & Knight LLP
Speaker:@Tobin Brown - Chief Practice Management Officer, Perkins Coie​
​Recorded on 08-06-2021
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Business Partner Spotlight: Olenick, A Qualitest Company

Join us as we talk about acquisitions and why they are so important in legal tech! How they move innovation, products and services, and aid the end-users!
 
Speakers
Beth Anne Stuebe, Director of Publications & Press
TJ Johnson, AVP, Legal Sector Strategist
Bill Mertes, VP, Olenick & Associates

Bleeding Edge, Episode 4: Soliciting Attorney Input & Feedback

For Season 2, Episode #4, featuring Jeff Pfeifer of LexisNexis, where we sit down and discuss soliciting attorney input and why feedback is important in legal tech product design, plus more! Tune in now!

Women Who Lead: Lisa Meconi

Join the ILTA Women Who Lead Team as they sit down for an in-depth interview with Lisa Meconi, Director of Legal Engineering at Liberty Mutual Insurance. They talk tech, motherhood, being a legal innovator, and much more.This is a Peer to Peer article podcast complementary to the Summer 2021, Part One article featured on page 46. 

HopsCast - Episode 4: Joe Hoegler

For the  Summer 2021 edition of HopsCast, Beth Anne Stuebe, ILTA Director of Publications & Press, interviews Joe Hoegler, Chief Technology Innovation Officer at Kraft & Kennedy, Inc. He joins us from  Port Washington, New York, and talks all things tech, innovation, and of course, about baseball, and hops.

Legal Tech Startups: The Rewards of Being a Super-Early Adopter

A Summer 2021 Peer to Peer article podcast to complement an article from the part one issue written by Evan Shenkman (found on page 48). 
In this episode, ILTA's Beth Anne Stuebe chats with Evan about how you can/should trust, love, and welcome legal tech Startups to your firm.

Skills Roadmap: What to Learn First (Aimed at New to Industry)

Litigation support can be daunting to those new to the industry – not only are there technical skills to learn, but also legal considerations, project management and communication & presentation skills are all keys to your success. In this podcast, we will discuss the kinds of transferable skills which will help you in your new role, how best to learn those important technical skills, and how to identify the opportunities to develop and improve your skills.
 
Moderator:@Rachel McAdams - eDiscovery Technical Specialist, A&L Goodbody Solicitors
Speakers:@Kathy Dallaire, CEDS -  eDiscovery and Litigation Support Coordinator,Stikeman Elliott LLP@Doug Austin -  Editor, eDiscovery Today
​Recorded on 07-26-2021