ILTA Voices

ILTA Radio - Ask the Expert: A Future-Focused Community - Ken Grady

Description: Don't let the naysayers darken your view. The future of legal is bright, and technology is lighting the pathway to improved efficiencies, lower costs, better security and more. However, technology only takes us so far; a future-focused community is required to ensure people take the right actions based on what technology reveals. Exploring this idea further, we've asked a few of your ILTA peers about the future. Here's what they had to say (read the article in Peer to Peer magazine).
Featured in this episode: Ken Grady, Lean Law Evangelist at Seyfarth Shaw LLP

ILTA Radio - Ask the Expert: A Future-Focused Community - Brice Duffy

Description: Don't let the naysayers darken your view. The future of legal is bright, and technology is lighting the pathway to improved efficiencies, lower costs, better security and more. However, technology only takes us so far; a future-focused community is required to ensure people take the right actions based on what technology reveals. Exploring this idea further, we've asked a few of your ILTA peers about the future. Here's what they had to say (read the article in Peer to Peer magazine).
Featured in this episode: Brice Duffy, Network Administrator at Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd.

ILTARadio: Trial Support A-Z Series - Litigation Legal Project Management

Description: In this episode of the Trial Support A-Z series, we
provide a high-level overview of legal project management. Follow the
life cycle of a litigation case as we discuss the role and
responsibilities of legal project management. The major points covered
include:
What is legal project management and what dictates project style?
Who is the project manager (PM)?
What is a PM responsible for?
How do you become a legal PM?Speakers:
Karen Pierson
Paralegal - Antitrust Section
Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine
Patrice Fatig
Paralegal - Antitrust Section
Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine

ISO 27001 - What Is It Anyway?

Description: As the new CIO at Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Mark Combs sought to better understand the ISO 27001 standards to determine if he should pitch it to firm management, and if he would find value from instituting these standards at his firm. He wondered if peers in other firms were asking the same questions. We set up an interview with John Verry from Pivot Point Security so Mark could quiz the expert about ISO 27001 and get many of his (and your) questions answered. Some of the topics addressed include:
What is ISO 27001 anyway - what does it mean and why do I want to do this?What standards must be met to become certified?Who is involved?How much time should a firm commit to gaining certification?Will ISO 27001 certification impact client matters?What are some of the common difficulties faced - where do certification seekers often fall short?How should someone new to the process estimate the total cost of certification?Is there an example of the standards preventing a breach?Speakers:
Mark Combs, the CIO at Steptoe & Johnson, has
expertise in information security, technology, strategy, people and
project management. He has provided leadership for all areas of IT
including networking, telecommunications, PC and application support,
project management and data center operations. With 18 years of
healthcare IT experience, Mark has previously served in a number of
management and security roles. He is a Certified Professional in Health
Information and Management Systems and a Certified HIPAA Security
Specialist.
John Verry, Pivot Point Security's Managing
Partner, is an ISO 27001 Certified Lead Auditor. He established and
directs Pivot Point Security's ISO 27001 practice area, focusing on the
legal vertical. John helps law firms, e-discovery firms and service
providers to law firms discover how ISO 27001 can reduce the security,
compliance and attestation challenges that law firms are wrestling with,
and gain ISO certification in a proven, efficient and fiscally sound
process.

Ask the Expert: ILTA's Peer Award Finalist, Berys Amor, Innovates for Application Delivery

Ask the Expert: ILTA's Peer Award Finalist, Scott Rechtschaffen, Innovates for Application Delivery

Ask the Expert: ILTA's Peer Award Finalist, Andy Peterson, Innovates for Application Delivery

Whether atwork, at home, on the jogging trail, the jetway, the beach or the supermarket,there is most definitely “an app for that.” Our experts are standouts in theILTA community because they’ve worked to create innovative applications tosupport their clients. We’re excited to share their experiences and insight,all of which will be “applicable” to your work in the legal profession. Eachparticipant’s interview can be heard in the accompanying podcasts. Readinterview highlights in ILTA’s Spring 2016 Peer to Peer magazine.

Develop a Records and IG Plan for Defensible Disposition of E-Docs

Description: Firms are just beginning to grasp the magnitude of
having too much electronic information clogging the digital pipeline.
Mercifully, the law is now trending toward easing this burden with the
recent changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Our expert
panelists will provide a cogent strategy to manage all forms of
electronic documents according to a predetermined and well-thought-out
records retention policy, and give you a framework for making defensible
decisions to manage and dispose of records and information consistently
and cohesively.
A teleforum on this topic was hosted by this panel of experts on March
2nd and was a huge hit. Many members were unable to attend and expressed
interest in a follow up, so the speakers recorded this podcast to share
the takeaways with all of us.
Speakers:
Alexander Campbell is the Records Manager at Cohen
& Gresser, LLP in New York City. He holds a Masters in Information
and Knowledge Strategy from Columbia University and a Bachelors in
Organizational Leadership from Fordham University. Alexander can be
contacted at acampbell@cohengresser.com and followed on Twitter @infogovguy.
Jim
Merrifield is the Information Governance Manager at Robinson+Cole LLP
and co-founder of InfoGovCon, the first conference focused exclusively
on information governance. He is a respected advisor in the IG community
and an active member of several industry associations including ILTA,
IAPP and ARMA. Jim's IG experience includes deployment of enterprise
programs, policy development and enforcement, creation of disposition
programs and technology solution evaluation. He is a certified
information governance professional and has provided consulting services
to law firms and Fortune 500 companies. Jim's writing has appeared in
numerous publications and he speaks frequently on IG and data privacy
issues. Contact him at jmerrifield@rc.com, connect with him on Linkedin and follow his blog posts on R+C Data Privacy & Security Insider and TechTarget.
Jeffrey
Richards is the Director of Information Technology at Wendel Rosen in
downtown Oakland. He is currently working on implementation of an IG
plan and automation of new business procedures for better auditing,
disposition and control mechanisms. Jeffrey also manages the electronic
security plan for the firm and actively fights off cyber villains. Prior
to joining the firm, he was the senior consulting engineer at Volant
Consulting, a firm that delivers technology solutions and services to a
diverse array of businesses. Jeffrey is a member of the Relationship
Coordinating Team and is the East Bay Area Member Liaison for the
International Legal Technology Association. He can be contacted at jrichards@wendel.com.

Trial Support A-Z Series - Timelines

Description: While no one can predict the exact route a case will
take, there is a general outline of various steps in civil litigation.
In this first podcast in a series, we discuss these steps and provide an
overview of the Trial Support A-Z Series.
This podcast series aims to provide useful information and tools for
everyone involved in litigation. We'll help you better understand the
process, the various components involved, and the work and needs of
different members of the entire litigation team -- lawyers, paralegals,
project managers, litigation support personnel and others.
Speakers:
Chris Acosta
Director of Practice Support
Nossaman LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Patrice Fatig
Paralegal, Antitrust Section
Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine
Columbus, OH
Karen Pierson
Paralegal, Antitrust Section
Office of Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine
Columbus, OH
Nicole Schnarre
Litigation Technology Manager
Baker & Hostetler LLP
New York, NY

The Changing Conference Center - What Is a Meeting Anyway?

Description: When is a conference room not a conference room? When
it's everything from a movie studio to a board room -- and everything
else between! In this podcast, we explore what lawyers are expecting
from today's conference center and what technologies are available to
support ever-increasing expectations.
Speaker: Joy Heath Rush is responsible for everything that
touches Litera's law firm clients. With over 30 years of experience
supporting lawyers, she is passionate about applying technology to the
business problems of law firms. Prior to joining Litera, Joy spent 28
years in a variety of IT and management roles at Sidley Austin LLP. She
has a long history of volunteering in the legal technology community,
having served as a board member or president of three legal technology
peer groups, including ILTA.

Incident and Event Log Monitoring: Pros and Cons of In-House, Outsource and Hybrid

Description: If you are in the market for a security information
event management (SIEM) tool, this podcast will be of value. Three
security evangelists share their collective experience and insight
regarding the need for such a tool, what to look for in a solution,
deployment options, how to get started and key factors in driving the
value from investing in SIEM.
Speakers:
James "Butch" Spencer is a Network Engineer at Jackson
Kelly PLLC. He is an IT security expert with extensive practical
experience in information management systems, security, networking,
virtualization, optimization, e-business and programming. Butch is a
member of numerous groups delving into and debating on the security and
control of the Internet of Things (IoT).
Jon Hanny is a
strategic information security leader with over 15 years of experience
in information security, risk management, governance and compliance.
Skilled at building information security and IT risk management programs
from inception, he successfully fostered paradigm shifts in higher
education, financial services and legal verticals to instill an
information security mindset across all levels of an organization,
improving their security postures. Jon holds several security
certifications including the C|CISO, CISM and CISSP, and has a proven
track record leveraging ISO27001, NIST and FISMA.
Prabhakar
Chandrasekaran is a goal- and ethics-driven security and technology
leader with over 20 years of experience in managing critical
infrastructure services in IT production environments. He has a solid
understanding and application of security and privacy regulations, risk
assessments and security audit processes. Prabhakar is also a specialist
in achieving reliability and availability through structure and process
improvement, with a proven ability to achieve business objectives by
establishing partnerships across departments.