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Thursday Dec 03, 2015
Thursday Dec 03, 2015
Description: Is the Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS)
designation right for you? Find out in this installment of our podcast
series on industry-related certifications, as Janice Jaco speaks with
fellow ILTA member Sherry Hicks from SunTrust Banks about the benefits
of holding the CEDS certification.Speakers:Janice Jaco is the E-Discovery Project Manager at
Keesal, Young & Logan, where she brings creative solutions to
data‐intensive challenges and supports the efficient delivery of
outstanding e-discovery, legal project management, ESI consulting and
technology services to clients. She is an ACEDS Certified E-Discovery
Specialist with extensive experience managing large‐scale e‐discovery
collections in state and federal courts, and in SEC enforcement actions
and DOJ investigations. Janice holds numerous certifications and is one
of a small team of professionals steering the e-disclosure/e-discovery
group of the Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification Coalition
(LTC4), charged with defining competency standards for attorneys and
paraprofessionals in the broad spectrum of skills required to measure
e-discovery competency. She is the recipient of ACEDS' prestigious 2015
E-Discovery Person of the Year award. Sherry C. Hicks began
working with law firms as a network engineer in 1995. After spending a
decade as a litigation support consultant, she grew her expertise by
spending four years working as a litigation support specialist in-house
with a law firm. In 2012 she left the law firm and has spent her time
since then as an e-discovery analyst in two major corporations. Sherry
is a well-rounded and highly seasoned e-discovery professional with a
balance of technical and interpersonal skills.
Monday Nov 30, 2015
Monday Nov 30, 2015
Description: Join us for a continued discussion on metrics and their
uses in both law firms and legal departments to illustrate value. Not
simply a matter of profitability versus efficiency, there are a variety
of perspectives to consider in determining the best methods and
benchmarks for every department and firm to utilize in creating,
sustaining and even growing a successful relationship.
From the original ILTACON 2015 session description: Law departments are
starting to run like businesses, with that comes an increased emphasis
on measuring performance against business goals. Collaboration in the
development of shared metrics is essential to drive effective
relationships and best-in-class legal operations. How can law firms and
legal departments work together to promote mutually beneficial
technology and metrics? What data points do law departments and firms
care about now; what will they care about in 2020?Speakers:John "Jack" Thompson is the Supervising Technology
Project Manager for UPS Corporate Legal Department Operations. He is a
specialist in implementing legal software applications and developing
process improvement programs for operational efficiencies with corporate
legal departments, utilizing Six Sigma methodologies for effective
change management. Besides technology implementations and information
management projects, Jack has developed legal cost and efficiency
analytic models for corporate counsel to harmonize workflow metrics with
law firm business partners, generating improved relationship management
and cost savings efficiencies. Previously, he was a legal operations
manager with Purdue Pharma, LP for over 10 years, specializing in
matter/spend management operations, IP asset management, contract system
and process management, and e-discovery project management. Jack is
currently the ILTA Program Council member for corporate and government
legal department relationships, and has contributed to several knowledge
sharing initiatives, including panels and publications sponsored by
ILTA and ACC. Connie Brenton is Chief of Staff and Director of
Legal Operations at NetApp Inc., where she has created an innovative and
best-in-class legal department. Since she joined the company, the legal
department has been the recipient of three IC10 Innovation Awards,
named Best Legal Department in 2014 and recognized as an ACC Value
Champion. Previously, Connie served as managing counsel at Oracle,
supporting a 300-person global legal organization, and was the senior
director, deputy general counsel and chief of staff to the general
counsel at Sun Microsystems. She actively contributes to the legal
operations community, is a founding member of the Bay Area Corporate
Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) and writes a technology column for
InsideCounsel. Connie was selected as one of 100 Women of Influence in
Silicon Valley in 2014, was named one of the top 10 Deputy General
Counsel in 2012, and in June 2015 she was recognized as Legal Department
Manager of the Year.
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Friday Nov 13, 2015
Description: Join us for this series of podcasts as we interview the
"short-list" nominees for and the winner of ILTA's Technology Support
Professional of the Year award, presented at ILTACON 2015. In this first
session, we are pleased to have with us nominee Maritta Terrell from
Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Townsend.
ILTA's Distinguished Peer Awards program recognizes ILTA peers who have
delivered great business value and transformational impact through their
innovations and implementations or have been champions in specific
areas of focus for their organizations. Individual awards focus on
individual ILTA law firm and law department members who demonstrate
exceptional accomplishments and leadership within their organizations.
The Technology Support Professional of the Year award recognizes an
individual who has demonstrated superior service in providing attorney
and staff support in roles that require specific technical proficiencies
focused on training and support, technical or engineering disciplines,
or any role that creates high touch-points for the actual implementation
and support of the technology within their organization.Speakers:Pamela Hart manages Hunton & Williams's technology
training and staff professional development programs across global
locations. With over 15 years of experience educating lawyers and legal
staff on the effective use of technology, she has initiated several
successful programs such as IT coaching, skills assessment and online
learning, resulting in dramatically improved legal team collaboration
and client service. Pamela was the recipient of ILTA's Technology
Support Professional of the Year award in 2014. Maritta Terrell
is a Trainer and Help Desk Specialist at Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle &
Townsend, where she has worked for over a decade. She has been an
active ILTA volunteer for many years and is the Vice President of
Education at Toastmasters International - West Austin II Club.
Previously, she was a school teacher and librarian. In 2015, Maritta was
nominated for ILTA's Technology Support Professional of the Year award.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
Tuesday Nov 10, 2015
Description: Is the ISO designation right for you and your firm?
Find out in this installment of our podcast series on industry-related
certifications, as Daniel Nottke speaks with Michael Johnson of Security
GRC2 about the benefits of holding the ISO certification.Speakers:Daniel Nottke is the Chief Information Officer for
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a 100-year-old law firm whose lawyers spawn
innovations to address clients' challenges. Since joining the firm in
2008, Dan has led the transformation of the information technology
department from a decentralized team to a fully centralized Information
Technology Infrastructure Library-based high performing organization. He
is currently leading the creation of a technology strategy to set a
clear road map for all technology initiatives and spends for the next
three years. Michael Johnson from Security GRC2 has over 30
years of experience in the security profession and is certified in
physical and information security management. He has worked with over 35
law firms in the implementation, operations and certification of ISO
27001 information security management systems. Michael was an
information security practice leader in the professional services
organization of a large information technology services company. In this
role, he had senior management responsibility for a team providing IT
security policy, program and technical assessment, implementation and
response consulting services.
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Most organizations have adapted to the new normal of supporting
employee-owned devices and providing the tools necessary for lawyers and
staff to work when away from the office. As more people make the
transition to working remotely more than in a traditional office, there
are implications that need to be addressed. We had three of your ILTA
peers share their thoughts on how to make a remote workforce really
work. You can read the article that includes all three perspectives in
the Fall 2015 edition of Peer to Peer. Here is the full interview with Paul Wittekind, Director of Information Technology Services
at Porzio Bromberg & Newman P.C.
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Most organizations have adapted to the new normal of supporting
employee-owned devices and providing the tools necessary for lawyers and
staff to work when away from the office. As more people make the
transition to working remotely more than in a traditional office, there
are implications that need to be addressed. We had three of your ILTA
peers share their thoughts on how to make a remote workforce really
work. You can read the article that includes all three perspectives in
the Fall 2015 edition of Peer to Peer. Here is the full interview with Sandy Mikita, Information Technology Project Manager at
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC.
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Friday Oct 30, 2015
Most organizations have adapted to the new normal of supporting employee-owned devices and providing the tools necessary for lawyers and staff to work when away from the office. As more people make the transition to working remotely more than in a traditional office, there are implications that need to be addressed. We had three of your ILTA peers share their thoughts on how to make a remote workforce really work. You can read the article that includes all three perspectives in the Fall 2015 edition of Peer to Peer. Here is the full interview with Andy Jurczyk, Chief Information Officer at Seyfarth Shaw LLP.
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Wednesday Oct 21, 2015
Certifiable! The Value of Certifications to Your Career - CEDS with ACEDSIs the Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS)
designation right for you? Find out in this installment of our podcast
series on industry-related certifications, as Janice Jaco speaks with
Mary Mack of ACEDS about the benefits of holding the CEDS certification.Speakers:Janice Jaco is the E-Discovery Project Manager at
Keesal, Young & Logan, where she brings creative solutions to
data‐intensive challenges and supports the efficient delivery of
outstanding e-discovery, legal project management, ESI consulting and
technology services to clients. She is an ACEDS Certified E-Discovery
Specialist with extensive experience managing large‐scale e‐discovery
collections in state and federal courts, and in SEC enforcement actions
and DOJ investigations. Janice holds numerous certifications and is one
of a small team of professionals steering the e-disclosure/e-discovery
group of the Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification Coalition
(LTC4), charged with defining competency standards for attorneys and
paraprofessionals in the broad spectrum of skills required to measure
e-discovery competency. She is the recipient of ACEDS' prestigious 2015
E-Discovery Person of the Year award. Mary Mack, the Executive
Director of the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists (ACEDS),
is the author of A Process of Illumination, the Practical Guide to
Electronic Discovery and the co-editor of the Thomson Reuters West
treatise, eDiscovery for Corporate Counsel. With 15 years of experience
in handling e-discovery, she was previously the enterprise technology
counsel for ZyLAB and the corporate technology counsel for Fios. Mary is
a member of the Illinois bar.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Office 365 Conversations - Skype for BusinessJoin us for a series of discussions examining various
aspects of Office 365, its applicability to ILTA membership and
strategies for incorporating it into your work environment. This session
will focus on Skype for Business.Moderator: Tim Hooks, IT Director at American Municipal Power, Inc. Speaker:
Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Strategist at Microsoft, joined the
company as an enterprise consultant in 2001. As a consultant, he helped
numerous global enterprise customers plan, design and deploy solutions
based on SharePoint and .NET technologies. In his current role, Larry
assists his customers with solving their business challenges and seizing
market opportunities using Microsoft-based solutions. With over 25
years in the software industry, his experience spans areas of end-user
productivity, application development and project management.
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Wednesday Sep 30, 2015
Microsoft at ILTACON 2015 - RecapDescription: In this informal podcast discussion, we review the sessions Microsoft participated in during ILTACON 2015.Speakers:Larry Kuhn, an Account Technology Strategist at
Microsoft, joined the company as an enterprise consultant in 2001. As a
consultant, he helped numerous global enterprise customers plan, design
and deploy solutions based on SharePoint and .NET technologies. In his
current role, Larry assists his customers with solving their business
challenges and seizing market opportunities using Microsoft-based
solutions. With over 25 years in the software industry, his experience
spans areas of end-user productivity, application development and
project management. Kara Portwood from Armstrong Teasdale
continually brings value to the firm's clients by facilitating desktop
technology best practices. She often works with clients to help with
collaboration, solve technology issues and contribute to building
successful business relationships. Kara is ILTA's Strategic Relationship
Liaison to Microsoft.
Monday Sep 21, 2015
Monday Sep 21, 2015
Certifiable! The Value of Certifications to Your Career - IGP with ARMA, Part IIDescription: Is the Information Governance Professional (IGP)
certification right for you? Find out as we continue our exploration
into the benefits of the IGP certification. In this session, the second
of two on IGP, we hold a lively and informative discussion with several
IGP certified professionals to get their perspectives.
Moderator: Jennifer Watters Farley, CRM IGP, the
Records Manager at Sidley Austin LLP, is a records and information
management professional with over two decades of experience. She is a
member of ARMA International and the ARMA Metro NYC Chapter, where she
continues to coordinate the ASPIRE public speaking program. Ongoing
professional development is very important to Jennifer and she's excited
to be part of the development of this ILTA podcast series to encourage
others to continue their own professional growth.Panel: Julie J. Colgan, IGP, CRM is the Head of
Information Governance Solutions for Nuix, a software company based in
Sydney, Australia. She is an 18-year veteran of the information
management profession with roles spanning public and private
organizations, consulting and technology firms. Julie is past president
of ARMA International, holds multiple industry certifications and is a
sought-after speaker and writer on a variety of information governance
topics. Deborah Juhnke, the Director of Information Governance
Consulting at Husch Blackwell in Kansas City, holds both the CRM and
IGP certifications. She is a founding member of the firm's information
governance group, whose exclusive focus is the development and
implementation of information governance, privacy and data security
compliance programs. Deborah is a frequent speaker and author on the
topic of information governance, and a contributing editor to the firm's
blog, www.bytebacklaw.com. Jason
C. Stearns, IGP, CRM, the Director, Group Information Governance at
BlackRock, is a member of the firm's legal and compliance group. He is
responsible for the global implementation of information governance (IG)
standards and requirements. Previously, Jason worked at UBS as a
director and portfolio manager; Group IG where he was responsible for IG
strategy development, project management and oversight; and New York
Life Insurance Company as the corporate records manager.