Industry professionals, colleagues and friends gathered virtually on November 2–3, 2022, for a dynamic educational event.
ALA's 2022 Virtual Conference: Trending Topics in Legal Administration offered exciting sessions (two mornings and two afternoons each day) that covered applicable knowledge to fine-tune professional skillsets in the following categories: information technology, human resources skills, legal industry trends and business ethics.
In addition to obtaining CLM credits through invaluable educational sessions and presentations, attendees networked virtually with others in the ALA community and valued business partners.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Trending Topics in Legal Administration Conference took place from Wednesday, November 2 through Thursday, November 3. Four sessions were held each day starting at 10 a.m. Central and concluded at 3:15 p.m. Central.
REGISTRATION DETAILS
The cost to participate in this virtual event was $399 (member) and $599 (non-member). Full conference registration included access to live sessions, any handouts and recordings.
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Joan Bibelhausen, JD, has served as Executive Director of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers since 2005. She is nationally recognized for her work in the lawyer assistance and diversity and inclusion realms and has significant additional training in counseling, mental health and addiction, diversity, employment issues and management. Bibelhausen has developed and presented numerous CLE and other programs throughout Minnesota and has written on mental health and addiction, implicit bias and mental health, career and life balance and satisfaction, stress, diversity and inclusion, marketing, and other issues of concern to the legal profession.
Tara Emory, JD, is the Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations with Redgrave Data. She is a recognized leader in advising organizations and law firms on e-discovery processes and information governance programs. She is skilled at assisting clients in identifying and leveraging technology and processes to complement legal strategies and improve project success. In her role at Redgrave Data, Emory provides the leadership and strategic vision necessary to ensure the company has effective, efficient and intelligent operational controls and systems in place to grow the organization and deliver superior client value.
Mary Lynn Fayoumi, CAE, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is the President and Chief Executive Officer at HR Source.
Josh Franks is the Chief Operating Officer at CyTrex Cyber, where he is involved in various aspects of the CyTrex Cyber business, including operations, finance and client consultations. Franks has significant experience managing legal operations from small local teams to large teams spread throughout the globe. While he has experience in the legal field and is a 2014 graduate of New England Law Boston with a specialty in business law and tax law, he found his passion in the cyber incident response space and applies his legal experience to this ever-growing field.
Arthur Germain is Principal and Chief Brandteller at Brandtelling, a brand storytelling agency. As a storyteller, marketer, tech geek and an engaging podcast guest and B2B speaker, he discusses the power of story for sharing value and benefit to build strong personal and customer relationships. Professional services companies are fantastic at innovation, but they struggle when it comes to telling their brand stories — they all sound the same. Germain guides professional services brands to uncover and articulate brand stories that are different so they can inspire action and showcase their companies as industry leaders.
Christopher McClure is a Partner with Crowe, a top 10 global accounting and consulting firm. McClure leads Crowe’s national Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Center of Excellence and assists a wide variety of clients with ESG strategy, program implementation and reporting requirements. He is a frequent speaker on the subject, most recently at the American College of Corporate Directors, the American Bar Association and many other industry and professional organizations. He has been quoted in Forbes, the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets.
Robin Schmidt, JD, currently holds a position as the Presiding Judge in the Northwest Judicial District, one of eight judicial districts in North Dakota. She was appointed to the bench in 2013, elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 to a six-year term. Judge Schmidt has served on numerous committees throughout the judiciary focusing on the administration of justice. In 2004, she graduated with distinction from the University of North Dakota School of Law, served as a law clerk for the North Dakota Supreme Court after law school, entered private practice for the largest law firm in North Dakota and opened her own law firm before being appointed to the bench.
Josh Thomas is a Senior Advisor with Redgrave LLP. He is a skilled legal project manager with significant experience preparing large, complex litigation cases for trial. He uses his trial experience to anticipate needs for clients facing litigation or investigation. Thomas supports client teams to ensure discovery workflows are defensible, effective and efficient ― from document collection to production. He also configures databases for internal timelines, implementing quality control mechanisms.
Jared Vishney is an entrepreneur with more than 30 years of domestic and international experience with Fortune 500 enterprises and small-to-medium sized companies. He holds a dual Economics and Business degree from UCLA. His involvement in the healthcare and legal industry began 12 years ago when he founded Arctrieval, a business providing health information management services to hospitals and doctor’s offices. Using knowledge and experience gained from delivering records, he built Arctrieval Legal to solve medical record challenges for legal professionals.
Erica Zolner, JD, is a Partner with Redgrave, LLP. She has nearly 20 years of experience handling complex, “bet the company” business litigation and class action matters. Zolner focuses on providing clients with strategic litigation counseling, advising on practical discovery and information governance strategies. She has experience with the development of efficient and effective e-discovery and information governance.
The pandemic has shifted the way people live and work. It has also shifted how people think about work and the value they seek from it, which has fueled The Great Resignation. Many of the processes and strategies we have relied upon for decades to attract, retain, engage and grow our people have changed and been replaced with a new set of best practices in the talent arena. Presented by Mary Lynn Fayoumi.
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The session includes the speaker’s personal story of recovery from alcoholism while holding a position as a trial court judge. It will equip attendees with ways to respond if you know or suspect a colleague is struggling with alcoholism or substance abuse, how an employer can respond in those situations, and provide suggestions for the many resources available to help people suffering from alcoholism or addiction. The session will not discuss employment laws, but will contain practical actions people may choose to engage in to offer help. Presented by Judge Robin Schmidt.
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Law firms and legal departments increasingly are dealing with issues around environmental, social and governance (ESG). In this session, we’ll describe what ESG is for professional services, highlight key market and regulatory trends, and share the best practices law firms and departments should implement. Presented by Chris McClure.
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Life and work during the COVID-19 pandemic have been challenging for many people, including legal professionals. These challenges are multifaceted and, at times, seemingly unrelenting. These current circumstances give rise to unique stressors for all legal professionals. As the profession adjusts to rapidly changing circumstances, those quick decisions we must make may be based on implicit biases and assumptions. The pandemic has affected people differently. For some, it exacerbated an underlying health or addiction issue; for others, a new problem developed. For many in our profession, stigma continues to prevent them from seeking the help they need. Presented by Joan Bibelhausen, JD.
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The Achilles’ heel for plaintiff litigation and personal injury cases is obtaining medical and billing records. Attorneys and the clients they serve wait too long, expend too much effort and pay too much for records ― denying justice and delaying restoring an injured person’s life. The good news is that changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule in 2023 will address these issues. The modification to the HIPAA Privacy Rule will dramatically improve access to protected health information, cut red tape for the request process and eliminate outrageous copy fees. Presented by Jared Vishney.
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Modern legal practice involves constant lightning-quick communications among parties and the sharing of electronic information. Files commonly contain hidden data or nonobvious data, including metadata. Not only can inadvertent disclosure of hidden data violate ethical and procedural duties, but parties who receive such data may also have duties controlling how they may respond to it. In this session, attendees will learn where sensitive data can hide and the risks it creates, as well as strategies and steps legal management professionals can take to help avoid hidden data pitfalls. Presented by Tara Emory, JD, Josh Thomas and Erica Zolner, JD.
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This presentation will discuss cyber incident response and how it differs from other legal industries. Attendees will learn how cyber incident response fits within the greater cybersecurity industry. Moreover, the speaker will discuss the key players and workflows that occur within the cyber incident response space. Finally, get a better picture of the vital aspects concerning the industry, technology and current trends in the market that makes this space dynamic and unique in comparison to other aspects of the legal industry. Presented by Josh Franks.
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