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Don has done many well-received presentations and webinars to audiences as large as 200 for various national and local organizations including the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA), International Legal Technology Association (LawNet), DC Bar Association and more.

(Representative Topics)

iPads in the Law Firm: The Apple iPad represents a revolution in user interface and portable computing, but it has no revolutionary features. The iPad will change how mobile attorneys will work and interact with clients.

Paralegals and Project Management: Paralegals are often at the center point of client work. Adding formalized project management methodologies to their toolkit provides tangible advantages both for the law firm and the client.

ITIL and Project Management: ITIL and Project Management each provide unique advantages to technology and project management. Both disciplines share many of the methodologies in common.

Law Firm Technology Trends: What will law firm technology be like in the near future? Current law firm technologies give insight into trends in law firm technology.

Managing Client Matters as Projects: Using Project Management as a Competitive Advantage:
Today’s clients are more demanding and discerning about the legal services they are purchasing and are looking for ways to control costs while still achieving their legal objectives. Many law firms know use formal project management to manage client projects.

ITIL: TAMING TECHNOLOGY IN THE LAW FIRM: ITIL is the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, a set of best practices that are changing the way technology is managed and delivered. ITIL sounds like a new miracle cure, but it is a quiet revolution that is delivering technology that truly supports the practice of law.

10 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL SECURITY ASSESSMENT: The basic steps to a successful security assessment of law firm technology and processes.

LAW FIRM SECURITY: Discussion of law firm security from a practical viewpoint. It addressed perception verses reality of risk, how to assess risk, and what could be done to minimize risk.

MONITORING YOUR COMPUTER AND EMPLOYEES: Discussion of monitoring computer activity, why you should monitor, what are the issues, what can you do, what can’t you do, how to get started, and a discussion of some specific solutions.

THE PORTABLE ATTORNEY: Discussion of portable technologies and its application to the law firm. Presented to numerous legal organizations around the country.

PORTABLE AND EXTRANET TECHNOLOGIES IN THE LAW FIRM: The use of the Internet to make access to information and the intellectual property of the law firm more portable and accessible through use of Intranets and Extranets.