Date: On-Demand
Time: On-Demand
Cost: Complimentary
This webcast is sponsored by:
in association with:
Today, law firms and in-house legal professionals are much more savvy when it comes to understanding the critical role of legal operations. But they need more work to drive operational efficiencies. This discussion will explore what "innovation" means within the context of a modern law department, the most pressing legal ops challenges, and how firms and legal professionals can overcome them.
Join this webcast to hear from Connie Brenton, a legal operations pioneer and VP of Law, Technology and Operations at NetApp, and technology experts from DISCO discuss:
-
Legal ops trends we can expect to see in the coming years
-
How to ensure law departments are aligned with the business
-
What has changed in legal ops since Connie started her career
-
How technology will support operational objectives in the coming year
Speakers:
Connie Brenton | V.P. of Law, Technology, and Operations | NetApp
Connie Brenton champions innovation and transformation at the intersection of business and law. She founded and served as CEO of CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium), the non-profit that fundamentally changed the legal operations profession globally. With more than a decade of legal operations expertise at major enterprises such as Oracle Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Connie currently serves as Vice President, Law, Technology and Operations at NetApp, Inc. During her tenure at NetApp, Connie has helped build an innovative and award-winning legal department that is recognized internationally for its groundbreaking work in the areas of strategic planning and digital optimization.
Katie Debord | Vice President | Disco
Katie DeBord helps guide DISCO's product strategy with invaluable insights and leadership, as the company continues to expand its innovative offerings across the litigation lifecycle and into new practice areas. Katie is a proven leader in scaling legal practice transformation, and partners closely with customers to further establish DISCO as a crucial partner and platform of choice for legal teams embracing technology to achieve better legal outcomes. Prior to DISCO, Katie was the global chief innovation officer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where she led the firm's international cross-disciplinary team dedicated to the innovation and optimization of legal services. AT BCLP, she managed a team of lawyers, technologists, and related professionals to implement new practice technologies and innovations, design point solutions for practice groups and clients, and develop productized solutions for clients. Katie began her legal career at Kirkland & Ellis, LLP as a trial attorney specializing in complex contract, patent, and IP licensing matters, as well as consumer class action defense, and is a popular speaker about legal innovation at industry conferences, educational venues, podcasts, and thought leadership events.
Kristin Zmrhal | Vice President | Disco
Zmrhal helps to drive product strategy and innovation at DISCO, and is passionate about modernizing and improving the business of law through technology. Zmrhal is an experienced executive with 15+ years of experience in legal technology consulting and support and 7 years as a manager in Google's Legal Department. At Google, Zmrhal built a team of 20+ project managers and technical specialists that make up the company's litigation support operations practice. Prior to Google, she spent years as a consultant for a number of Fortune 500 companies and AMLaw 200 firms.
Stephanie Wilkins | Editor-in-Chief | Legaltech News
Stephanie Wilkins is the Editor-in-Chief of Legaltech News at ALM. She has spent the better part of the past decade following the evolution of legal tech and learning how it can help in-house counsel, law firms and others in the legal industry. As a former practicing litigator, she is particularly interested in how legal tech can and should be used in real-life practice and the valuable differences it can make. Stephanie is also keenly interested in shining a light on the ways legal tech is being used to help the greater good.
Register Now
Register here for the on-demand recording.
NOT FOR REPRINT
© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
You Might Like
View All
Climate Disputes, International Arbitration, and State Court Limitations for Global Issues
![Judicial Face-Off: Navigating the Ethical and Efficient Use of AI in Legal Practice [CLE Pending]](https://images.law.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,fit=contain/https://images.law.com/contrib/content/uploads/sites/276/2024/10/Image-request_767x633pxl.jpg "Judicial Face-Off: Navigating the Ethical and Efficient Use of AI in Legal Practice [CLE Pending]")
Judicial Face-Off: Navigating the Ethical and Efficient Use of AI in Legal Practice [CLE Pending]
4 minute read
Preparing Your Law Firm for 2025: Smart Ways to Embrace AI & Other Technologies
5 minute readTrending Stories
Who Got The Work
J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.
Who Got The Work
Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.
Who Got The Work
Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.
Who Got The Work
Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.
Who Got The Work
Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.
Featured Firms
Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.
(470) 294-1674
Law Offices of Mark E. Salomone
(857) 444-6468
Smith & Hassler
(713) 739-1250
