Legal Technology in The New Normal

Kristin Zmrhal is a leader in DISCO’s product strategy organization, where she partners with the DISCO’s product delivery organization to define product priorities and feature sets. She works directly with clients to gather feedback on current and future DISCO capabilities. She previously led the client success, managed review, and professional services teams, and brings her business leadership and operations and strategy expertise plus years of discovery experience to DISCO’s team of eDiscovery experts, who help clients leverage DISCO’s technology and best practices in litigation and investigations.

Zmrhal brings nearly 20 years of experience in legal technology consulting and support and a passion for leveraging technology and optimizing workflows to improve legal outcomes. She spent seven years at Google and led the discovery project management & operations practice, where she built a team of project managers and technical specialists who used technology to reduce Google’s litigation spend while improving efficiency, quality, and data security. Prior to Google, Zmrhal spent seven years as a consultant for a number of Fortune 500 companies and Am Law 200 firms.

In addition to delighting clients, she is passionate about mentoring professionals to guide them on to career paths that maximize their skills. Zmrhal earned her B.S. in Business/Managerial Economics from Miami University and her MBA from Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.

Shaila Lakhani Ohri is an Assistant General Counsel at Exelon Corporation in the Washington, DC office. Exelon is a Fortune 100 energy company that operates in every stage of the energy business: power generation, competitive energy sales, transmission and delivery.

Shaila’s practice consists of negotiating agreements and handling complex transactions, particularly in the areas of innovation, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, venture capital, technology and licensing, intellectual property, corporate governance and other commercial work.

Shaila’s previous experience includes work in the Office of Corporate Secretary of Pepco Holdings, a utility subsidiary acquired by Exelon, in corporate finance, governance and securities, and in the General Law group in procurement, litigation, antitrust, and licensing.

Prior to joining Exelon, she worked in-house at CapitalSource Finance, as an associate at the firm Dyer, Ellis & Joseph (combined with Blank Rome), and as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Herbert B. Dixon at the D.C. Superior Court.

Shaila received her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School and her B.A. from the American University.

Ms. Ohri is focused on diversity in the law and was a 2018 Leadership Counsel for Legal Diversity Fellow and has served on the Exelon legal department’s D&I Steering Committee since joining Exelon. She is involved in a number of affinity bar associations including as Board Member and Co-Chair of the In-House Counsel Committee of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the District of Columbia, and serves as a co-chair of the Women’s Leadership Network for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association. She has also been a Trustee for the South Asian Bar Association of North America Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, since 2015.

Shaila participates in pro bono projects and clinics each year, and is an active volunteer in her community, including as a Girl Scout leader and Make-A-Wish wish granter.

Tracey joined Bridgewater in 2012 and is currently Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary. She is also a Partner, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Operating Committee. In her role, she oversees our Legal and Regulatory Department and is responsible for legal and corporate governance, managing legal risk across Bridgewater and its funds.

Prior to joining Bridgewater, Tracey practiced with the international law firms, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, representing banks, issuers, private equity funds and mezzanine funds in a wide range of banking and securities transactions. Tracey also represented public and private companies on corporate law and corporate governance matters.

Tracey graduated from The Johns Hopkins University with honors, received a Master of Sciences degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and graduated from University of Southern California Gould School of Law. Tracey currently serves as Vice Chair of Make-A-Wish Connecticut’s Board of Directors and on The Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Advisory Board.

Tracey is a member of the California State Bar, New York State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, and is Authorized In-House Counsel in Connecticut.