Richard Susskind
Professor Richard Susskind OBE is an author, speaker, and independent adviser to major professional firms and to national governments. His main area of expertise is the future of professional service and, in particular, the way in which the IT and the Internet are changing the work of lawyers. He has worked on legal technology for over 30 years. He lectures internationally, has written many books, and advised on numerous government inquiries.
Richard lectures internationally and has been invited to speak in over 40 countries and has addressed audiences (in person and electronically), numbering more than 250,000. He has written and edited numerous books, including Expert Systems in Law (OUP, 1987), The Future of Law (OUP, 1996), Transforming the Law (OUP, 2000), The Susskind Interviews: Legal Experts in Changing Times (Sweet & Maxwell, 2005), The End of Lawyers? Rethinking the Nature of Legal Services (OUP, 2008), Tomorrow's Lawyers (2013), and has written around 150 columns for The Times. His work has been translated into 10 languages.
Robert Aicher
Robert Aicher is a 1976 graduate of the University of Michigan Law School. He is a recently retired partner of the Manhattan office of Sidley Austin LLP and currently resides in Lake Leelanau, Michigan. He is a co-founder and CEO of CloudLaw, Inc.
Diane Ebersole
Diane Ebersole is a practice management advisor for the State Bar of Michigan. She serves on the ABA TECHSHOW Board and State & Local Bar Outreach Committee. Diane strives
to empower attorneys and their staff with the technology tools and training to maximize the efficiency of their firms while developing sound legal business practices.
Danon Goodrum-Garland
Danon Goodrum-Garland is the professional standards division director for the State Bar of Michigan. Previously, she was in private practice for 13 years focusing on litigation matters. She is a past president of the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association, and formerly held the positions of National Bar Association deputy chief of staff, chair of the SBM Membership Services Committee, and member of the SBM Character and Fitness District H Committee.
JoAnn Hathaway
JoAnn Hathaway is a practice management advisor for the State Bar of Michigan. She is active in the ABA Law Practice Management Division, and is a frequent speaker on law firm technology, and risk and practice management topics. She is an Adobe Acrobat Certified Expert, and is certified in Time Matters and Billing Matters software. Previously, Ms. Hathaway worked as a legal liability claims director and risk manager.
Samantha Meinke
Samantha Meinke is the communications manager for the State Bar of Michigan. She regularly consults with lawyers, bar associations, and law-related groups on using social media to their best advantage, and has been a featured speaker on social media at ABA TECHSHOW for the last two years.
Victoria Vuletich
Victoria Vuletich teaches professional responsibility at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. She also has a private ethics practice, serving Michigan lawyers and law firms, including a private hotline for quick resolution of ethics questions. Previously, after practicing privately, she served as staff ethics counsel at the State Bar of Michigan, supervising the PMRC, counseling attorneys on ethics issues, and prosecuting unauthorized practice of law matters. A national expert in the law of professional responsibility and the business models of law practice, she is a fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation and the ABA, and active in the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility.
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