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It's Not a Tech Problem: Understanding Lawyer Competence in the Age of Technology


Level: Intermediate
Runtime: 62 minutes
Recorded Date: February 01, 2024
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Learning Objective
  • Technological competence in today's legal profession, the need for technical skills, and the impact of technology on ethical and legal responsibilities
  • How legal tech can potentially create ethical dilemmas and the measures lawyers can take to ensure they stay within the boundaries of their professional obligations
  • How neglecting ethical and professional obligations can have serious legal repercussions and practical tips will be provided on how to avoid common pitfalls

For NY - Difficulty Level: Both newly admitted and experienced attorneys

Description

This session is a must-attend for all legal professionals seeking to bolster their technical competence and understand the role of technology in their professional responsibilities. It will provide a comprehensive understanding of the intersection of law, ethics, and technology in the modern legal landscape. It’s designed to help legal professionals navigate their ever-changing professional and ethical obligations in the digital world.

This program was recorded as part of Law.com's Legalweek Conference on February 1, 2024.

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Panelists

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Derrick Maultsby, Jr.

Senior Associate
Frost Brown Todd LLP

Derrick L. Maultsby Jr. is a Senior Associate Attorney at Frost Brown Todd LLP where he is a member of the Data Digital Assets and Privacy, Corporate and Intellectual Property practice groups. His practice includes corporate transactional and business advisory services in the tech, privacy, private equity, venture capital, startup/small business, and sports & entertainment industries. Derrick has been invited to speak on various topics at the intersection of the law and technology at the University of Dayton School of Law, Minority Innovation Weekend, FounderX Global Summit, University of New Hampshire School of Law, and Black Tech Week 2022. Aside from his practice, Derrick is also committed to creating a more equitable and inclusive environment within his law firm through serving on the firm's Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee. In addition to serving on the Regional Advisory Board of Venture for America, Derrick also serves on several community boards including his role as Vice President of the Duquesne Black Alumni Network Board. In 2021, Derrick was named a Trailblazer in the Law by the American Lawyer Magazine and during the Summer of 2022 he was named a Lawyer on the Fast Track by the Legal Intelligencer. Most recently, Derrick was named a 2023 Rising Star by Super Lawyers and a 2023 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America.

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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.

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Ilona Logvinova

Associate General Counsel
McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Ilona Logvinova is Associate General Counsel at McKinsey & Company, within McKinsey Digital, working closely with advanced analytics, AI/ML, cloud strategy and enablement, and digital builds across a range of industries.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Ilona was Senior Counsel at Mastercard, where she worked on ground-up technology builds and tech transactions to leverage the company’s core assets and explore broader partnership opportunities. Prior to Mastercard, Ilona was an Associate at Fried Frank, where she specialized in leveraged finance representing borrowers and lenders in secured and unsecured financings.

Ilona has a BA from Columbia University with a joint major in Economics and Philosophy and her JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

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Farrah Pepper

Chief Legal Innovation Counsel
Marsh McLennan

Farrah Pepper is the Chief Legal Innovation Counsel (CLIC) at Marsh & McLennan, where she makes things…click. Farrah founded and leads the company’s Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) team, which includes the LIT innovation lab and the legal data discovery program.

Farrah has a long history of building and leading in-house and law firm teams to solve business challenges, create enterprise value and reduce risk. Previously, Farrah was GE’s global discovery counsel, where she served as the large, diverse conglomerate’s first dedicated legal expert on discovery strategy and policy. Farrah created and led the GE Discovery Center of Excellence and reinvented GE’s approach to global discovery and data management to drive dramatic savings, efficiencies and risk reduction. Prior to joining GE, Farrah was a litigator in the New York office of Gibson Dunn, where she was a founder and leader of the firm’s global electronic discovery practice group.

Recent accolades for Farrah include being named a Thought Leader by Corporate Counsel (Women, Influence & Power), a Women of Legal Tech inductee by the ABA’s LTRC (Legal Technology Research Center), a member of the Legal 500 GC Powerlist (US), and a fellow in the College of Law Practice Management. Farrah is a lifelong New Yorker and double-NYU grad: NYU College of Arts & Science (B.A., summa cum laude) and NYU School of Law (J.D.).


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