Investigations vs Monitoring: Strengthening Your Monitoring Program in the Pursuit of Less Investigations

As Vice President at Ontic and the company's Solutions Evangelist, Boger brings experience and passion for the mission to support Ontic's product vision, identify emerging use cases, drive platform adoption and foster user enthusiasm. He has over twenty years of expertise in risk intelligence and risk management and was head of the 24/7 intelligence operations at WorldAware and most recently at Everbridge.

When UniCourt’s CEO and Co-Founder, Josh Blandi tried to get real-time access to legal data for business development in 2012, he ran into a serious challenge. It was either unavailable, expensive, or incomplete. What’s more, every court organized their records differently and there was no uniform structure, making it messy and difficult to leverage. Envisioning a world where public records are more transparent and justice is better served, Josh founded UniCourt in 2014 with the mission to make court records more organized, accessible, and useful for everyone. Today, UniCourt is legal tech’s only API-first platform delivering comprehensive state and federal court coverage, best-in-class entity normalization, and is the gold standard for external data.

Tery Gonsalves is a partner in the Litigation & Trial Practice Group at Alston & Bird LLP. He is a seasoned trial lawyer who has taken more than 20 jury trials to verdict. He counsels clients across multiple industries and in a variety of matters, including complex litigation and government and internal investigations.

Tery has extensive experience in False Claims Act (FCA) investigations and litigation and has represented clients in these matters across multiple industries. He also represents clients in high-stakes consumer class actions, including claims of consumer fraud, false and deceptive advertising, and unfair trade practices. His practice includes advising clients on related regulatory compliance and best practices, and he is frequently invited to speak on these issues. He also has a nationwide practice defending class actions and individual claims alleging violations of various telemarketing laws, including the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).

Tery represents clients in front of multiple federal and state agencies, including the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Education, U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, state attorneys general, and various state higher-education agencies and accrediting bodies. Before joining Alston & Bird, he held a senior in-house counsel litigation position at a publicly traded proprietary education corporation, where he gained an invaluable understanding of the federal, state, and accrediting agency issues facing institutions in this highly regulated space.

Deborah G. Solmor is the General Counsel at TCS Education System, a nonprofit system of colleges advancing student success and community impact in higher education. TCS’s affiliates include the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Saybrook University, Pacific Oaks College and Children’s School, the Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law, the Dallas Nursing Institute and Kansas Health Science Center. Deborah leads the legal and compliance functions within this innovative model that focuses on supporting institutions whose missions are to provide student enrichment and community impact.

Prior to joining TCS, she served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Chief Compliance Officer at Career Education Corporation, a publicly-traded provider of post-secondary education. At Career Education, she led a team of ten attorneys and compliance professionals. In addition to being a highly adaptable and collaborative business partner, Deborah is also a seasoned litigator.

Prior to moving in-house, she spent many years as Counsel at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP where her practice focused on complex commercial and consumer litigation. While at Skadden she represented clients across diverse industries in all aspects of litigation and alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Deborah is a CCEP certified compliance professional and is often invited to speak on topics including best practices in regulatory and internal investigations as well as issues related to compliance and marketing in higher education. She holds a Juris Doctor from the DePaul University College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Northwestern University.