Registration Fee:

$175

CLE Hours

6 CLE Hours
including
1 Ethics Hour,
1 Professionalism
Hour and
3 Trial Practice
Hours

 

 

 

 

Law Office Technology

Recorded February 27, 2004

Presiding:
Steven J. Best, Best Law Firm Solutions, Inc., Atlanta
Randall M. Kessler, Kessler Schwarz, PC, Atlanta
Michael J. Warshauer, Warshauer, Thomas, Thornton & Rogers PC, Atlanta
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
Randall M. Kessler
CREATING A TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR YOUR PRACTICE – Embrace technology at your law office through appropriate planning and implementation. This session reviews Natalie Thornwell’s 12-step plan to implement appropriate technology at a law firm.
Natalie Thornwell, Law Practice Management, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta
RIVETING TRIAL PRESENTATIONS – Panel discussion and demonstration on using software such as PowerPoint, Trial Director and/or Sanction to make your points, present exhibits, and drive your points home.
Randall M. Kessler
Michael J. Warshauer
USING TECHNOLOGY TO AVOID MALPRACTICE
This session will focus on the ABA Guide to Avoiding Malpractice and that publication’s top ten reasons lawyers commit malpractice. For each item on the list, we discuss how the use of software will assist in avoiding malpractice claims and bar complaints.

Steven J. Best
KEEPING THE FACTS OF YOUR CASE ORGANIZED – Using programs such as CaseMap/TimeMap to track events, people, facts, discovery, and using them to better prepare for trial.
Amanda A. Farahany, Barrett and Farahany, LLP, Atlanta
MAGICAL DOCUMENTS — If you’re in a document-intensive area of law (or even if you’re not), there is nothing else you can do which will more dramatically affect your bottom line than automating your document production.
Mark Deal, Document and Data Solutions, Inc., Alpharetta
PRACTICE MOBILITY — using laptops, Palm Pilots, remote access systems, VPN’s, and cell phones to access your office and information 24 hours/day.
Nancy Duhon, Duhon Technology, Decatur
TIPS, TRICKS, GADGETS AND GIZMOS. The fastest and most entertaining 60 minutes you’ll ever have in a seminar. You’re guaranteed to learn something new as well as see some new gizmos and gadgets that do not always cost a fortune!
Randall M. Kessler
Michael J. Warshauer
Steven J. Best
Mark Deal
Nancy Duhon