Artificial Intelligence & eDiscovery: Current Reality & Future Promise (Nov. 2022)

Event Date: November, 2022

Featuring:

• HON. ANDREW J. PECK (ret.) - Senior Counsel, DLA Piper
• SUZANNE CLARK - Discovery Counsel - Mass Torts Section, Beasley Allen
• ADAM ROUSE - Director & Senior eDiscovery Counsel, Walgreens
• JENNIFER WILLIAMS - Senior Director - eDiscovery and Litigation Support, Vinson Elkins
• RICHARD FINKELMAN - Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group

eDiscovery in civil litigation has driven meaningful technological innovation over the past several decades. As data volumes, types, and sources multiply, lawyers rely on a range of assistive technologies – including artificial intelligence – to manage the eDiscovery process and “cut through the noise” to locate the digital evidence most important to their cases. Join us for a roundtable discussion, as our panel of experts discusses the reality of what works today and what the future may hold as technology improves and makes “storytelling by documents” even more efficient, complete, and cost-effective.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

When Congress Comes Calling: How Congressional and Regulatory Actions Affect Litigation (10/22)

Event Date: October, 2022

Featuring:

• KRISTINA MOORE, Managing Director, FTI Consulting
• ALYSSA DACUNHA, Partner, WilmerHale - Co-Chair, Congressional Investigations Practice
• MARK A. GRIDER, Partner, Brown Rudnick

In this roundtable discussion, Kristina Moore, Alyssa DaCunha, and Mark Grider bring their expertise in handling congressional and regulatory actions to discuss why these investigations arise, what roles they play and how their experiences inform their work today, the ethical, privilege, and discovery issues attorneys may face when investigative proceedings run parallel to litigation, how to effectively manage these investigations when clients are in crisis mode, and what effects party agendas can have on managing these investigations and litigation matters.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Alternative Business Structures: Accessing Justice Through a Different Model (September 2022)

Event Date: September, 2022

Featuring:

• ANN A. SCOTT TIMMER, Vice Chief Justice, Arizona Supreme Court
• ANDY KVESIC, CEO and Managing Partner, Radix Law
• MAYA STEINITZ, Professor of Law, University of Iowa College of Law
• PAUL WARD, Principal, Innovation Playbook

In the legal industry, the topic of lawyer vs non-lawyer firm ownership is a hot topic. In this roundtable discussion, Vice Chief Justice Ann A. Scott Timmer, Andy Kvesic, Professor Maya Steinitz, and Paul Ward will explore Arizona and other jurisdictions' paths to allowing alternative business structures, the purposes behind the decision, and the conflicting views on the ethics of allowing law firm ownership by non-lawyers.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

The Right Team: Allocating the Right People to Your Litigation Docket (August 2022)

Event Date: August 2022

Featuring:

• William B. Thomas, Partner at McDowell Hetherington LLP

One of the many challenges a modern-day law firm faces is being able to efficiently balance the workload of the team. Firms can often experience an imbalance of work and responsibilities between Associates, which makes it difficult for Partners to assess how busy their Associates are and properly delegate new tasks. In this discussion, William B. Thomas, Partner at McDowell Hetherington LLP, will discuss how technology can assist with ensuring litigation matters are properly staffed. He will also discuss how to assess an Associate's performance history along with their current workload to properly allocate resources for future litigation matters.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Redefining Litigation Success: Corporate Counsel: Putting Litigation Management to Work

Event Date: July 2022

Featuring:

• Jennifer Castillo, Senior Attorney/RIM Manager for OGE Energy Corp.;
• Emily Knott, Senior Counsel for Deere & Co.;
• Erin Snyder, VP and Managing Counsel for Atrium Health

Less spend means more profit. Corporate counsel are faced with constant pressure to make legal spend more predictable and drive down the cost of managing litigation. In this roundtable discussion, a panel of savvy corporate counsel will discuss how to reduce costs and how to make companies more profitable by using litigation management tools to assess risk. Join us as our panel discuss how to manage exposure early in litigation, obtain accurate budget projections, and stay on top of the progress of the case in order to partner more effectively with outside counsel and achieve corporate aims.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Patent Litigation Management: Judge Derek Gilliland Provides Perspective (June 2022)

Event Date: June 2022

Featuring:

• U.S. Magistrate Judge Derek T. Gilliland

U.S. Magistrate Judge Derek Gilliland, former patent trial attorney and the newest judge in the busiest patent venue in the nation, will be teaching the new Patent Litigation Management course in Baylor’s LL.M. Litigation Management program starting in Fall 2022. Join us for our June webinar as he discusses some hot topics in the patent litigation world including, pre-suit patent investigation, consideration of potential venue issues, claim construction disputes, fact and expert discovery concerns, and preparation for jury selection and trial.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Should Litigation Funding Be Discoverable? (May 2022)

Event Date: May 2022

Featuring:

• Mark Behrens, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
• Justin A. Maleson, Longford Capital Management
• Maya Steinitz, University of Iowa School of Law

Litigation financing has grown exponentially in the last decade. How does the presence of litigation funding affect case development and ability to resolve litigation, and should the involvement of litigation funding be discoverable in the litigation? Join our panel of national thought leaders as they discuss divergent viewpoints.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Litigation Management in an Hourly Billing Practice (April 2022)

Event Date: April 2022

Featuring:

• Amy C. Falcon, Porter Hedges
• Phil Griffis, The Law Office of Phil Griffis
• Skyler M. Howton, Perkins Coie

Lawyers who bill hourly face intense pressure as they try to maximize profits and outcomes within the fixed resource of time. Creating time efficiencies with litigation management threatens to diminish billable hours and begs the question, “Why do it?” Join highly successful trial lawyers Amy Falcon, Phil Griffis, and Skyler Howton as they discuss the surprising and immediate return on investment from learning and applying litigation management for their clients, their firms, and themselves.


Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

How to Lead a Law Firm: Five Steps to Leading Better in 2022 (March 2022)

Event Date: March 2022

Featuring:

• Tim Johnpress, Executive Leadership Consultant, JohnPress Leadership Advisory
• Liz Fraley, Baylor Law

Leadership has changed in post-Pandemic 2022. Firms are dealing with employees used to working from home, and the market for talent is an employee-friendly one. These same employees are demanding a better work/life balance, but clients and courts are still deadline-driven. The older model of leadership is not working, and for leaders—and their firms—to thrive will take a shift in perspective.
Join Executive Leadership Consultant and Coach Tim JohnPress and Executive LL.M. program Co-Director Liz Fraley as they discuss how the landscape has changed in lawyer leadership and how you can adapt to this brave new world.

Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

The Importance of Leadership, Mentorship, and Communication to the Future of the Legal Profession (Feb 2022)

Event Date: February 2022

Featuring:

• Kyle Dreyer, Baylor Law
• Frank Ramos, Clarke Silverglate

Join us for an online roundtable discussion on The Importance of Leadership, Mentorship, and Communication to the Future of the Legal Profession with Clarke Silverglate partner Frank Ramos.
This roundtable till cover the role that leadership, mentorship, and communication play in the legal profession and how they have evolved, and continue to evolve, over time. This discussion will also include how these areas con impact presence in the courtroom, use of social media, and several other elements.

Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Should I Stay or Should I Go: Data Analytics and Forum Selection Issues (Jan 2022)

Event Date: January 2022

Featuring:

• Kyle Dreyer, Baylor Law
• Rich Finkelman, BRG
• Karl Schliep, BRG
• Andrew Stulce, Longford Capital
• Dan Ivstan, Gavalytics

Selecting the best forum for your specific case is essential for obtaining the best outcome for your client or organization. Panelists from BRG, Gavelytics, and Longford Capital discuss how you use advanced technology tools to determine where a lawsuit should be filed, where it could be removed or transferred, and the best strategy for your case.

Lawyers seeking CLE for this session must register HERE.

Managing Discovery & Digital Evidence in 2021: Views from the Bench & Bar (11-21)

Event Date: October 2021

Featuring:

• Hon. Xavier Rodriguez (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas)
• Christopher M. Schultz (Adjunct Professor, Baylor Law)
• Kathy Owen Brown (Senior Counsel, DLA Piper)
• Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez (Senior Director, Ankura)

Watch our recording as the Honorable Xavier Rodriguez, Baylor LL.M. Adjunct Professor Christopher M. Schultz, DLA Piper Senior Counsel Kathy Owen Brown, and Ankura Consulting Senior Director Patricia Diaz-Rodriguez discussed current hot topic cases and their implications for managing discovery and avoiding sanctions as 2021 turns into 2022. Additional topics included issues with ephemeral messaging and collaboration technologies, their practical implications for e-discovery, and the ethical issues raised by these increasingly widespread sources of digital evidence.

Managing Litigation Costs: An In-House Perspective (10-21)

Event Date: October 2021

Featuring:

• Jeff Carr (Legal Profession Reform Expert)

Jeff Carr, legal profession reform pioneer, race car driver, and former Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Univar Solutions, addressed his P3 framework — to plan, perform, and perfect — and how this framework applies as much to the legal field as it does to race car driving. This webinar discussed the importance of making a plan of action, performing that plan, and perfecting it by debriefing to improve the process for the future.

Managing "Unmanageable" Litigation with LPM (09-21)

Event Date: September, 2021

Featuring:

• Jennifer G. Cooper (Shareholder, Baker Donelson)
• David A. Rueff Jr. (Chief Client Solutions Group Officer, Baker Donelson)

This roundtable focused on the importance of incorporating Legal Project Management (LPM) into an effective litigation management practice. From using enhanced data to empower efficiency to combining portfolio experience and LPM to control legal costs, this webinar provided strategies to solve your toughest litigation management challenges.

Everything You Wanted to Ask a Trial Consultant but Couldn't Afford To (08-21)

Featuring:

• Karen Lisko (Senior Litigation Consultant, Perkins Coie LLP)

This webinar covered several common questions surrounding the use of trial consultants:

1. When we think about trial consultants, we think about high-profile jury selections — does that cover it?
2. Where are the areas a trial consultant can bring the most value?
3. Why are some trial consultants so expensive?
4. Do trial consultants ever work for free?
5. Are there trial consulting tips and best practices that law firms could undertake on their own without needing to hire a trial consultant?
6. There is currently no certification process in place for the trial consulting profession — how can you be certain you are working with one who is qualified?
7. Are there any ROI stories you can share about the value of jury/litigation testing that help justify the expense to the client?

The Top 5 Cybersecurity Priorities for Litigation Management (07-21)

Featuring:

• Violet Sullivan (Cybersecurity Consulting Practice Manager, ePlace Solutions)

As the world becomes more digitally interconnected and technology-driven, cyber threats make businesses and consumers increasingly vulnerable to harm. Regardless of industry, securing sensitive information is a top priority. Lawyers have an ethical duty to protect clients’ sensitive information, but also a responsibility to the organizations we serve as it relates to litigation management. View the archive of this impactful webinar that demonstrates how you should safeguard client information and be effectively prepared for a cybersecurity event.

How Litigation Management is the Next Game Changer (06-21)

Featuring:

• Brandi Bush-Percy (Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co.)
• Tara Smith (WalMart Inc.)
• Will Thomas (McDowell Hetherington LLP)
• Drew York (Gray Reed & McGraw LLP)

This webinar features Baylor Law’s current candidates and graduates of the Executive LL.M. in Litigation Management. Each will share the innovations learned in the LL.M., how they applied the litigation management tools they learned, the results they saw in their own practices and companies, and how the LL.M. has changed — and continues to mold — their approach to litigation management.

Five Litigation Management Questions Rolling Out of the Pandemic (05-21)

Featuring:

• Liz Fraley (Program Co-Director)
• Jim Wren (Program Co-Director)
• Kyle H. Dreyer (Program Coordinator)
• Stephen L. Rispoli (Assistant Dean)

This roundtable focuses on which litigation management strategies are likely to be most important as we move forward from a pandemic online litigation world to a backlogged litigation world.

Managing Multidistrict Litigation (04-21)

Featuring:

• Judge (Ret.) W. Royal Furgeson Jr. (U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas)
• Judge Karen K. Caldwell (U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky)
• Judge R. David Proctor (U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama)

This roundtable will focus upon the history and context of multidistrict litigation, the modern evolution of cases, the role of the transferee judge, and best practices for efficient management of cases.

Litigation Risk Analysis: A Better Way to Value Your Case (03-21)

Featuring:

• Marc B. Victor (President, Litigation Risk Analysis, Inc.)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Artificial Intelligence & Ethics in Litigation Management (02-21)

Featuring:

• Craig Freeman (Managing Director, BRG)
• Rich Finkelman (Managing Director, BRG)
• Xuning (Mike) Tang (Director, BRG)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Three Powerful LPM Tools for Litigation (12-20)

Featuring:

• Susan Raridon Lambreth (Principal, LawVision)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Managing Litigation: The In-House Perspective (11-20)

Featuring:

• Michael Roster (USC)
• Emily Knott (John Deere & Co.)
• Stephanie Spivey (WalMart Inc.)
• Ethan Goodwin (Whole Foods Market)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Litigation Privacy & Cybersecurity: The New Kidnap & Ransom(ware) (10-20)

Featuring:

• Lindsay Nickle (Partner and Vice Chair of Data Privacy & Cybersecurity, Lewis Brisbois)
• Aleksandra Vold (Counsel, Baker & Hostetler LLP)
• Laura Clark Fey (Principal, Fey LLC Attorneys at Law)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Litigation Funding: Managing Litigation Through an Alternative Economic Model (09-20)

Featuring:

• Bill Farrell (Managing Director and General Counsel, Longford Capital Management, LP)
• Eva Shang (Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Legalist)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both small and large law firms and companies, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Managing Litigation Using Innovation, Technology, and Data (08-20)

Featuring:

• Steven Geiszler (U.S. Chief Intellectual Property Litigation Counsel, Huawei)
• Anna McGrane (COO and Co-founder, PacerPro)
• Ron Miller (Associate Attorney at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both in-house and outside counsel, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Diversity, Inclusion, and Litigation Management (07-20)

Featuring:

• Connie Lewis Lensing (Of Counsel, Bradley)
• Bonnie Mayfield (Member, Dykema)
• Carolynn Beck (Partner, Goldstein & McClintock LLLP)

This roundtable features prominent advocates who will provide valuable insight, from the perspective of both in-house and outside counsel, on this important and timely litigation management topic.

Maximizing Your Recovery: Applying Litigation Management Skills to a Plaintiff Docket (06-20)

Featuring:

• Richard Arsenault (Partner at Neblett, Beard & Arsenault Law Firm)
• Mark Lanier (Partner at The Lanier Law Firm)

This roundtable features expert insights and applicable tools from Baylor Law’s Executive LL.M. in Litigation Management program to address timely questions including:

• Mass tort, Class Action, and Multidistrict Litigation management considerations
• Mastering technology; particularly in the post-Covid-19 “new normal”
• Creating a virtual law firm; organizing Plaintiff counsel and the Steering Committee selection process

Insurance Claims in the Pandemic Era (05-20)

Featuring

• Christopher W. Martin (Partner at Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, LLP)
• John L. Dagley (Partner at Buck Keenan LLP)

This roundtable features expert insights and applicable tools from Baylor Law’s Executive LL.M. in Litigation Management program to address timely questions including:

• What are the types of claims likely to be filed in the wake of the pandemic?
• Where will the battlegrounds be?
• What impact will this have on managing the litigation for plaintiff attorneys, defense counsel, and in-house counsel?
• What tools from the LL.M. program could help streamline the process?