Join us for our “Tech & Innovation in Biglaw” panel on Thursday, November 1st, at the New York offices of Covington & Burling,as we take a critical look at technology and innovation in large law firms and explore the opportunities and obstacles faced by those firms on an evolving legal landscape.

Event Timeline

  • 6:30 p.m. – Networking over food and drink
  • 7:15 p.m. – Introductory remarks; community intros
  • 7:30 p.m. – “Tech & Innovation in Biglaw” panel (see below)
  • 8:30 p.m. – Continued networking

Special thanks to our event sponsor:

Panelists

James Desjardins

James Desjardins

Associate Director of Practice Technology, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

James Desjardins is the Associate Director of Practice Technology at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he works closely with the firm’s legal staff and technology departments to evaluate and deploy the most current and effective tools from across the rapidly-evolving legal technology landscape.  James also monitors and advises on the strategic opportunities presented by emerging technologies in such areas as artificial intelligence and blockchain, among others, to help ensure that the firm remains at the forefront of innovation in its delivery of legal services.  An attorney, James spent five years as a corporate associate in Cravath’s New York and London offices representing multi-national corporations and global financial institutions in transformative M&A and capital markets transactions before transitioning to his present role.  Prior to practicing law, he spent several years as a professional programmer and software designer in Montreal, Canada.
Monet Fauntleroy

Monet Fauntleroy

Senior Manager of Practice Innovation, White & Case

As White & Case’s Senior Manager of Practice Innovation, Monet works to design innovative ways to deliver market-leading legal services and to help lawyers practice smarter.
Monet is a former trial lawyer, and a veteran of legal tech startups and leading law firm knowledge management teams. For the past 10 years, Monet has worked with technologies such as auto-classification, machine learning and know-how systems, honing a unique mix of development and engagement experience.
Chris Martin

Chris Martin

Lead Innovation and Technology Solutions Attorney, Latham & Watkins LLP

Chris is the Lead Innovation and Technology Solutions Attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP. In this role he is tasked with keeping abreast of emerging technologies in order to ensure a state-of-the art technology platform is available to and fully exploited by Latham’s lawyers. Prior to this he was an M&A attorney, practicing first at Akin Gump and then at Cooley. Between stints at those firms he co-founded a legal software company that eventually became an artificial intelligence research lab and was acquired by Uber.

Todd Mattson

Todd Mattson

Chief, Practice Systems & Services, Covington & Burling LLP

Todd has been with Covington since September of 2005 and, as the firm’s Chief of Practice Systems & Services, leads the firm’s practice technology and paraprofessional functions.  After practicing law in Texas, Todd has consulted with and held leadership positions at several AmLaw 100 firms. He has over 20 years of experience in BigLaw practice support and information technology introduction and application in the legal industry. Todd lives on the upper west side of Manhattan with his wife and dog, but can most often be found on the Acela between NY and DC.

Christian Zust

Christian Zust

Regional Innovation Solutions Director – Americas, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Christian is the Regional Innovation Solutions Director – Americas at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and is responsible for research into new technologies and development of technology-augmented solutions that help deliver improved, more cost-effective solutions to clients. The Innovation Team stands alongside but separate from traditional IT functions within the firm.

Note for Students

Students can attend this event for free.  If you’re a student and would like to attend the event, please join the NY Legal Tech Meetup (if you have not already done so–just join the group, don’t RSVP to the event) and then reach out to the organizer with your Meetup.com username.

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