Innovation in Practice: People, Process and Technology

Webinar | October.24.2018 | 2:00pm - 2:30pm (Eastern Standard Time)

On October 24^th, Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer, Wendy Butler Curtis and Director of Orrick Analytics, Daryl Shetterly participated in a live webinar, Innovation in Practice: People, Process and Technology.

In this program, panelists from the in-house legal department of Walmart, Northwestern University School of Law, and Orrick discuss the skills necessary to keep up with exponential changes in the legal industry. They discussed how innovation is impacting business, how they are facilitating data driven decisions, and how to develop the talent needed to deliver innovation.

Learning Objectives:

Learn practical tips on how to bring innovation to legal services
Discover the key elements of innovation initiatives
Hear best practices in the evaluation, deployment, and adoption of technology
Understand the building blocks necessary to be successful

Wendy Butler Curtis Chief Innovation Officer, eDiscovery & Information Governance, Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

Washington, D.C.

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D:+1 202 339 8584
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eDiscovery & Information Governance
Cyber, Privacy & Data Innovation

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Wendy Butler Curtis Chief Innovation Officer

Washington, D.C.

Named the "Most Innovative Lawyer of the Year" by Financial Times in 2018, Wendy is celebrated by clients for her “fresh thinking, legal nuance and practical understanding of the courts.” FT editors noted that “rarely have our panel of judges so quickly homed in on a top candidate for innovative individual.” As Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer, Wendy leads Orrick’s efforts to operationalize innovation through novel products, streamlined processes, technology and client consulting on tailored solutions. These efforts have contributed to Orrick being named the Most Innovative Law Firm in North America by the Financial Times from 2016-2018 and seven consecutive years being in the top 3. In 2018, The American Lawyer also honored Orrick with its first-ever Legal Services Innovation Award.

Wendy leads an innovation team of lawyers, technologists, developers, project managers and business professionals. FT notes that Wendy “understand[s] the diversity of roles that make a team great” and has “introduce[ed] many new technologies and delivery models that have transformed the way the firm operates and works with clients.” She is also recognized by Chambers as a leading individual, nationally, in the area of eDiscovery. Wendy is the chair of Orrick’s eDiscovery and Information Governance Group. She has been engaged by Fortune 100 companies and major financial institutions to create and deploy eDiscovery and records management programs. Wendy has substantial experience in pharmaceutical, product liability and class action litigation. Her litigation experience includes multiple trials, supervision of regional and local counsel, management of complex discovery and meet-and-confer negotiations.

Daryl E. Shetterly Managing Director Orrick Analytics

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

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D:+1 304 231 2844
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Daryl E. Shetterly Managing Director Orrick Analytics

Wheeling, W.V. (GOIC)

Daryl manages a team of 40+ tech-savvy attorneys, 100+ contract attorneys, analysts that handle project management, perform big data analysis and statistical modeling, and technologists that build bots, scripts and tools that increase quality and reduce human effort. Daryl’s team designs processes, workflows, templates and document automation used by dedicated project managers to deliver project plans and enable data driven budgeting and decision-making. As an early adopter of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Daryl’s team uses technology to augment due diligence and drafting tasks, TAR and continuous active learning for litigation projects, and advanced tools for concept and sentiment analysis.

Daryl’s mission is straightforward: enhance accuracy, speed and security of scalable legal work, generate insights specific to the engagement and reduce client cost.

Daryl helps administer Orrick's Legal Technology Innovation Initiative.

Prior to joining Orrick, Daryl was a Partner at LeClairRyan in Virginia.

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