Sandpiper Partners’ 4th Annual Conference

Speaking Engagement | November.09.2018

Please join Orrick’s Chief Innovation Officer, Wendy Butler Curtis at Sandpiper Partners’ 4^th Annual Conference, “New Law”: Disruption & Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Service on November 9^th.

The sessions are structured in a way to provide maximum educational benefit: moderators who are among the best commentators in the industry explain the recent changes in how legal services are delivered and how legal offices are run. The topics look at examples you can consider in running your practice, advances applicable to your operations, transformation in the workplace and real estate, and collaborative arrangements and alliances with law departments and alternative legal suppliers/solution providers. Among topics to be discussed include:

Innovation, Disruption and Technology: Strategic Issues and The New Delivery Paradigm
Examples of Actual Innovation and Disruption in Practice
Operations: Technology Advances for Running the Law Firm
Real Estate and Digital Transformation
The Law Department Perspective
Alternative Legal Suppliers and Alliances

Please contact Heidi Schmitt to register.

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

Washington, D.C.

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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.

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Technology & Innovation