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MEET OUR EXPERTS

In order to stay on top of the latest on legal technology, Law Office Computing relies on some of the leading experts in the legal technology field. Our writers include:

Andrew Z. Adkins, III is the director of the Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida Levin College of Law and the cofounder of The Legal Consulting Group. He can be reached at adkins@law.ufl.edu.

Richard C. Belthoff, Jr. is chief operations counsel at Compass Group USA, Inc., in Charlotte, N.C. You can reach him at rcbjr@att.net or on his Web page at rcbjr.home.att.net.

Larry Bodine is regional director for North America, PM Forum, an association of marketers in law, accounting and consulting firms. He also is proprietor of the LawMarketing Store, www.lawmarketing.biz/store. You can reach Larry at (630) 942-0977 or lbodine@pmforumna.org.

Thomas Boedeker is the City Manager of Soldotna, Alaska. He is the former borough attorney for the Kenai Peninsula. For a break from work and computers, Boedeker plays golf and reads mysteries and science fiction. Boedeker has been an active attorney and litigator for more than two decades.

Daniel S. Coolidge is of counsel to Fish and Richardson, a national intellectual property law firm, where he practices patent prosecution and transactions law. Coolidge is the ABA Law Practice Management chair of divisions. He is also co-author of “A Survival Guide for Road Warriors: Essentials for Mobile Attorneys.” He can be reached at coolidge@fr.com.

Bruce L. Dorner is a solo attorney with his main office in Londonderry, N.H. He is the chair of the Technology Board of the ABA General Practice Solo and Small Firm Section and a member of the ABA Standing Committee on Solo and Small Firm Practitioners. He also speaks on law office technology and management. He can be reached at callmylawyer@attglobal.net.

J. Michael Jimmerson is an attorney, author and legal technologist. He is the CIO at Hinshaw & Culbertson, a national law firm headquartered in Chicago. Jimmerson is the co-author of the best-selling book, “A Survival Guide for Road Warriors,” by the ABA. He can be reached at jimmer@legalcounsel.com.

Joseph L. Kashi practices law in Soldotna, Alaska. He has held various positions in the ABAšs Law Practice Management Section. He received his bacheloršs and masteršs degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973 and his law degree from Georgetown University in 1976. He is admitted to practice before the Alaska Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit and speaks frequently on legal automation topics.

Dennis Kennedy is an attorney who writes and speaks frequently on legal technology and Internet topics. He practices in the Intellectual Property and Information Technology Department at Thompson Coburn in St. Louis. Kennedy has collected many of his articles on legal technology at www.denniskennedy.com/ltprimer.htm. He can be reached at dkennedy@thompsoncoburn.com.

Ross L. Kodner is a lawyer who saw the light and became a legal technologist 14 years ago for MicroLaw Inc. Kodner is chair of the ABA Law Management section Computer and Technology division and a member of the ABA TechShow 2000 board. He can be reached at rkodner@microlaw.com.

Michael W. Newcomb is a business/technology attorney with Mayfield & Associates in San Diego. He is chair of the technology and law committee of the California state bar's litigation section. He writes extensively and speaks on law practice management and intellectual property issues. He can be reached at (858) 793-8090 or at newcomb@mayfield-law.com.

Donna Payne is president of Payne Consulting Group, a training and product development company headquartered in Seattle. Payne is a Microsoft certified trainer, and six-time recipient of the Microsoft MVP award. She is a member of the Microsoft Legal Advisory Counsel and is a frequent speaker at legal and technical conferences. Payne Consulting Group has authored nine books on Microsoft products including "Word 2002 for Law Firms," "Word 2000 for Law Firms" and “Word 97 for Law Firms.” Its products have been written about in The Wall Street Journal and have been implemented worldwide. You can reach Payne at donnapayne@payneconsulting.com or visit the company Web site at www.payneconsulting.com.

Genie Tyburski is Web research applications specialist at Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll. She manages The Virtual Chase at www.virtualchase.com, a service of the law firm and speaks frequently at Internet, continuing legal education and information industry seminars. Tyburski received her M.S. in Information Studies from Drexel University, and is a member of the American Association of Law Libraries and Special Libraries Association.