Legal Management Talk

Dr. Brandi Stankovic is an organizational change expert and motivational speaker with a creative and results-driven approach to problem solving and planning. Stankovic is a senior partner of Mitchell Stankovic & Associates, a global strategic consulting firm. She spends her time consulting with CEOs and their teams, writing books and articles related to leadership and organizational health, and speaking to audiences from across the globe. She will be delivering the keynote sessions – about the impact of emotional intelligence in business today -- at ALA’s Business of Law Conferences, with three dates and locations across the nation. Visit the ALA website for more information.

Description: You most likely have a list of people you can’t stand. Some of them are your co-workers and quite possibly your boss. In more politically correct terms, you may categorize them as “high maintenance,” but regardless of what you call them, Dr. Rick Brinkman, author of Dealing With People You Can’t Stand, How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, has communication tactics to help you get positive results from even the most toxic interactions. In this short podcast, meet “the Tank,” “the Sniper” and a whole cast of high-maintenance characters and how to bring out the best in them. About Dr. Rick Brinkman Dr. Rick Brinkman is a holistic physician in public practice spreading his Conscious Communication® message to support people in their health and wellbeing. He is the coauthor of five McGraw-Hill books including Dealing With People You Can't Stand, How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, an international bestseller with translations in 24 languages and used as a text in business colleges. His clients include Sony Pictures, the astronauts of NASA, LucasFilm, Oregon Law Institute, the Under Secretary of Defense, Manatt, Phelps & Philips, American Judges Association and many more. He has spoken to groups as large as 8,000 people, is frequently used by media as a communication expert and has been featured on CNN, O (Oprah Magazine), The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Contact:http://www.rickbrinkman.com/

As law firms enter into another year of flat revenue and the mandate of reducing headcount even further to meet budgetary constraints, it is time to revisit alternatives to this diminishing course of action. Rob Mattern has worked with law firms for over twenty-five (25) years, through the good and the bad times; however, it is only in the last five (5) years that firms have been open to alternative strategies to reduce expenses. Economic necessity has mandated this course of action, but also a client-driven enlightenment based on the universal necessity to become more cost-effective and efficient in the delivery of legal services. Guest: Rob Mattern President and Founder Mattern & Associates, LLC Contact: Rob Mattern: [email protected]

Lawyers increasingly use a wide array of technology tools to get the legal work done more efficiently. There are the legal and ethical risks with the adoption of technology. Firms and corporations must be concerned not only with unauthorized access to their own information, but about the protection of client data and information belonging to third-parties. Interview with Kurt Highducheck, Head of Technology, Intellectual Property Solutions at Thomson Reuters

Bill Mech discusses an ongoing project with ALA to help change the way we talk about legal management. Members should look for more information about the ALA UPBMS Taxonomy in the coming weeks! William (Bill) Mech is currently the Executive Director with Cunningham Meyer & Vedrine, PC. He also serves as a Legal Consultant for the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) and has his own business called ofPartner Consulting Services. Mech is an accomplished Management Executive with a proven record of success improving operations and controlling costs in legal service organizations.