This year the Association of Legal Administrators will be having their annual conference in Seattle, Washington from May 5th through the 8th. We will be exhibiting at booth #110 (see image below for floor plan) and will also host a vendor session each day of the conference.
WHO’S GOING?
Ray Deck - President
Ray@Element55.com (617) 423 - 0692
Ray will be on the prowl attending sessions, live blogging and hosting our 3 vendor sessions listed below. Check back on May 5th for a twitter update to get his current location every hour during the show!
Tim Norton - Sales and Marketing Director
TimNorton@Element55.com (617) 869 - 8708
Tanya Kropinicki - Marketing Manager
Tanya@Element55.com (617) 785 - 8028
Tim and Tanya will be at our booth to field any questions you many have about Legal55 and how to capture more billable hours. We are looking forward to ALA this year and hope to see you there!
VENDOR SESSION TIMES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Monday May 5th - Capturing More Billable Hours with Zero Clicks (Room 2 A/B)
Time Capture is not Time Entry. This session will discuss how a lack of information costs the firm billable hours, both in time not reaching the timesheet and the time that is unbillable because of insufficient detail. Automatic, passive time capture helps law firms recover those hours without requiring attorneys to change their work habits.
Tuesday May 6th - Best Practices for Capturing More Billable Hours (Room 204)
Properly implemented, automatic time capture helps law firms recover and additional six billable hours per attorney per month through providing the attorney with better information - without requiring a change in attorney workflow. This is a discussion of lessons learned from implementing automatic time capture at law firms of all sizes over the last five years.
Wednesday May 7th - The Future of Zero-Click Time Capture (Room 2 A/B)
Technology is advancing at a rapid pace for law firms - we will discuss best practices for capturing time spent on new technologies in remote locations, as well as emerging trends in how attorneys are spending their time, and how to best make sure that time is captured to the timesheet - and billed!
Ray’s Intinerary
Sunday, May 4th - Best Practices in a Globalized World (8:30Am - 5Pm)
Monday, May 5th - Grand Opening Breakfast (7Am - 8Am)
Monday, May 5th - Vendors are NOT the Enemy: Managing and Building Relationships (10:30Am - 11:45Am)
Monday, May 5th - Grand Opening Luncheon (12Pm - 2Pm)
Monday, May 5th - Capture More Billable Hours with Zero Clicks (2:15Pm - 3:30Pm)
Monday, May 5th - Building Buy-in for a (Fair) Partner Compensation System (4:30Pm - 5:30Pm)
Tuesday, May 6th - Continental Breakfast (7Am - 8Am)
Tuesday, May 6th - Technology Idea Exchange (8Am - 9:30Am)
Tuesday, May 6th - Small Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (11Am - 12:15Pm)
Tuesday, May 6th - Association Luncheon (12:30Pm - 2Pm)
Tuesday, May 6th -Capture More Billable Hours with Zero Clicks (2:15Pm - 3:30Pm)
Wednesday, May 7th - David W. Brezina Memorial General Session - Professional Ethics: Keep You and Your Firm in the Integrity Zone (8Am - 9:30Am)
Wednesday, May 7th - Medium Firm Administrators Idea Exchange (10:45Am - 12Pm)
Wednesday, May 7th - Capture More Billable Hours with Zero Clicks (2:15Pm - 3:30Pm)
Wednesday, May 7th - Lead, Follow of Get Out of the Way: Is That Any Way to Talk to Your Managing Partner? (3:45Pm - 5Pm)
Wednesday, May 7th - Grand Finale Party: Savoring Seattle (6:15Pm - 9:30Pm)
(Part of our participation in the Association of Legal Administrators Educational Conference 2008 in Seattle)
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