Identifying Key Metrics to Help Determine the Success of Your Legal Project

As the president of ACEDS, Mike leads the organization and is responsible for the overall administrative and operational oversight of the organization, including program development, training and professional development, and strategic partnerships. Considered among the top legal technologists in the US, he has spent the last 20 years leveraging the power of technology to meet the current and emerging needs of organizations throughout the legal community. He is also the author of the 2016 book Project Management in Electronic Discovery and has been successfully consulting in information governance, e-discovery, project management and legal technology for all of his career, including 10-year stints at both Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

For much of his career Mike has been training and educating lawyers and other legal professionals in the benefits of technology to the legal profession. A graduate of the State University of New York, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and a Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS). He frequently speaks and writes on e-discovery, legal operations, project management and technology topics. Mike is an avid foodie and enjoys cooking and reading when he isn’t focused on developing new policy initiatives and educational offerings.

Aileen Leventon, Founder and President of QLex Consulting Inc., works with top-tier law firms and general counsel of Fortune 100 companies to improve the management and economics of legal services. Her current focus is legal project management and culture change.

George I. Rudoy is a sixteen year veteran of Legal Technology & Services industry. He is the Founder & CEO at Integrated Legal Technology, LLC, a consultancy that provides a broad spectrum of advise on a variety of legal technology and services functions, including International and US E-Discovery, information governance, compliance and litigation readiness for the corporations and integration and consolidation of legal technology and support services for the law firms.

Mr. Rudoy's expertise includes strategic implementation of practice specific as well as knowledge and information management solutions and services, including establishing profitable E-Discovery function; building and managing Litigation & Practice Support departments; implementing Legal Project Management (LPM) as well as advising on Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), Knowledge Management, New Matter Intake and Business Conflicts as well as Information Center (Law Library) functions.

George has excelled at assisting Law Firms and Corporate Law Departments with all aspects of applied legal technology, electronic discovery, compliance and retention of electronic records as well practice management. He held senior management positions in legal support at a number of AmLaw 100 law firms, including Shearman & Sterling LLP and Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP.

Mr. Rudoy graduated from New York University (magna cum laude). He is a seasoned veteran in the international legal support arena and a sought after speaker at legal conferences worldwide. George is a founding member of the E-Discovery Training Academy and Advanced E-discovery Institute at Georgetown Law Center where he is teaching on a variety of topics. He periodically writes on a variety of legal tech topics for the main industry publications.

For his work in the Legal Support area Mr. Rudoy was named the "Champion of Technology" by Law Technology News as well as the "Tech Star" and "Globally Recognized" by the United Kingdom Cititech magazine Global Tech Leaders Top 100. Mr. Rudoy is Chair of the ALM Law & Business's Legal Tech Educational Board, Vice President of the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Litigation & Practice Support Peer Group, Author of the Electronic Data Discovery News and Analysis and serves on the Steering Committees of Law Technology News and Law.com.