Opus 2 International, a provider of collaborative workspaces, will focus on the theme “21^st Century Transcript Management for the Modern Law Firm” at ILTACON 2015. The theme highlights dramatic changes in today’s legal marketplace as litigation becomes increasingly global and legal team members use mobile devices to collaborate across geographical and jurisdictional borders.

ILTACON will be held at Caesars Palace Las Vegas from August 30 to September 3.

At ILTACON, Opus 2 will showcase new software features and licensing options designed to meet the transcript and evidence management needs of litigation teams at modern law firms, and the company will offer demos of the latest version of its award-winning cloud collaboration platform, Magnum. Released last week, Opus 2 Magnum Version 5.0 includes significant enhancements to its document, exhibit and transcript functionality as well as a streamlined interface that incorporates color-coded way-finding features. In addition, Opus 2 will be releasing “Case Team Collaboration in the 21^st Century,” a report based on the results of the 2015 Litigation Practices Survey and which highlights collaborative work product, workflow and technology in litigation.

“The legal marketplace is undergoing a dramatic transformation,” said Graham Smith-Bernal, Opus 2’s founder and CEO. “Globalization and mobility are changing the way attorneys do their jobs, but in many cases legacy tools are holding them back. We created Magnum specifically to address these new realities. Dispersed legal team members need faster, more efficient ways to share and review transcripts and manage key documents online, and many of our latest enhancements to Magnum are focused on these specific functional areas.”

Opus 2’s thematic initiative is part of a series of activities planned by the company for ILTACON 2015. Clare Foley of Opus 2 will be participating in the technology session “Tools That Change the Speed of Legal Service Delivery,” on Sept. 1 at 8:30 a.m. The session will feature Opus 2 Magnum for mobile collaboration across case teams as well as a variety of third-party tools for the modern legal practice.

Opus 2 will be exhibiting at ILTACON 2015 at booth #311. To schedule a meeting at ILTA, contact info@opus2.com. For more information, go to: opus2.com

About Opus 2

Opus 2 is a worldwide legal services company that blends sophisticated cloud technology with court reporting excellence to modernize evidence management during high-stakes matters across the globe—including litigation, arbitration hearings, depositions (US) and government inquiries, the company says in a release. They are also the creators of Opus 2 Magnum a private, cloud-based workspace from which litigators, co-counsel and experts share transcripts, key documents, exhibits, video and research and collaborate on work product for deposition and trial preparation. As experts in capturing testimony and uniting it with key litigation content, their collective team of seasoned consultants, case managers, software developers, technicians and independent court reporters are uniquely positioned to protect the integrity of both the record and the evidence and to deliver intuitive tools for their careful analysis, the release says.

General Counsel News and Quovant, in conjunction with Duff & Phelps, will present a complimentary CLE breakfast in San Mateo, CA, designed exclusively for in-house counsel and corporate executives. The event will be Nov. 3, 9-11 a.m. at the San Mateo Marriott.

Participants and industry experts will discuss how changes in legal spend and matter management techniques and technology are revolutionizing how corporate legal departments think about managing themselves, legal spend and outside counsel. The questions that the session will address include, “how much can machines do for us, and how much do we want them to do?”

The session format intentionally avoids “presentations.” Instead this will be a guided discussion around provocative and thought provoking questions posed by next generation technology and shifts in the corporate legal landscape.

Leaders of the discussion will include such experts as publisher of the Annual Law Department Operations Survey Brad Blickstein; David Cambria, Global Director of Operations – Law, Compliance and Government Relations at Archer Daniels Midland; and Jeff Hodge, who has more than 25 years of experience with corporate legal departments and corporate legal software providers, and has led standards initiatives involving LEDES and UTBMS. Special guests will join, based on their availability.

Register for the event.

IRVINE, CA & ALPHARETTA, GA – Neudesic and Handshake Software, provider of SharePoint-based products and services to the legal market, announces that The Firm Directory, a people-based expertise location system for law firms and legal departments built on the Pulse collaboration platform, will integrate with Handshake Software’s SharePoint-based Portals, Enterprise Search and data-driven Expertise Locator products.

“We work with both Handshake and Neudesic, and they deliver great results. So we’re excited that they’re teaming up, and we look forward to what comes out of their collaboration,” said Patrick DiDomenico, director of knowledge management at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

In a release, the companies said “the partnership combines the best in class Neudesic Firm Directory, featuring people-centric profiles that enable the capture and discovery of experience, with Handshake Software’s leading portal solutions for the legal industry. Clients can now utilize The Firm Directory’s skills taxonomy to surface attorney experience, which is now integrated with Handshake Software’s data-driven attorney expertise from financial and other line-of-business systems, time entries, documents and contacts.”

The Firm Directory’s secure social collaboration features from the Neudesic Pulse platform will also add new capabilities that will enable Handshake customers to decrease dependency on email with a knowledge management community within their portal.

Glenn LaForce, Handshake Software’s vice president of global sales & marketing, said, “The Neudesic Firm Directory partnership brings two key benefits the market has been asking for: social collaboration around clients, matters and practice areas; and a 360-degree view of firm expertise from firm data and people-derived information.”

“Our partnership with Handshake Software will deliver greater value for legal industry clients by helping firms accelerate the benefits of expertise discovery and social collaboration within their SharePoint intranets.” said Ramin Vosough, vice president of products at Neudesic.

The Firm Directory will be in Booth 529 and Handshake Software in Booth 407/409 at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Annual Conference in Las Vegas, August 31 – Sept. 3, 2015.

Traveling Coaches has announced the launch of their newest product – Springboard, a suite of consulting and talent development services designed to help law firm training managers and trainers transform their firms’ learning programs and develop new individual professional skills.

In a release, the company says Springboard brings best-in-class standards and award-winning expertise to law firms looking to elevate their internal training departments to work more effectively while delivering increased value to firm partners and employees. “Springboard provides a multi-tiered offering for boosting law firms’ training competencies at the program, leadership, team and individual trainer levels,” said Mike Sweeney, Senior Learning Consultant with Traveling Coaches.

The Traveling Coaches release continues:

Based on 20 years of successful projects with over 1,000 law firms and corporate legal departments and delivered by an award-winning team of consultants, Springboard is the distillation of a broad spectrum of research on effective adult education and efficient training delivery.

The foundation of the program is the Traveling Coaches Legal Trainer Certification Program.  This one-of-a-kind, six-week blended learning experience is legal-specific and designed to help law firm trainers develop skills to match current best-in-class standards for adult learning in a law firm environment.

At the other end of the spectrum is a comprehensive program review and recommendations to elevate a firm’s learning program to 21^st century standards.  The Springboard learning maturity scorecard uses a measurement-based approach to identify areas for program improvement based on your firm strategy and our best-in-class standards for efficiency and effectiveness.

Depending on the size of the learning organization, there are also Springboard coaching programs for law firm training managers who are looking for guidance as they plan new learning initiatives or shore up gaps in their current programs. Springboard training team development services are available to training departments who would benefit from improved alignment, consistency and collaboration across the team.

“Springboard is the culmination of months of hard work and collaboration between our consultants and a group of very gifted and forward-thinking learning, human resources and professional development professionals from firms all over the country”, added Gina Buser, Chief Executive Officer of Traveling Coaches. “Without exception, everyone to whom we have spoken has enthusiastically endorsed Springboard.”

Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP has relocated the firm’s Houston office. Although the firm will remain in Wells Fargo Plaza in downtown Houston, the office, spanning nearly 75,000 square feet, will be relocated to floors 20-22, effective immediately.

“We are thrilled to begin operation out of our new and innovative office,” says Gardere Vice Chair Eric A. Blumrosen. “The space is designed to accommodate modern law firm operations, particularly the use of technology. Our new office will enable us to implement multiple efficiencies for our clients, lawyers and staff for years to come.”

In a release, the firm said the fully redesigned interior office space will allow Gardere to incorporate state-of-the-art technology and workspace amenities for its employees. In addition, the modernized configuration will accommodate future growth and further embodies the firm’s brand and culture. The relocation emphasizes Gardere’s commitment to client service, responsiveness and overall quality of work – fundamental to the success of the firm and its clients.

Gardere’s leadership team felt it was in the firm’s best interest to remain at Wells Fargo Plaza based on its first-rate facilities and easily accessible location, the release said. The firm has been a Wells Fargo Plaza tenant for the past 16 years.

The property is the largest multi-tenant building in the southwestern United States with more than 1.7 million square feet of rentable office space. The building occupies an entire city block, surrounded by Louisiana, Lamar, Smith and McKinney Streets in downtown Houston. CBRE manages and leases the building.

The new Houston office address is 2000 Wells Fargo Plaza, 1000 Louisiana Street, Houston, TX 77002.

The 8th Annual Law Department Operations (LDO) Survey, now known as the ILDE-Blickstein Group Annual Law Department Operations Survey, in cooperation with Huron Legal, is specifically designed for professionals who manage complex legal department operations for their companies.

The LDO survey was created in 2008 to give legal departments a consistent platform to benchmark themselves and shed light on the emerging profession of law department management. In addition to being the original of its kind, the LDO survey has proven it’s the most respected in the industry over the last eight years.

A survey spokesman said the survey will take less than 20 minutes to fill out and is the only way to get insight into industry trends and a copy of the valuable proprietary results.

The survey covers such topics as:

• Cyber Security
• Metrics and Analytics
• Offshore Legal Process Outsourcing

Last year’s survey supplement is available, with an analysis of results, here.

Take the 2015 survey.

Managing legal documents and transactions across an enterprise of any size is complex and challenging, but the systems supporting the effort don’t have to be, according to a statement from Onit. A new class of Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) solutions, designed for the way people and companies work, is changing the way legal departments manage matters, budgets and processes.

Download this white paper to learn more about why many legal departments are paying for features they don’t need inside products their lawyers don’t use. Find out how smarter technologies are bridging the gap between the promise and reality of ELM systems.

The white paper covers:

• Background on legal systems and the new technology curve
• Driving operational improvements with the right systems
• Using easy-to-use Apps to supplement the capabilities of a current ELM system with advanced automation
• Getting started with Apps to begin a legal operations improvement initiative

Law Ruler Software, LLC announces its new SMS Text Marketing feature that allows a law firm to conduct direct communication with its existing and future clients.

SMS Text Message Marketing offers eight times the response rate of email, the company says in a release, adding the company educates its clients on the proper use of SMS Text Message technology, and that it should be used within the bounds of state and federal laws.

More from the release:

Benefits of Law Ruler Software’s SMS Text Message Marketing Features:

• Create paperless business cards to generate more referrals or advertise on billboards using SMS Text Codes
• Build an “Opt-in” list and mass SMS Text message clients with important legal announcements, reminders, or to drastically increase lead conversion
• Create law firm client and lead generation forms for users to opt-in to the list
• Generate unique mobile auto-responders to “set it and forget it” to offer mobile phone users customized information specific to your area of law, Ex: Accident Information
• Appointment scheduling and client appointment reminders
• Get more get more retainer contracts signed using SMS Text Messages

“Law Ruler legal case intake management software offers the features of many separate systems in one, and can do it all. Law Ruler offers staggering practice growth and lead management results and now offers both SMS Text and Email Marketing features that are very powerful for a law firm when used in compliance with state and federal laws,” said Daniel S. Jacobs, Chief Executive Officer of Law Ruler Software, LLC.

The purpose of Law Ruler Software is to bridge the gap between the advertising/marketing of a law firm and their legal case management software to increase productivity and revenue for the firm and its associates. The addition of advanced SMS Text Messaging features inside Law Ruler Software makes the communication gap a lot smaller between law firms and their existing and future clients and can increase response rates by eight times.

Also, Law Ruler Software, LLC announces the addition of Richard “Rick” Kaufman to its management team.  Kaufman has more than 20 years of experience serving the legal market and more than 10 years of executive leadership. He has an extensive background in legal case and practice management software sales, service, and support leadership both in and outside the legal industry.

Kaufman comes to Law Ruler Software after working at Thomson Reuters and WestLaw. Most recently he served as the North America Sales Manager for Action Step case management software. Kaufman led several diverse teams serving customer’s needs for practice know how, practice management, legal research, and knowledge management.

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP has achieved Gold Standard Re-Certification by the Women in Law Empowerment Forum (WILEF) for the fifth consecutive year. Forty-four firms are included on this year’s list.

“Our five-peat certification reaffirms that women at Quarles & Brady are in the highest leadership roles and have achieved successful and respected careers at the firm,” said Janine M. Landow-Esser, chair of the firm’s Diversity Committee. “We couldn’t be more thrilled to receive the WILEF certification for the fifth year in a row.”

Gold Standard Certification emphasizes the leadership roles achieved by women partners, rather than the policies or practices of the firm or the overall number or percentage of women in the partnership. Law firms with 300 or more practicing lawyers in the United States were eligible if they successfully demonstrated that women represented a meaningful percentage of their equity partners, of their highest leadership positions, of their governance and compensation committees, and of their most highly compensated partners. To be certified, firms had to meet at least four of the six criteria:

• Women account for at least 20 percent of equity partners or, alternatively, 33 percent or more of the attorneys becoming equity partners during the past twelve months.
• Women represent at least 10 percent of firm chairs and office managing partners.
• Women make up at least 20 percent of the firm’s primary governance committee.
• Women represent 20 percent or more of the firm’s compensation committee.
• Women make up at least 25 percent of practice group leaders or department heads.
• Women represent at least 10 percent of the top half of the most highly compensated partners.

About WILEF
Founded in 1997 by Elizabeth Anne “Betiayn” Tursi, with the support of R.R. Donnelley and several successful senior women attorneys, and subsequently of law firm and corporate sponsors, WILEF is dedicated to assisting women in law to assume leadership roles within the NLJ 250 and Fortune 1000 legal departments and within their respective communities. WILEF presents cutting edge programming that provides an educational and networking forum for women in law.

About Quarles & Brady LLP
Quarles & Brady is a full-service AmLaw 200 law firm with more than 475 attorneys offering an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies, with practice focuses in health care and life sciences, business law, data privacy and security, and complex litigation. The firm has offices in Chicago; Indianapolis; Madison; Milwaukee; Naples, Florida; Phoenix; Scottsdale; Tampa; Tucson; and Washington, D.C. Additional information can be found online at quarles.com, as well as on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

After three years of research and development with a national law firm, Law Ruler Software™ is ready to hit the market.

Legal Case Intake Edition was designed to reinvent the legal case intake process by providing an easy-to-learn, next-gen workflow that increases conversion during the process of converting a legal intake into a case, and manages this information securely in the cloud, the software developer said in a release.

The purpose of Law Ruler Software is to bridge the gap between the advertising/marketing of a law firm and their case management software to increase productivity and revenue for the firm and its associates. The release continues:

• Law Ruler Software was found to improve lead-to-client conversions by 20 percent on average and can be used with existing case management software

• Law Ruler Software enables law firms to shift their focus back to billable activities

• Can be configured to work in tandem with your existing case management software to prevent double data entry

Read more about the software or watch a video.

Two prominent Dallas business litigation boutiques – Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank and Elrod – have announced that they are merging their law practices.

The combined law firm will have 30 lawyers, making it one of the largest commercial litigation-only law firms in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

“Lawyers at both firms say their merger comes at a strategic time because they expect to see an increase in contract and commercial litigation in the oil and gas sector because of the falling oil prices,” says a Texas Lawbook report posted on the Gruber Hurst website.

Read the article.

Berkman Solutions has compiled a list of 10 techniques to enhance the value of legal services after a contract is signed.

The list of techniques expands on such points as notifying clients of expiration dates and auto-renewal termination notice dates, and monitoring contract compliance for both parties, provisions, and regulations.

It also discusses assigning contract tasks to client staff, summarizing financial structure, and identifying contract assets.

“As a lawyer, you invest time to understand your client’s objectives, risks, and opportunities. What happens to your carefully drafted contract?” Berkman Solutions asks on its website. “Your contract is filed and forgotten. Your client needs the benefit of your drafting during the entire contract term. Your client’s need is your opportunity.”

Download the list.

Guilford F. Thornton, Jr. of Adams and Reese

Adams and Reese announces that governmental relations and legislative counsel Guilford F. “Gif” Thornton, Jr., a partner in the firm’s Nashville office, has been elected Managing Partner.

Thornton, who has previously served as Chairman of the firm’s Executive Committee and held numerous management roles, joined the firm in 2005 when then Nashville’s Stokes Bartholomew merged with larger regional firm, Adams and Reese.

Thornton succeeds Charles P. Adams, Jr., who held the role of managing partner since 2001 until his term ended recently. Adams led the 300 lawyer firm through a volatile period in the economy and the legal industry, through natural catastrophes like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, as well as the firm’s successful expansion into Birmingham, Alabama, three offices in Tennessee, five offices in Florida, and the firm’s newest office in Columbia, South Carolina

Read details about the appointment.

Dykema, a leading national law firm, will combine with Texas-based Cox Smith.

On its website, Dykema said the combination will give the firm a significantly expanded presence in Texas, where Cox Smith is a leading firm with deep history.

“The additional depth in key practices, coupled with the combined firm’s broader geographic reach, will enhance the range of services available to both firms’ clients.” the firm said in a release. “The addition of Cox Smith’s 118 lawyers will give the combined firm more than 450 attorneys in 15 offices. In Texas, the firm will initially operate under the name Dykema Cox Smith. The combination, which takes effect May 1, will double the size of each firm’s Dallas presence, and San Antonio will become one of Dykema’s largest offices.”

Read the story.

A survey by J Johnson Executive Search Inc. takes a look at some of the highlights of a critical, and still evolving role: the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in the legal industry.

The report on the survey is available online. Jennifer Johnson Scalz is the author.

“We’ve come a long way from a decade ago when the C-Suite first beckoned,” the report says. “Clearly there’s been a lot of hard work done by long-tenured CMOs who are battle-tested in the industry and from newer CMOs who are shaking things up a bit. With legal experience or not, the legal role is an attractive career option for results-oriented professionals who still want room to shape and evolve the role.”

Read the report.

The International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM) will present a webinar to help participants learn to master the methods for identifying potential opportunities and getting noticed through social media.

The free webinar will  be Tuesday, March 10, at 12 p.m. Central time (4 p.m. in London and 12 a.m. in Singapore).

The event will cover new ways to showcase yourself through visual content:

• 5 steps to a better personal brand
• Get noticed on Social Networking sites
• Looking beyond the major jobs boards

The presenter will be Suzanne Birch, CEO IACCM Resourcing USA and MD Campbell Birch UK.

Register for the webinar.

SeyfarthLean Consulting has published a free white paper saying that design isn’t just about making things look nice, it is about finding ways to more clearly, efficiently, and effectively convey information from one person to another and do so without making the experience dreadful.

“I see several reasons that lawyers should bring designers into the process and change the look and feel of what they produce,” writes Kenneth Grady. “Before I enumerate a few, let’s talk the twenty-first century. We are in a visual age, which actually works well for humans because our brains work well with visual information. Look around and you will see that you are bombarded with information visually, sometimes overtly and sometimes in the form of subtle cues. Visual information can be quite complex or very simple, but we shouldn’t dismiss information just because it is visual.”

Design thinking will teach you how to be a lawyer whose clients come first,” he writes.

Read the white paper.

Christian G. Stahl, member of Quarles & Brady Intellectual Property Group

The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP has announced that the firm has selected Chicago partner Christian G. Stahl to be a member of the 2015 class of Fellows and participate in a landmark program created by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) to identify, train, and advance the next generation of leaders in the legal profession.

“This is a singular honor for Christian,” said Ted Yi, Chicago office managing partner in a release. “He joins a select group of experienced attorneys from diverse backgrounds who have been recognized for their potential as leaders in their organizations.”

The release continues:

According to LCLD President Robert J. Grey, Jr., the LCLD Fellows Program offers participants “an extraordinarily rich year of relationship-building, virtual and in-person training, peer-group projects, and extensive contact with LCLD’s top leadership.”

Founded in 2009, LCLD is a growing organization of more than 220 corporate chief legal officers and law firm managing partners who are personally committed to creating a truly diverse legal profession. The LCLD Fellows program, which has trained more than 600 mid-career attorneys since 2011, is one of LCLD’s most important initiatives. For information, visit www.lcldnet.org.

About Quarles & Brady LLP
Quarles & Brady is a full-service law firm with more than 475 attorneys offering an array of legal services to corporate and individual clients that range from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies, with practice focuses in health care and life sciences, business law, data privacy and security, and complex litigation. The firm has offices in Chicago; Indianapolis; Madison; Milwaukee; Naples, Florida; Phoenix; Scottsdale; Tampa; Tucson; and Washington, D.C. Additional information can be found online at quarles.com, as well as on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Dom Savaiano of Wilson Elser

Paul Bozych of Wilson Elser

National law firm Wilson Elser hired distinguished Chicago trial attorneys Partners Dom Savaiano and Paul Bozych along with their six-member team.

Formerly of Clausen Miller, the team includes partners Bradford Krause, Elizabeth Grover, Jack Murphy, associate Erin Schreiber, and two support-staff professionals.

In a release, the firm said:

The acquisition of this team adds momentum to Wilson Elser’s growing Midwest presence. Recently, the firm added three Midwest offices in Milwaukee, the Detroit suburb of Novi and Edwardsville, Illinois.

“We take great pride in having such an accomplished team of trial attorneys and litigators join Wilson Elser,” said Daniel McMahon, Wilson Elser chairman. “Dom and Paul are known for their keen ability to handle the most complex matters. Our clients seeking representation in all practice areas and geographic regions will benefit from their vast courtroom experiences and their ability to resolve the most complicated matters at trial or through alternative, cost-effective measures.”

Wilson Elser’s new team, led by Savaiano and Bozych, has handled more than 120 trials with a nearly 100 percent success rate. They have established a prestigious reputation throughout North America and globally, particularly in Canada, London and Asia.

The team is adept at counseling and defending corporations, business entities, individuals and insurance companies in all facets of litigation and with claims of all kinds. Team members are known for their ability to handle complex claims and are routinely retained to take over difficult cases prepared by other firms that are set for trial.

Recognized as a leader in the legal community, Savaiano was elected as a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a select national organization of trial attorneys whose common qualities include professionalism and a high degree of trial and litigation skill, knowledge and experience. He is also a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Society of Trial Lawyers. Among his many accolades is an AV Preeminent^®  rating by Martindale-Hubbell since 1993, selection as a “Leading Illinois Attorney” and a “Leading American Attorney” by the American Research Corporation and being named a Super Lawyer since 2005.

Additionally, Savaiano has taught trial advocacy, and he serves on the editorial board of the Journal of American Law.

Savaiano earned his J.D. degree from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, where he served on Loyola University Chicago Law Journal and the National Trial Advocacy Team. He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Illinois.

Bozych earned a BV Distinguished^® Peer Review Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, an honor differentiating lawyers from the competition. He also frequently lectures on trial advocacy. Bozych is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association and DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar. Additionally, he is active in Midwest Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and the St. Petronille Parish in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Bozych earned his J.D. degree with highest honors from DePaul University College of Law, where he was editor of the DePaul Law Review, and his B.A. degree from the University of Illinois.

Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing announced the addition of five new hires to the Houston-based law firm.

Edward Goolsby is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, Mr. Goolsby was editor-in-chief of the Houston Law Review. Mr. Goolsby is also a summa cum laude graduate of Northwestern University where he earned a B.S. in journalism and political science.

Ryan Hackney is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University and a graduate with highest honors from the University of Texas School of Law. He was associate editor of the Texas Law Review. He has a B.A. and M.A. in History of Science.

Mark Holden is cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, Mr. Holden was managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. He is also a cum laude graduate of Columbia University where he received a B.A. in political science.

E. Phileda Tennant is a magna cum laude graduate of Brown University, Ms. Tennant is also a graduate of Harvard Law School. She was a line editor on the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Her undergraduate degree is a B.A. in political science.

Kenneth Young is a graduate with honors of The University of Chicago Law School, Mr. Young was managing editor of The University of Chicago Law Review. He also graduated magna cum laude from Brigham Young University where he received a B.S. in molecular biology and Japanese.