Mark Adler is the Vice President of Sales of PerfectLaw Software. He has been on the LegalTech Advisory Board for 3 years.  Mark has been with PerfectLaw for 10+ years. Mark started as a project manager and trainer for PerfectLaw and moved into sales 8 years ago.

Since 1979, Software Technology, Inc. (STI) has been developing, marketing and supporting software for the legal market. In that time, over 17,000 firms have automated their offices with billing and practice management software from STI. Over the last 28 years, STI's award winning Tabs3 billing software has become one of the most widely used billing systems in law firms across the U.S. PracticeMaster, an emerging leader in practice management systems, has also been used in law firms for over 17 years.

For 23 years Mr. Berlin has played a major role in the development and success of Tabs3, PracticeMaster and STI. He joined STI in 1984 and was named Vice President of Sales in 1986. Dan became the President of STI 1995. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, and his background includes business management, accounting, customer service, marketing, sales and training. He has been a regular speaker and panelist at national and regional seminars and conferences on law office automation since the late 1980's. He has had numerous articles published and is an original member of the LegalTech Vendor Advisory Board, for which he is still active.

Kelli is a Principal in the Forensic practice of KPMG. Kelli focuses on Forensic Technology Services offered by KPMG's Cypress Technology Center (CTEC). Kelli provides corporate law departments and law firms with litigation consulting services, including electronic discovery strategies and discovery management services. Kelli has a wealth of experience in the areas of litigation and discovery management. Prior to joining KPMG, she was a Partner at the San Diego and Los Angeles based law firm of Chapin Shea McNitt & Carter. She was with the Chapin firm for ten years and worked in the firm's Litigation Practice Group, specializing in corporate and insurance litigation.

Selected Engagement Experience

• Served as coordinating counsel for large corporate client in California; worked with several law firms in the southern California area, addressing discovery, document management, and litigation strategy issues.
• Implemented and managed a litigation/discovery database utilized by several law firms in the handling of commercial litigation for large corporate client.
• Assisted corporate client with technology conversion and assisted in the design of litigation management database.
• Consulted with large corporate client to manage paper and electronic discovery needs in large, multi-jurisdictional product liability litigation. Supervised implementation and management of large global litigation repositories accessed by geographically dispersed litigation team.

Education & Professional Affiliations

• Bachelor of Arts, Speech Communications with emphasis in Broadcasting
• Colorado State University; Highest Honors (1988)
• Juris Doctor, Boston College Law School (1992)
• Member of California Bar Association (1992 – present) Member of American Bar Association (1992 – present)
• LegalTech Advisory Board (2004 – present)
• Board Member of Legal Industry Council (2001 – 2003)

Articles/White Papers/Speaking Roles

• "Discovery Management – Native Format and Beyond", February 2004
• Daily Journal Legal Works – "Controlling the Cost of E-Discovery"; panelist, April 2004
• Marcus Evans Internal and Government Investigations Conference – "Creating and Enforcing Successful Document Retention and Preservation Policies"; panelist, November 2005
• "Six Sigma in the Legal Department: Obtaining Measurable Quality Improvements in Discovery Management", January 2006
• LegalTech-NY Conference – "Quality Standards & Measurements to Gauge Your Electronic Discovery Effectiveness"; panelist, January 2006
• LegalTech-NY Conference – "Quality Standards & Measurements to Gauge Your Electronic Discovery Effectiveness"; panelist, January 2006
• IQPC E-Discovery Conference – "Applying Quality Standards & Metrics to E-Discovery Processes"; panelist, March 2006 (FL) and September 2006 (NY)
• Pike & Fischer's "Digital Discovery and E-Evidence" publication – "Applying Six Sigma in the Legal Department", June 2006
• LegalTech-West Conference – "Applying Quality Standards & Metrics to E-Discovery Processes"; moderator, June 2006
• LegalTech-NY Conference – "Providing Consistency & Predictability in E-Discovery"; moderator, January 2007

Robert Childress, a 2004/2005 National Register Who's Who in Executives and Professionals Winner and winner of the Florida Small Businessman of the Year 2005, has overseen tremendous development in the emergence of Wave Software as a leading legal technology company. Childress is recognized as one of the 20 most influential people in the legal software business, having held senior positions with a number of key technology corporations including Lexis-Nexis, Thomson & Thomson, Elsevier Science, CXA Inc., McGrawHill, and Shepards. While at Lexis-Nexis, Childress managed product design and software sales for legal management software products for their corporate, government and legal markets. Robert was one of two founders of CXA, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Childress Attended University of Colorado. Childress has been awarded numerous government contracts from clients such as the FBI, CIA, White House and Homeland Security.

Kathy Granger is the Trade Show Director for Thomson North American Legal (TNAL). She is responsible for the TNAL event marketing department which manages the trade show programs for a variety of internal clients (including Thomson West, Thomson FindLaw and Thomson Elite) at over 450 annual events.   Kathy started with West Publishing 15 years ago, in a sales position.  She has been working with the company’s event marketing program for 13 years.  Kathy has served as a member of the LegalTech Vendor Advisory Board for 9 years and is also a member of the Special Library Association’s Vendor Advisory Board.  Kathy received her B.A. from the College of Saint Benedict and is currently pursuing her M.B.A. from the University of Saint Thomas.

Michele C.S. Lange serves as Director of Legal Technologies for Kroll Ontrack. In this role, Ms. Lange is responsible for the evolution of the company's legal technology product and service offerings, conducts legal and market research and analysis, and engages in industry relations. From e-document preservation to litigation tactics, she also helps clients integrate electronic discovery into their case strategy.

On the topics of electronic discovery, computer forensics, and technology's role in the law, Ms. Lange is among the nation's most knowledgeable experts. Most notably, she authored, along with her colleague, Kristin M. Nimsger, the American Bar Association book, entitled Electronic Evidence and Discovery: What Every Lawyer Should Know. Further, her articles have appeared in the National Law Journal, New York Law Journal, Law.com, and Digital Discovery & E-Evidence, as well as numerous other publications.

Ms. Lange graduated from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse with highest honors and the University of Minnesota Law School, cum laude.

Joseph C. Scott is a licensed California attorney with over 20 years experience working in the legal vertical. He is the Vice President and General Manager of CompuLaw, the nation's leading provider of rules-based calendaring software for major law firms throughout the country. Joe also oversaw the successful launch of CompuLaw's wholly-owned subsidiary, Deadlines On Demand, in 2004. Deadlines On Demand is a Web-based version of CompuLaw that leverages CompuLaw's expertise and resources in a pay-as-you go format, a particularly valuable solution for the small law firm market.

Joe is a recognized industry expert on the implementation of innovative technologies to the business and practice of law. Joe has been a keynote speaker at legal, paralegal and librarian association conferences across the country, where he provides strategic counsel on how to seamlessly achieve business goals through the integration of cutting-edge technologies. He has authored numerous articles on the application of technology for attorneys and law firms, illustrating how software and Internet-based solutions can dramatically strengthen both a firm's business operations while addressing how to deploy and effectively utilize emerging technologies to achieve a more powerful, productive and successful law firm operation.

Patrick Zeller is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Guidance Software Inc.  Prior to joining Guidance Software, Zeller practiced litigation in the Chicago office of Seyfarth Shaw where he co-chaired the firm's Electronic Discovery Practice Group. His practice primarily involved commercial litigation, with a strong emphasis on high technology issues and electronic discovery.

Zeller previously served as an Assistant Attorney General and Director of the Computer Crimes Institute for the State of Illinois where he prosecuted a wide variety of crimes involving sophisticated technology issues, and supervised a multi-jurisdictional computer forensic laboratory.  During this time, he was named a Computer Crimes Fellow by the United States Department of Justice and served as a Trial Attorney for the Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section where he prosecuted and advised prosecutors and law enforcement agents on Internet and high-tech criminal investigations.

Zeller's experience also includes lecturing on Internet and high-tech crimes at numerous law enforcement training venues nationwide, including the FBI Academy. He is widely regarded as one of the leading minds in this emerging field, and his specialties include: eDiscovery, internal investigations, computer intrusion, economic espionage, online fraud, intellectual property, and trade secret issues.

Mr. Zeller is an Adjunct Professor for The John Marshall Law School's Information Technology and Privacy Law LLM program, teaching the eDiscovery, Computer Evidence and Computer Forensics class.  He also holds several certifications in computer forensics, is a memer of the Sedona Conference, and is President of the Midwest Chapter of HTCIA.