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1. Going Paperless – Baby Steps vs. Cold Turkey?
2. Organization of Work
3. Effective Case Management
4. Ethics
5. Choosing and Using the Legal Technology that's Right for You

1. Going Paperless – Baby Steps vs. Cold Turkey?
   9:00 - 10:30, Gary E. Bolenbaugh
   1. Cost/Benefit Analysis of Switching
   2. Preparing for the Transition (Planning the new Workflow, Equipment to Get Started, Preparing Your Team for the Switch, etc.)
   3. Converting Paper Documents into Digital Format
   4. Data Storage and Organization
      1. Prioritizing Data by Long-Term Storage and Immediate Use Needs
      2. Is Cloud Computing for You? Are You Already Using it?
      3. Complying with Record Retention Laws
   5. Data Security
      1. Potential Loopholes and Pitfalls
      2. Safe Practices for You and Your Staff
      3. Anti-Theft and Data Retrieval Software for Laptops, E-Book Readers and Smartphones
2. Organization of Work
   10:45 - 12:00, To be announced
   1. Supervision and Task Delegation (Specific Tasks Appropriate to Delegate, Monitoring and Feedback, Empowering Employees to Do Their Best Work)
   2. E-Mail Volume Management
      1. Challenges (Workflow Interruption, Data Storage and Retrieval, Data Sharing, etc.)
      2. Solutions (Specialized Folders, Rules, Other Useful Practices)
   3. Effective Time Management
   4. Making Meetings More Productive
3. Effective Case Management
   1:00 - 2:15, Thomas J. Jarzyniecki Jr.
   1. Case File Maintenance – What to Shred, What to Keep
   2. Court Forms and Electronic Filing
      1. Finding the Latest Version of the Right Type of Form
      2. Common Completion and Filing Blunders
      3. Preventing Calendaring Mistakes
      4. Confirming Successful Court E-Filin
4. Ethics
   2:30 - 3:30, Bryan Lee Ciyou
   1. Duty of Zealous Representation vs. Legal Costs Management
   2. Unauthorized Practice of Law Prevention
   3. Clarifying the Start of the Attorney-Client Relationship When Communicating via Firm Website
   4. Advertising Legal Services Ethically
5. Choosing and Using the Legal Technology that's Right for You
   3:30 - 4:30, Thomas J. Jarzyniecki Jr.
   1. What Options Exist:
      1. For Online Legal Research
      2. For Document Management
      3. For Case Management
      4. For Litigation Support
      5. For Time Tracking and Billing
   2. Practical Tips for Software/Vendor Shopping
      1. Primary Tasks Important for You to Accomplish
      2. The Vendor's Primary Clients (Are They Similar to You?)
      3. Ease of Installation and Integration – User Training
      4. Maintenance, Upgrades, Customer Service
   3. Tips for Painlessly and Beneficially Switching Vendors
   4. Open Source Software – Pros and Cons

GARY E. BOLENBAUGH is a sole practitioner in Fishers, Indiana. Mr. Bolenbaugh is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington, and Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He has practiced in multiple law office environments ranging from a small firm, Swift & Finlayson in Fort Wayne (1997-1999), as corporate general counsel for Independent Welding Distributors Cooperative, Inc. (1999-2004) to being a solo practitioner, Gary E. Bolenbaugh, Attorney at Law, PC (since 2004). Mr. Bolenbaugh currently practices in the areas of estate planning and business law. He also serves as an adjunct professor at two local universities where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate course work in law, leadership and ethics.

BRYAN LEE CIYOU is an attorney at the Indianapolis law firm of Ciyou & Dixon P.C. His practice is concentrated in family law and related areas, including appellate practice. Mr. Ciyou writes and lectures extensively on a broad spectrum of topics in the domestic relations field. He earned his B.A. degree, with distinction and honors, and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Indiana University.

THOMAS J. JARZYNIECKI JR. is a partner in the law firm of Kightlinger & Gray, LLP, where he practices in the areas of fire subrogation, products liability law, general trial practice and domestic relations. He is the author of "42 Things You Need to Know about Insurance Law" for the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum; "What's Mine is Yours," for an ICLEF subrogation law seminar; and "How to Become an Expert on Experts," for the National Subrogation Pro Indiana Chapter. Mr. Jarzyniecki is a frequent lecturer and has spoken at many seminars, including "Fire Litigation," for an ICLEF subrogation law seminar; and "Defense Seminar Case Law Update," "Defense Seminar on Tripartite Relationships," and "Defense Seminar on Product Liability" for the Insurance Institute of Indiana. Mr. Jarzyniecki earned his B.A. degree from The State University of New York at Buffalo and his J.D. degree from Valparaiso University School of Law. He is admitted to the Indiana and Illinois bars, and also is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern districts of Indiana. Mr. Jarzyniecki is a member of the Indianapolis and Indiana State bar associations, the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (Product Liability Section chair, 2003), the Defense Research Institute, the National Association of Subrogation Professionals, and the Property Loss Research Bureau.

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