Topic: The VIRTUAL Legal Professional – Best Practices, Innovation and Challenges in our virtual work environment re: data privacy, data security, discovery and technology

Technology is ubiquitous in every industry including the legal industry, and we rely on it in our daily lives - now more than ever as we have transitioned from office to remote work for the past two years and counting. For some of us, remote work may be our new normal for the foreseeable future. But for all of us, technology will continue to have an impact and be a necessity for every legal professional as we adapt in our virtual world. And where there is technology – there is the increased risk that your work and your world will experience a compromise in your privacy and security. Now, more than ever, we need to embrace technology while understanding how to protect ourselves and our clients.

Learn what technologies and tools are transforming the practice of law, how corporations/law firms/courts have overcome issues and challenges and adapted to our virtual world, how we leverage existing and emerging legal technology to increase efficiency and effective communications, how to manage and ensure data security and data privacy of increased volumes of electronic data, learn best practices for discovery and data management, and ultimately, what changes and solutions we believe will prove sustainable.

Speakers: Barbara Klas, Heidi Fessler

Barbara J. Klas, Esq.

Consultant & Director, Account Management – Casepoint, LLC

Barbara is a Consultant and Director of Account Management at Casepoint LLC, a global

eDiscovery, technology and legal services provider where she leads national consulting, business development and client services support based in Casepoint’s Minneapolis/St.Paul office. She advises corporate and law firm clients with an action-oriented approach to managing risks within the evolving global legal and technology landscape and educates her clients regarding best practices in litigation and data management, electronic discovery, technology and artificial intelligence. As a former litigation attorney, she empowers corporate legal departments, law firms and legal professionals by providing innovative, creative solutions to manage increasingly complex litigation, investigations and compliance needs.

Barbara began her practice as a litigation attorney for a Minneapolis-based law firm. She is a thought leader, frequent speaker and author on best practices in technology innovation and eDiscovery, co-author of Minnesota CLE’s E-Discovery Desk Book, executive member of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL), executive member and leadership chair of Minnesota Women Lawyers, member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and member and national sponsor of Women in eDiscovery (WiE). Barbara is also a Certified Pilates and Group

Fitness Instructor at Energy, Pilates Fitness & Yoga in the Twin Cities. Barbara received her J.D. from Mitchell Hamline College of Law and B.A in French and English from St. Catherine University with honors.

Heidi J.K. Fessler

Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Attorney

As a lawyer with 30+ years of legal experience, and as a certified privacy professional, Heidi brings a wealth of experience to her clients at Innova Law Group, PLLC.

Heidi acts as cyber and privacy counsel for companies of all types with a special focus on healthcare and healthcare adjacent companies. She also acts as virtual Privacy Officer for a medical device company.

Recently, Heidi has led incident response for several clients who were hit with cyber attacks including ransomware. She has also assisted clients with investigating and responding to significant data breach events including those with global scope as well as HIPAA implications. She enjoys working with her clients’ internal teams to prepare for and respond to risks of all types.

Hope you can make it! 

Casepoint is also sponsoring a generous giveaway prize for attendees.

BIO - Heidi Fessler - MPA-WiE 11.18.2021 CLE.pdf

BIO - Barbara J. Klas - MPA-WiE 11.18.2021 CLE.pdf