Curt Meltzer, Vice President, Strategic Relationships at Workshare, has more than 30 years of experience in applying technology to the practice of law. His career has included work in litigation support, software, training, publishing, and management consulting. He has also been CIO for 4 law firms. He is a frequent speaker and writer on legal technology. Curt is also a member of the Bar of the District of Columbia.

Beau Mersereau leads the newly formed Legal Technology Solutions Group at Fish & Richardson P.C., which was spun off from Fish’s award-winning IT Department and includes application specialists, business analysts, data scientists, and software engineers at the firm.

Beau Mersereau directs a team of professionals who are responsible for innovations in creative technology aimed at keeping Fish on the forefront of change and anticipating emerging technologies and market trends to meet competitive threats and opportunities.

He has led the firm’s investment in technology for nearly two decades – developing numerous proprietary tools and solutions such as OutLaw, SharkTank, and Power Docket that help Fish better serve its clients. Fish has won multiple awards for its technological innovations, including the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Innovative Project of the Year (SharkTank), and Law Technology News’ Most Innovative Use of Technology by a Large Law Firm (Outlaw and iOutlaw). In 2017, ILTA named Beau Mersereau its IT Professional of the Year.

Fish & Richardson, a premier global intellectual property law firm, is sought-after and trusted by the world’s most innovative brands and influential technology leaders. Fish offers patent prosecution, counseling and litigation and trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling and litigation.

Deborah Meshulam has more than two decades of securities enforcement defense experience trying the full range of cases arising from allegations of securities law violations and related breaches of fiduciary duty.

Deborah represents clients in SEC and Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations, securities class actions and derivative lawsuits relating to claims of securities law and FCPA violations and accounting issues. She counsels clients on compliance, regulatory and corporate governance matters, including issues relating to ICOs and cryptocurrency as well as the Dodd Frank whistle blower program. She also represents clients in Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) investigations, FINRA and Exchange proceedings and in Exchange delisting hearings.

Deborah regularly conducts investigations on behalf of public companies or their audit committees, often relating to FCPA questions, accounting issues, alleged securities law violations and employee misconduct. She also regularly advises clients on securities law compliance and litigation avoidance. She has written on securities law issues for legal publications and is a frequent speaker at professional programs on securities-related issues. She also represents clients in rulemaking proceedings and in SEC inquiries from the Divisions of Corporate Finance and Trading and Markets, the Office of Chief Accountant and the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations.

Deborah's securities practice also includes counseling on a wide range of corporate governance and regulatory matters, including financial reporting and disclosure issues, design and implementation of compliance programs under the securities laws and the FCPA as well as issues faced by brokers/dealers, investment advisers and other regulated entities.

Danielle Miller Olofsson is Chief of Knowledge Management and Market Strategies at BCF LLP.

Prior to becoming a director, Danielle practiced commercial law in Montreal, Paris and Stockholm where she represented clients from different industries in a variety of M&A and securities transactions. For 6 years she ran the knowledge management and then the marketing department of a Montreal office of a global firm. Her experience as both a lawyer and a marketing director led her to develop an interest in privacy law and to pursue a Masters of Law on the topic and the University of Montreal.

Danielle teaches at the Law Faculty of Université de Montréal.

Eric Mosca, CRM, has more than 15 years of experience in new business intake and information management consultation. Specifically, he conducts comprehensive analyses of new business intake, conflicts, and records operations; develops policies and procedures; assists with documenting business and technology requirements and system selection; provides software development, implementation and testing; and oversees staffing solutions and vendor relationships. Eric works in partnership with clients and is often called upon to train and mentor firm employees.

Eric’s conflicts of interest management, records management and project management experience stems from a variety of positions within the legal industry. Previously, he served in law firms as a records manager focused on organizing complex litigation material, a manager of facilities management operations and a project manager instituting records management and imaging solutions.

Umair Muhajir serves as Vice President and commercial lead for Thomson Reuters' global Litigation Solutions business, which specializes in managed document review, Advanced Litigation Services, and ESI consulting. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters Legal Managed Services (and its predecessor, Pangea3), Umair practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York: his expertise includes electronic discovery & managed review, complex securities and accounting-related class actions, as well as other commercial litigation, including litigation (and federal regulatory inquiries) involving GAAP accounting for complex structured transactions and sophisticated financial products, derivative litigation, as well as patent infringement, false advertising, contract and employment disputes.

Umair is a magna cum laude graduate of New York University and holds a J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Linda Muller joined the Executive Team of IST Management Services as Vice President, Records and Information as a Certified Records Manager and Information Governance Professional based at the firm’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia in March 2016. Linda’s leadership role oversees support to clients including the design, implementation, and maintenance of records management systems. Linda provides strategic information management compliance consulting with many AmLaw100 customers centered on legal records management, document workflow and managed services. Previously with Perkins Coie, Morrison & Foerster, Littler Mendelson and Vinson & Elkins, Linda has successfully managed technology implementations, data conversions, practice management problem-solving and solution building with legal practice groups, administrative departments, and regional offices.

Linda is an active member of the ARMA, ICRM, AIIM, and IRMS of the UK. Linda is also a Contributing Advisor to the MARA program at San José State University School of Library and Information Science.

Joy Murao, the founder and CEO of Practice Aligned Resources, LLC, is a prolific leader in the litigation support industry. Joy has dedicated her career to implementing new strategies, technologies and services in various practice areas for some of the largest firms and corporate clients in the world.

Joy graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned her paralegal certificate from the University of San Diego. Joy spent most of her career at Latham and Watkins, Paul Hastings, and O’Melveny & Myers, building, structuring, and supporting top-notch global practice support teams.

Her career transitioned from employee to entrepreneur with the creation of Practice Aligned Resources, a legal training and consulting company. PAR provides legal and technology training, eDiscovery consulting, legal staffing, project management, and law practice technology development. Practice Aligned Resource offers in-person training at its Downtown Los Angeles office, The PAR Center, and is in the process of creating an online educational portal.

Joy is an active teacher and mentor in the legal community. She is the Regional Director (Southwest) for Women in eDiscovery and an instructor of UCLA Extension’s Paralegal Training Program.

To learn more about technology training for paralegals, visit www.PracticeAligned.com or email training@ThePARCenter.com.

Matthew Murphy joined Intelliteach in 2013 and is responsible for the management of Intelliteach's learning management and productivity platform, SkillBuilder. Prior to helming SkillBuilder, he guided new hire and continuing education of service desk analysts out of Intelliteach's Atlanta office, working extensively in curriculum development and legal technology instruction. Mr. Murphy's focus on education began as an English Second Language Teacher in both Elementary and Middle Schools where he honed his aptitude for making content comprehensible to a diverse workforce. He attended Kennesaw State University, achieving a BA in World History and a MA in Teaching, as well as certificates in European Union Studies, International Affairs, and Latin.

Derek Nagel is a consultant specializing in technology assisted review (TAR) solutions. Mr. Nagel consults with law firms and corporations on the effective and defensible use of technologies to perform fact investigations, and to increase document review efficiency and accuracy. He has over 10 years of experience as a subject matter expert in evidentiary and discovery procedure and law, with a focus on electronic discovery and data management, for varying complex litigation and regulatory matters.

Prior to joining DTI, Derek spent 7 years as an associate attorney with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In his role he assisted in developing the firm’s eData practice protocols. Additionally in his tenure he represented, and consulted with, numerous Fortune 500 companies in a broad array of litigation matters such as government investigations, employee law suits, class action anti-trust defense, nationwide environmental litigation, and corporate contract disputes worth nearly $1 billion.

Mr. Nagel earned the Equivio Technical Star certification, which is the highest comprehensive certification for all Equivio products. Derek is also a Relativity Certified Administrator, certified Relativity Assisted Review Specialist, and a certified Relativity Analytics Specialist. Derek Nagel is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning his Bachelor of Science (BS) in environmental engineering. He also earned his Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Houston Law Center. Mr. Nagel is licensed to practice law in Georgia and New Jersey.

Pramesh serves as Chief Information Officer at Troutman Sanders. An experienced IT executive who has developed and led highly successful Information and Technology teams, directing strategic and operational projects to help improve client service. Pramesh focusses on supporting the firm’s business strategy to drive innovation, efficiency, and client service through technology.

Pramesh has an extensive background in information technology spanning 25 years. He began his career at Bank of America in London, moving to Serco, a Department of Defense contractor, and eventually into the legal industryin1998. During his time working in the London offices of two US based law firms, Pramesh oversaw new office openings in Europe and mergers. Pramesh transitioned stateside to Atlanta in 2004. Prior to coming back to Troutman in 2017, he served as Chief Information Officer at Constangy, Brooks,Smith & Prophete, LLP where he led the largest IT Transformation in the firm’s history while the firm added new offices and lawyers at an unprecedented rate.

As Chief Information Officer at Troutman, Pramesh is responsible for both technology and information services. He oversees information and technology services including information governance, research services, and information security firm wide.

Pramesh and his family are avid sports fans and spend most of their spare time either participating in or watching sports, soccer in particular. His two children have been practicing Tae Kwando for over 10 years and as a result Pramesh also got involved and earned his black belt. Pramesh and his family enjoy travelling and try to visit at least one new destination annually.