Brett Burney will be giving three presentations as part of the upcoming Virginia State Bar TECHSHOW on Monday, April 25, 2016 at the Richmond Convention Center. Brett will be joined by Tom Mighell for a one-hour seminar entitled, “Technology for Trial Lawyers” (8:45-9:45am). Brett and Tom will also cover “The Ethical Sand Traps of E-Discovery” [...]
A new effort to inform busy litigators, TechnoLawyer recently released a 2-part “Micro-Symposium" on litigation best practices for their free LitigationWorld newsletter. Leading e-discovery experts were commissioned to respond—in less than 150 words—to the question, “What best practice and/or technology do many litigators not currently use that would help them achieve better results for clients?” Notable [...]
Brett Burney contributed a guest post to the GlobalMacIT blog on how to customize Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac with Macros. Brett Burney received a question from a Mac-using lawyer on how they could customize Microsoft Word on the Mac since it doesn't have the same options for customization as the Windows version of the [...]
Brett Burney will present a 2-hour seminar entitled "iLitigate on an iPad" for the Michigan Association of Justice on February 26, 2016. Brett Burney is part of an esteemed panel of speakers invited to participate in the Michigan Association of Justice's Litigation Technology in Practice and in the Courtroom Seminar which will be held at the [...]
Brett Burney co-presented "Metadata: The Legal and Ethical Traps 'Hidden' in Your Digital Files" on Tuesday, February 16, 2016 with Daniel J. Siegel and Elizabeth A. Alston. The webinar was a joint effort between the American Law Institute (ALI) and the ABA Law Practice Division. The 1.5 hour webinar explained metadata from a simple technical standpoint and [...]
Brett Burney will be giving three presentations at the Winter Bench Bar gathering of the Washington County Bar Association in southwestern Pennsylvania on: Microsoft Office 365: What You Need To Know & How To Use It The Hidden Secrets of Microsoft Word 60 Tips, Tricks, Sites & Gadgets in 60 Minutes The Winter Bench Bar [...]
If you 1) practice in Wisconsin and 2) are getting a new iPad for Christmas, then register now for "iPad for Lawyers - Featuring Brett Burney" sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin. The full-day seminar will take place at the State Bar Center in Madison on Thursday, January 6, 2016. Brett will be joined [...]
Brett Burney will be presenting "What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Technology" at the Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter on December 15, 2015. The "Professionalism Topics 2015" seminar will take place from 9:00am - 12:00pm in the 7th Floor Auditorium at the Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse in downtown Cleveland. The seminar [...]
Ohio State Bar Association Legal Technology & Practice Management Conference, December 10-11, 2015. Brett joins a stellar faculty all focused on helping lawyers learn more about the technology they use every day. Brett is presenting the following two topics on Friday, December 11: Cloud-Based E-Discovery Tools at 2:30pm Mobile Ethics (Professional Conduct) at 3:30pm I'm thrilled [...]
Brett Burney will present "Dancing with the Devil - Using Microsoft Office on a Mac" at the 2015 MILOfest in Orlando, FL on November 13, 2015. This is the 5th year for the MILOfest Conference which grew out of the popular MILO e-mail listserv (Macs In Law Offices). The annual event is organized by Victor Medina, [...]
