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More than two decades of speaking engagements across the legal industry.

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Engagements
21
Years
21
Cities

2026

4 engagements
May 14–15

SurePoint Technologies Leadership: The Blickstein Brief on Legal Ops & Client Expectations

“The Blickstein Brief: Legal Ops and Client Expectations”

Convene 530 Fifth Avenue · New York

Speaking
May 12–14

CLOC Global Institute 2026

McCormick Place · Chicago

Mar 10

Legalweek 2026: RFP 3.0 — How Firms and Clients Co-Create AI-Powered Proposals

“RFP 3.0: How Firms and Clients Co-Create AI-Powered Proposals and Pick Winners”

New York

Speaking
Feb 13

2026 Practice Development Institute: Rankings, Credentials and Awards

“Rankings, Credentials and Awards: What Really Matters”

Speaking

2025

9 engagements
Aug 12

ILTACON 2025 — Corporate Legal Day

Washington, D.C.

Speaking
Jun 25

Blickstein Group Webinar: Legal Ops Top Challenges and KPIs

“Legal Ops: Top Challenges and KPIs — and Leveraging Technology for Positive Impact”

Speaking
May 15

Webinar: In-House Legal in the Age of AI

Speaking
May 7

ILTACON South America: How to Measure the ROI of Gen AI

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Speaking
May 6

CLOC Global Institute: AI and Data Foundations Solutions Lab

Las Vegas

Speaking
Mar 24

ALM Legalweek: What Law Firms Want

New York

Speaking
Mar 6

Blickstein Group Annual LDO Survey Live Roundtable — San Francisco

“Legal Service Delivery in the Age of AI”

San Francisco

Speaking
Feb 6

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Live Roundtable — New York

“Legal Service Delivery in the Age of AI”

New York

Speaking
Jan 16

Blickstein Group / Legal Value Network Webinar — Driving Law Firm Management

“Driving Law Firm Management, Budgeting, and Use of Data”

Speaking

2024

14 engagements
Dec 12

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Virtual Summit — Dec 2024

“Legal Service Delivery in the Age of AI”

Speaking
Oct 24

Scan Logic Webinar: Simplifying E-Billing and Reducing Revenue Leakage

Speaking
Oct 23

NetDocuments Inspire 2024 Corporate Legal Breakfast

“In-house Ideas Exchange”

Atlanta

Speaking
Sep 20

LVNx 2024: Legal Pricing and Project Management in the Age of AI

“Survey Says! Legal Pricing and Project Management in the Age of AI — Results of the 2024 LPPM Survey”

Chicago

Speaking
Sep 11

NetDocuments Webinar: The Great GenAI Takeover — Insights from ILTACON 2024

Speaking
Aug 15

ILTACON 2024: Driving Law Department Change with Technology

Nashville

Speaking
Jun 27

Blickstein Group Webinar: Using Metrics, Data, and Technology to Optimize Your Legal Ops Function

Speaking
Jun 12

ALM Law.com Webinar: Future of Litigation

“Future of Litigation: Keeping Pace with the Rapid Rate of Change”

Speaking
May 21

Blickstein Group Webinar: Generative AI and the Evolving Legal Ops Function

Speaking
May 7

CLOC Global Institute 2024: Navigating the Future of Legal Operations

Speaking
May 2

Blickstein Group Webinar: Five Data Points You Need To Succeed at CLOC

Speaking
Feb 29

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Live Roundtable — San Francisco (Feb 2024)

“The Evolving Legal Service Delivery Model — Generative AI is Already Changing Expectations”

San Francisco

Speaking
Feb 1

ALM Law.com Legalweek 2024: Law Firm Data Maturity Model

“Law Firm Data Maturity Model — Is Your Firm Being Left Behind?”

New York

Speaking
Jan 10

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Live Roundtable — New York (Jan 2024)

“The Evolving Legal Service Delivery Model — Generative AI is Already Changing Expectations”

New York

Speaking

2023

8 engagements
Dec 13

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Virtual Summit — Dec 2023

“The Evolving Legal Service Delivery Model — Generative AI is Already Changing Expectations”

Speaking
Jun 15

ALM Law.com Webinar: Legal Operations Success Series Session 2 — ROI of LegalTech

“The ROI of LegalTech — How to Make the Business Case for Law Department Tech Investment”

Speaking
May 4

ALM Law.com Webinar: Legal Operations Success Series Session 1 — Tech Stack

“What Should Be in Your Law Department's Tech Stack?”

Speaking
May 3

Blickstein Group Webinar: Law Department Operations — Are You Getting Less from Your Tech?

Speaking
Mar 16

Class Action Law Forum: Digital Payment Claims Rates

“Digital Payment Claims Rates — Western Alliance Bank Research”

San Diego

Speaking
Feb 23

Blickstein Group Webinar: Law Department Operations — Managing the New Economy

Speaking
Feb 1

ALM Law.com Legalweek 2023: Law Firm Data Maturity Model

“Law Firm Data Maturity Model — Is Your Firm Being Left Behind?”

Speaking
Jan 24

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Live Roundtable — San Francisco (Jan 2023)

“Law Departments Under Stress — Are Legal Ops Professionals In Positions to Relieve the Pressure?”

San Francisco

Speaking

2022

11 engagements
Dec 15

Blickstein Group LDO Survey Virtual Summit — Dec 2022

“Law Departments Under Stress — Are Legal Ops Professionals In Positions to Relieve the Pressure?”

Speaking
Nov 1

Legal Operations and AI: Trends for 2023 and Beyond

Speaking
Oct 23

Inaugural Legaltech Hub Conference

New York

Speaking
Oct 18

Wolters Kluwer ELM Amplify User Conference

Scottsdale

Speaking
Sep 23

2022 LVNx Conference

Chicago

Speaking
Jun 2

ALM | Law.com Webinar (June 2022)

Speaking
May 10

2022 CLOC Global Institute

Las Vegas

Speaking
Apr 19

Blickstein Group / Legal Value Network Webinar (April 2022)

Speaking
Mar 3

2nd Annual LPPM Virtual Summit

“Key Findings from the 2021 Law Department Operations Survey”

Speaking
Feb 1

Blickstein Group Webinar: Key Findings from the 2021 LDO Survey

Speaking
Jan 11

Annual LDO Survey Live Roundtable — New York (Jan 2022)

New York

Speaking

2021

14 engagements
Nov 17

CLOC Webcast: The Road to Technology Modernization

“A Blickstein Group and FTI Technology Joint Study”

Speaking
Nov 16

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: If You Build It, Will They Come? (Nov 2021)

“Key Findings from the B+B Report on the Internal Adoption of Innovation by Law Firms”

Speaking
Nov 5

ACC NE Virtual Lunch and Learn Roundtable

“The Road to Technology Modernization — A Blickstein Group and FTI Technology Joint Study”

Speaking
Oct 28

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: If You Build It, Will They Come? (Oct 2021)

Speaking
Aug 22

ILTACON 2021: New Service Delivery Models

Las Vegas

Speaking
Aug 19

28th Annual Marketing Partner Forum

Speaking
Aug 12

ALSPs vs. AI: Investing in Workflow Efficiencies

Speaking
Aug 3

College of Law Practice Management Webinar: Futures Forum

“Firm Client Communications Cap”

Speaking
Apr 20

Legal Value Network Webinar: The Future of LPPM (and Legal Ops)

Speaking
Apr 15

Legal View Insights 2020

“A Pause in Corporate Legal Department Supplier Relationships”

Speaking
Mar 31

Legal Value Network Webinar: Billing Models for a Productive Relationship

Speaking
Mar 3

Legal Pricing and Project Management Virtual Summit

Speaking
Feb 11

Blickstein Group Webinar: Findings from the 13th Annual LDO Survey

Speaking
Jan 14

Blickstein Group Webinar: How Legal Ops Weathered the Storms of 2020

Speaking

2020

15 engagements
Dec 8

Blickstein Group 2020 LDO Survey Summit

Speaking
Dec 3

Ipro Webinar: A Year of Transition for eDiscovery

“What We Learned in 2020”

Speaking
Nov 5

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: Home Court Advantage — Captive ALSPs (Nov 2020)

“Home Court Advantage — Captive ALSPs, A Client's Perspective”

Speaking
Oct 20

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: Home Court Advantage — Why So Many Law Firms (Oct 2020)

“Why So Many Law Firms Are Launching Captive ALSPs”

Speaking
Oct 9

College of Law Practice Management 2020 Future Conferences (Oct 9)

“How Can Legal Organizations Use DA to Reduce Legal Services Costs?”

Speaking
Oct 8

College of Law Practice Management 2020 Future Conferences (Oct 8)

“Innovation: Share Your Stories”

Speaking
Jul 22

Legal Value Network Webinar: AI-Powered Legal Spend Analytic Tools

“A Look at Client-Side AI-Powered Legal Spend Analytic Tools”

Speaking
Jul 15

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: Where Will the Work Go? — Part 2 (Data Story)

“A NewLaw Futurecast: Part 2 — Data Story”

Speaking
Jul 8

Baretz+Brunelle Webinar: Where Will the Work Go? — Part 1

“A NewLaw Futurecast: Part 1”

Speaking
Jun 25

Webinar: Law Firms at a Pivot Point

“Conversations with In-house Counsel on (Re)Aligning Value, Results and Service Delivery”

Speaking
Mar 11

2020 Ipro Tech Show: AI Powered Tools in Legal

“How In-House Counsel and Law Firms are Using AI Powered Tools”

Tempe, AZ

Speaking
Feb 7

Inspire.Legal 2.0

New York

Speaking
Feb 5

Legalweek New York: Memo to LegalTech Founders

“Powerpoints Don't Create AI — Data Scientists Do!”

New York

Speaking
Feb 4

Legalweek NY Leadership Academy Bootcamp: Incentivising Innovation

“Incentivising a Culture of Innovation”

New York

Speaking
Feb 4

Legalweek New York: Tech Bubble Panel

“With Over $1B in Venture Backed Capital, Could We Be On the Verge of Another Tech Bubble?”

New York

Speaking

2019

11 engagements
Dec 5

Discovery Manager’s Roundtable: AI and the Future of the Legal Industry

New York

Speaking
Dec 4

LDO Survey Roundtable — Chicago (Dec 2019)

Chicago

Speaking
Dec 3

LDO Survey Roundtable — New York (Dec 2019)

New York

Speaking
Nov 7

Chief Litigation Counsel Association: AI in the Law Department

“Using Artificial Intelligence in the Law Department — Not Just for E-Discovery Anymore”

San Francisco

Speaking
Oct 29

Association of Distinguished Legal Executives: AI in the Law Department

“Artificial Intelligence in the Law Department”

Toronto

Speaking
Oct 22

dLaw: Disruptive Innovations in Legal Services

“Lessons Learned from the Legal AI Efficacy Report”

New York

Speaking
Oct 16

Legal Geek: AI and the Future of the Legal Industry

London

Speaking
Aug 18

ILTACON 2019: AI Foundations

“Artificial Intelligence Basics in Legal”

Orlando

Speaking
Jul 16

ILTA Chicago: Legal Efficacy for Corporate and Law Firms

Chicago

Speaking
June

P3® The Practice Innovation Conference: Decoding a Decade of LDO Data

“The Annual Law Department Operations Survey — Decoding a Decade of Data to Map the LDO Journey”

Chicago

Speaking
May

Littler Executive Employer Conference: In-House Innovation and Disruption

“Harnessing the Resources of Legal Departments, Law Firms and Technology Providers”

Phoenix

Speaking

2018

11 engagements
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — Chicago (Dec 2018)

“The End of the Duopoly”

Chicago

Speaking
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — New York (Dec 2018)

“The End of the Duopoly”

New York

Speaking
October

The Exchange Legal Operations Forum (Conference Co-Chair) — Chicago

“What is the Value Proposition / Mission Statement of the Law Department?”

Chicago

Speaking
September

LDO Survey Roundtable: 10th Anniversary

New York

Speaking
September

Lathrop Gage Annual Partners’ Retreat (Keynote)

“Principles of Legal Operations”

Kansas City, MO

Speaking
September

Buying Legal Council: Decoding a Decade of LDO Data

“Decoding a Decade of Data to Map the LDO Journey”

New York

Speaking
June

Association of Distinguished Legal Executives: Legal Operations Overview

“A Legal Operations Overview for the Legal Executive: Sorting Through the Marketing Hype”

Chicago

Speaking
March

The Exchange Legal Operations Forum (Conference Co-Chair) — Beverly Hills

“Change Management — This is NOT the Path of Least Resistance”

Beverly Hills, CA

Speaking
February

Association of Legal Technologists: New Resources for a New Age

Phoenix, AZ

Speaking
February

LegalTech New York: Building & Promoting Your LDO

“Building & Promoting Your LDO to Realize the Law Department's Full Potential”

New York

Speaking
February

LegalTech New York: On the Cutting Edge of Privacy (Track Chair)

New York

Speaking

2017

7 engagements
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — Dec 2017

“LDO Function Matures to Take on New Challenges”

New York

Speaking
October

National Law Department Operations Executive Summit

“Operational Maturity”

Chicago

Speaking
September

Exterro Infusion: Benchmarking Law Department Operations

Portland, OR

Speaking
June

LegalTech West: Benchmarking LDO Metrics, Efficiencies & Outcomes

“Building a Roadmap for the Future”

San Francisco

Speaking
May

CLOC Institute 2017: Managing Litigation Spend

“Strategies for Effectively Managing your Litigation Spend”

Las Vegas, NV

Speaking
May

Apttus Accelerate: Legal Ops Needs Legal Tech

“Developing an Effective Technology Strategy for Your Law Department”

San Francisco

Speaking
February

LegalTech New York: Corporate Counsel’s Legal Technology Challenges (Track Chair)

New York

Speaking

2016

4 engagements
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — Dec 2016

“Taking on New Levels of Responsibility and Gaining Respect”

New York

Speaking
June

LegalTech West: Leveraging Data to Reduce Costs

“Leveraging Data to Reduce Costs, Identify Issues and Improve Decision Making”

San Francisco

Speaking
June

LegalTech West: Corporate Legal Operations (Track Chair)

San Francisco

Speaking
May

CLOC Institute 2016: Driving the Legal Ops Profession Forward

San Francisco

Speaking

2015

5 engagements
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — Dec 2015

“Trying to Take the Leap from Small Changes to Major Disruptions”

New York

Speaking
November

Quovant Roadshow — San Francisco (Nov 2015)

“Tipping Point: How Demand from Law Departments is Changing the Industry”

San Francisco

Speaking
October

Quovant Roadshow — New York (Oct 2015)

“Tipping Point: How Demand from Law Departments is Changing the Industry”

New York

Speaking
October

Quovant Roadshow — Chicago (Oct 2015)

“Tipping Point: How Demand from Law Departments is Changing the Industry”

Chicago

Speaking
September

Quovant Roadshow — Houston (Sep 2015)

“Tipping Point: How Demand from Law Departments is Changing the Industry”

Houston

Speaking

2014

1 engagement
December

LDO Survey Roundtable — Dec 2014

“Creating Predictability and Security in an Increasingly Unsafe World”

New York

Speaking

2013

2 engagements
August

ILTACON 2013: 6th Annual LDO Survey Results

Nashville, TN

Speaking
May

CounselLink Annual Customer Conference

“The Expanding Role of Law Department Operations”

Atlanta, GA

Speaking

2012

1 engagement
October

Bridgeway Customer Connect Live

“The Era of Prioritization”

Orlando, FL

Speaking

2011

1 engagement
January

LegalTech New York: Leveraging Technology for Quality and Competitive Excellence

New York

Speaking

2010

2 engagements
December

Discovery Managers’ Roundtable: Litigation, e-Discovery and ESI Management

“A Marketplace Look”

New York

Speaking
August

LDO Survey Luncheon: Demonstrating Value in a Challenging Environment

Chicago

Speaking

2008

1 engagement
October

Lawtrac User Conference: The Law Department as a Profit Center

Greensboro, NC

Speaking

2006

1 engagement
October

Nuance Productivity Conference: Selling to the Legal Market

Orlando, FL

Speaking

2004

3 engagements
September

Mitratech User Conference: Keeping Costs Under Control

Speaking
June

LegalTech West: Electronic Billing ROI

Los Angeles

Speaking
February

LegalTech New York: Using Electronic Billing for Budgeting and Planning

New York

Speaking

2003

4 engagements
November

ALM Legal Space: Technology in Legal Office Space

“Enabling Productivity: The Role of Technology in Legal Office Space”

New York

Speaking
November

LegalTech Chicago: Point-Counterpoint on Technology

Chicago

Speaking
August

LegalTech San Francisco: Client Expectations of Law Firm Technology

San Francisco

Speaking
May

Elite User Conference: Electronic Discovery

“Electronic Discovery: In-House Counsel's Newest Biggest Challenge”

Speaking

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