Time, Task & Email Management for Lawyers and Staff - Tame the Digital Chaos

Course Instructor 
Paul J. Unger, Esq. — Affinity Consulting, Columbus, Ohio 

About the Course Instructor 

Paul J. Unger is one of the managing partners of Affinity's Columbus Ohio office. He is a 1994 graduate of Capital University Law School, and is now an attorney and founding member of HMU Consulting, Inc. (now Affinity-Columbus). Prior to forming HMU with Barron Henley, Paul was vice president of a Columbus-based technology consulting firm. He spent five years at Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott Co., LPA, limiting his practice to cvil litigation. Paul now specializes in trial presentation and litigation technology consulting, document and case management software, paperless office strategies, and legal-specific software training for law firms and legal departments throughout the midwest. He has provided trial presentation consultation for 300+ cases.

Paul is a member of The American Society of Trial Consultants, the American Bar Association, the Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Ohio Association for Justice and the Central Ohio Association for Justice. He is very active in the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, and recently served as the chair of ABA Techshow 2011. Paul is also an Adjunct Professor for Capital University Law School's paralegal program.

Mr. Unger is a national speaker and frequent lecturer for CLE programs. He is the author of Adobe Acrobat for Law Firms and PowerPoint for Legal Professionals, and co-author of Microsoft Word for Legal Professionals, all manuals designed to maximize the use of legal-specific features.

Distraction Management — Is Technology Your Servant, or Are You a Servant to Technology? 

• combatting technology induced attention deficit trait
• how to use technology to master interruptions and master your workday
• technology time wasters and how to avoid them

How to Avoid the Email In-Box Nightmare 

• techniques to tame your email problem
• capturing lost billable time
• managing client email and attachments
• improving attorney client communications

Managing Your Practice With Technology 

• managing tasks and to-do lists
• managing delegated items
• using Outlook to make work easier
• practice management programs that really work

Introduction to the Modern Day Paperless Office 

• document management and scanning

Mobile Devices to Make Your Practice More Efficient 

• how to use devices to make your life and your law practice better
• how to avoid letting mobile devices control you