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Michael Mills Joins Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.

New York, NY (January 11, 2010). We are pleased to announce that Michael Mills has joined Kraft & Kennedy, Inc.

Michael is a nationally recognized innovator in legal information systems, knowledge management and litigation technology. He served for 20 years as the chief knowledge officer and co-head of technology at the international law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. At Davis Polk, he directed the firm's work in information architecture, enterprise search, portal and intranet services, client collaboration, automated document drafting, expert systems, electronic discovery, client relationship management and other technologies focused on improving the quality, consistency and efficiency of professional practice and service to clients. Michael also managed the firm's business development, legal assistants, library, lawyer training and recruiting departments.

Michael received a B.A. from Reed College, where he first learned to program on an IBM minicomputer in machine language and Fortran. He attended the University of Chicago Law School, then clerked in the United States District Court in Oregon. After practicing with Davis Polk for several years, he became a partner in the firm of Mayer Brown, specializing in bankruptcy, and was founding chairman of the firm's Technology Committee and operations partner for the New York office.

He is admitted to practice in New York and Oregon, and is a member of Association for Computing Machinery and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He serves as vice chairman of Pro Bono Net, a national non-profit provider of technology and services to the public interest legal community.

Michael joins Kraft Kennedy's Management Consulting Practice, which includes Donald Sternfeld, Patricia Mansuy and Chris Trauzzi, all of whom were CIOs at major law firms, John Tsiofas, who was both a CIO and Executive Director at one of the leading firms in Canada, and Jude Travers-Frazier, also an attorney and former CIO.

The Kraft Kennedy Management Consulting practice offers a broad range of services from strategic technology planning, technology reviews, application assessments, project management, and advisory services. It focuses on assisting Kraft Kennedy clients with developing information technology solutions and operational best practices that maximize the value of technology for attorneys.

"It's time ..."

The Microsoft Peer Group of ILTA, along with Kraft & Kennedy, Inc., invite you to join one of their “It’s time ...” educational sessions.

Topic: “It’s time ...” to re-evaluate your current migration strategy so that today’s decisions can be leveraged in the future.

Tuesday • January 12, 2010
Los Angeles, CA

Wednesday • January 13, 2010
San Francisco, CA

Thursday • January 14, 2010
Seattle, WA

Tuesday • January 19, 2010
Atlanta, GA

Wednesday • January 20, 2010
Tampa, FL

Description: Join us as we discuss the new features in Windows 7 such as BranchCache, DirectAccess, BitLocker and AppLocker that are generating interest among your peers. Discuss methodologies for efficiently deploying Windows 7 within your environment and also setting up your infrastructure to allow for future image deployments in a seamless manner. We will preview upcoming Microsoft technologies such as Office 2010 and Exchange 2010 and the impact and benefits they will have on your organization. During the presentation, we will discuss and demonstrate the following:

Office 2007 with Windows 7
Deployment methodologies including SCCM and Altiris
New technologies and features to justify a desktop migration
Strategic decisions to benefit your firm in the future
New features in Office 2010
Features in Exchange 2010 that significantly address law firm needs such as e-mail archiving, e-discovery and legal holds

RSVP to worth@kraftkennedy.com or for more information call Michael Worth at 212-692-5610.

If you have colleagues in other firms or others within your own firm who share your interest in the topic, please invite them to attend with you. Nonmembers are always welcome at our events, and we're hopeful they'll learn a little bit about ILTA from the experience. There is no cost to attend, and there is much to be gained. Tell a friend about the ILTA meeting!

ILTA 3rd ANNUAL NEW YORK CITY HOLIDAY SOCIAL

Wednesday• December 9, 2009
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
O'Casey's • 22 East 41st St., New York, NY • Between Madison and Fifth Ave

Sponsored by: Citrix, Workshare and Dell

Click here to RSVP

HOUSTON AREA HOLIDAY LUNCH

Thursday • December 10, 2009
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
House of Blues • 1204 Caroline Street, Houston, TX 77002

Lunch provided by: Kraft & Kennedy

RSVP to Melanie Prevost - (713) 758-3412

Topic: New Technologies and Trends

Description: Kraft Kennedy will provide lunch as well as a brief presentation on new technologies and trends that are of interest to law firms. In addition, they will provide a brief introduction to managed services and their Proactive Support offering. One of their senior technical consultants and co-leader of the group, Lucas Messina, will be on hand to demonstrate the value brought to many small and mid-size firms.

"It's time ..."

Wednesday • November 18, 2009
Chicago, IL

Thursday • November 19, 2009
Minneapolis, MN

Wednesday • December 2, 2009
Toronto, Ontario

Tuesday • December 15, 2009
Washington, D.C.

Wednesday • December 16, 2009
Philadelphia, PA

Office 2007 with Windows 7
Deployment methodologies including SCCM and Altiris
New technologies and features to justify a desktop migration
Strategic decisions to benefit your firm in the future
New features in Office 2010
Features in Exchange 2010 that significantly address law firm needs such as e-mail archiving, e-discovery and legal holds