Director of Information Services, Locke Lord LLP

Nancy is a legal management professional with 10 years of experience in the legal industry experienced in overseeing operations in the library, records, and conflicts/client intake departments.

As Director of Information Services (Library), Records, and Client Intake/Conflicts departments at Locke Lord LLP, Nancy is focused on the continued improvement of services for each department with an emphasis on supporting firm profitability, streamlining operations, leveraging technology, reducing expenses, and creating firm-wide policies and procedures for all groups.

Associate
Shearman & Sterling LLP

Josh is a litigation associate with 6 years of experience, focusing primarily on securities-related matters. As a litigation associate, Josh spends a significant amount of his time conducting legal research and drafting pleadings, motions, and appellate briefs, spanning multiple jurisdictions across the United States.

Associate
Phillips Nizer LLP

Alisha is a senior associate in the litigation department of Phillips Nizer LLP in New York. Alisha represents clients from various industries in a broad range of commercial disputes in state and federal courts and arbitration. She successfully has litigated cases involving a variety of complex legal issues and subject matters, including contract and statutory interpretation, employment and discrimination claims, unfair competition and corporate raiding, partnership disputes, securities law, and fraud. Alisha works with her clients to develop smart litigation strategies and pragmatic solutions to tough problems, always considering her clients’ business interests and tailoring her approach to their individual needs and goals.

Founder & Managing Editor, Above the Law
Breaking Media, Above the Law

David Lat is the founder and managing editor of Above the Law. His writing has also appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post, among other publications. Prior to ATL, he launched Underneath Their Robes, a blog about federal judges. Before entering the media world, David worked as a federal prosecutor in Newark, New Jersey; a litigation associate at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, in New York; and a law clerk to Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. David graduated from Harvard College and Yale Law School, where he served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal. David's first book, Supreme Ambitions: A Novel, was published in 2014 to rave reviews.