Do You Have an Employment LawCase? Reimagining Employment Law Intake and Client Communication with AI

Jose Figueroa | Case Status 

Jose is a valued member of the Case Status Leadership team, where he assumes a pivotal role in solution engineering. With a strategic focus, he specializes in empowering the sales team to effectively position the Case Status platform across diverse market segments. Central to his role is the management of pre-closing expectations and demonstration, ensuring clients remain well-informed about the platform’s capabilities. Jose’s expertise lies in delivering tailored solutions to law firms seeking operational optimization, while continuously seeking avenues to refine internal processes within legal practices. Jose holds a BA in Public Relations from Utah Valley University.

Jose has also been an active voice in the legal technology community, sharing his expertise and insights through numerous speaking engagements. He has presented on topics such as Preparing Students for the New Tech-Driven Legal Industry at Clio, participated in the Legal Tech Panel at Ten Golden Rules Live, and delivered sessions on Transforming How Law Firms Interact with Their Clients at the ALA Annual Conference. Additionally, he has contributed to discussions on the Business of Law at TLU Live and led a presentation on Creating Efficiencies and Increasing Client Satisfaction with Case Status at MTMP. Through these engagements, Jose continues to educate and inspire legal professionals to embrace technology and innovation to enhance client experience and firm performance.

Reuben A. Guttman | Guttman Buschner LLP

Reuben Guttman is a founding member of Guttman, Buschner & Brooks, PLLC where his practice involves civil rights, whistleblowers, class actions and complex litigation.

The International Business Times has referred to him as “one of the world’s most prominent whistleblower attorneys.” Citing “wins recouping billions of dollars for the federal and state governments,” Boston Globe’s STAT News referred to him as the “The Lawyer Pharma Loves to Hate.”

Guttman has represented workers, unions, and pension funds in complex litigation. For over a decade, he has served as the chief outside counsel to the Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, AFL-CIO/CLC, in a series of labor and environmental cases that enhanced safety and environmental conditions at Manhattan Project nuclear weapons sites while driving dread disease compensation legislation for nuclear weapons workers across the nation.

In 2020, he served as lead counsel in a federal class action lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections and secured a consent order mandating Hepatitis C testing and treatment for 17,000 inmates.

Guttman is currently a faculty member of the American University School of Public Affairs where he teaches Equal Protection/Civil Rights, and he has been an Adjunct Professor at Emory Law School and a Senior Fellow at Emory Law’s Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution. He is a Founder and Senior Advisor to the Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review (ECGAR). He is the 2015 recipient of the Emory Law Alumni Service Award.

He has taught trial advocacy and complex case investigations in the United States, China, and Mexico, and he has co-authored three case files – two published by Emory Law and one published by the National Institute of Trial Advocacy where he is a faculty member.

He is co-author (with J.C. Lore III of Rutgers Law) of the textbook, Pretrial Advocacy (Wolters Kluwer Spring, 2021). He is a chapter co-author (with Traci Buschner) and wrote the introduction for Remote Advocacy: A Guide to Survive and Thrive (Wolters Kluwer and National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 2020).

Guttman has written or co-authored more than 100 articles or opinion pieces and multiple book chapters and law review pieces. He is a monthly columnist for Law360 where he writes on litigation and politics.

His article, Pharmaceutical Regulation in the United States; a Confluence of Influences, was translated and published in Mandarin in the Peking University Public Interest Law Journal, Vol 1, Page 187 (2010).

Guttman is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; he is past member of the Board of Directors of the American Constitution Society (ACS) where he is currently a member of the ACS Board of Advisors.

Guttman received his JD from Emory University and his BA in American History from the University of Rochester. He is the founder of www.whistleblowerlaws.com. He began his legal career as a Washington DC counsel for the Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, where he served for five years. Guttman is licensed to practice in front of The United States Supreme Court and in the states of Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia.

Session I – Transforming Law Firm Operations with Intelligent Automation: A Case Status Demo | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

• Operational efficiency at scale
  • Discover how intelligent automation and centralized messaging eliminate manual client updates, saving time and reducing staff workload—resulting in up to 80% less communication effort
• Elevated client experience
  • Learn how Case Status delivers a proactive, branded, and mobile-first experience that meets modern client expectations, driving higher satisfaction, loyalty, and 5-star reviews
• Growth without additional headcount
  • See how firms can unlock new revenue through automated review capture, improved client retention, and smarter case management—growing the business without growing overhead

Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

Session II – Optimizing Client Intake in Employment Law: From Inquiry to Engagement | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

• Discrimination
• Wage and Hour
• ERISA
• Whistleblower
• Class vs. Individual