From Paper to Practice: Practical Technology Systems for a Modern Law Office (2026 Edition)
Since 2009, she has represented clients in high-volume municipal, DWI, and criminal defense matters, requiring efficient document management, electronic court filings, secure digital evidence handling, and constant electronic communication with courts, clients, and experts.
Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of legal technology. A New England native who graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, he later earned a J.D. at an evening law school program while working as a consultant during the day.
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Program Summary
Session I - Smart Tech, Sound Systems: Creating a Paperless Practice Without Reinventing the Wheel – Lauren Scardella
This session covers the practical decisions lawyers must make when transitioning to a paperless or fully remote and paperless law practice. The session examines a realistic technology stack, including document management, cloud storage, practice management software, e-signature tools, scanning solutions, and secure legacy systems that many firms already own but underutilize. It also addresses staffing considerations, such as training existing or new staff, redefining roles in a digital workflow, and determining when virtual or hybrid support is appropriate. Finally, participants will learn how to evaluate whether a paperless in-office model or a remote, paperless practice best aligns with their practice area, client expectations, risk tolerance, and long-term growth goals.
Key topics to be discussed:
- How to make the transition to a paperless office if you're still using paper systems
- Creating a technology stack
- How to choose whether your practice should be a brick-and-mortar operation or a remote operation
Session II - Paperless Law Practice Tips for Litigators – Tom O'Connor
Computer technology shows up in almost every aspect of modern litigation. Electronic practice systems and workflows abound from initial strategy, client communications, research and analytics, briefing, filing with courts and presentation systems at trial: all are now part of the paperless practice landscape. Paperless technology, used well, makes the entire litigation process faster, more efficient and transparent.
Key topics to be discussed:
- AI Evidence
- Document management systems
- Electronic communication
- eDiscovery
This course is co-sponsored with myLawCLE.
Date / Time: January 23, 2026
- 1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Eastern
- 12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Central
- 11:00 am – 1:10 pm Mountain
- 10:00 am – 12:10 pm Pacific
Closed-captioning available
Speakers
Lauren Scardella | The Scardella Law Firm
Lauren E. Scardella, Esq. is the founder of The Scardella Law Firm LLC and an experienced attorney who has built and sustained a fully paperless, technology-driven law practice. Since 2009, she has represented clients in high-volume municipal, DWI, and criminal defense matters, requiring efficient document management, electronic court filings, secure digital evidence handling, and constant electronic communication with courts, clients, and experts. In 2025, Ms. Scardella successfully transitioned her New Jersey-based practice to a fully remote model while relocating to Arizona, relying on a carefully structured technology stack, cloud-based systems, and streamlined digital workflows to maintain compliance, productivity, and client service. A frequent CLE speaker and co-editor of Municipal Court Practice for NJICLE, she brings practical, real-world insight into implementing paperless systems, training staff in digital workflows, and evaluating whether a remote or in-office paperless model best serves a law practice.
Tom O’Connor | Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center
Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of legal technology. A New England native who graduated from The Johns Hopkins University in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, he later earned a J.D. at an evening law school program while working as a consultant during the day.
That consulting experience is diverse and includes tobacco litigation, the BP oil spill litigation and several opioid MDL matters as well as pro bono work with the Office of the Federal Public Defender.
A frequent lecturer about legal technology, Tom also teaches CLE courses nationwide and is a prolific writer. He has several blogs which cover current legal technology topics and has written hundreds of articles including the 2006 award-winning article, “In Katrina’s Wake”, about recovery efforts in the legal community of post-Katrina New Orleans in which he participated.
Tom has authored four books on legal technology, including the best-selling EDiscovery for the Rest of Us and most recently, AI For the Rest of Us, both of which are self-published. In addition, he hosts the Ediscovery Channel on YouTube where he interviews well-known figures in the legal technology space.
Tom currently resides down the Mississippi down in New Orleans with his son Seamus, a Hosted Services Specialist with Platinum Intelligent Data Solutions. They both still mourn the death of legal marketing maven Gayle O’Connor, a wonderful wife and partner to Tom as well as a loving mother to Seamus.
Agenda
Session I – Smart Tech, Sound Systems: Creating a Paperless Practice Without Reinventing the Wheel | 1:00pm – 2:00pm
- How to make the transition to a paperless office if you’re still using paper systems
- Creating a technology stack
- How to choose whether your practice should be a brick-and-mortar operation or a remote operation
Break | 2:00pm – 2:10pm
Session II – Paperless Law Practice Tips for Litigators | 2:10pm – 3:10pm
- AI Evidence
- Document management systems
- Electronic communication
- eDiscovery
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