Programs & Events
Judicial Education Program: Perspectives on Technology in the Courts
How Technology Affects Washington Judges: From Electronic Court Records to High-Tech Trials
Friday, March 2, 2007
University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall
Registration & Coffee - Room 115A; Conference Convenes in Room 119
8:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m
The Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology is pleased to announce its third annual “Perspectives on Technology in the Courts” Judicial Education Program.
Technology plays a vital role in the work of judges today, but with its benefits come new challenges. This conference will provide a forum for judges to discuss with other judges how technology is transforming their work and the administration of justice. Panel chairs will lead discussions of the issues by panelists, and invite participation from attendees.
All Washington State and Federal judges are invited. We can accommodate up to 50 judges. Approved for 3 hours of Continuing Judicial Education credits, including 1 hour of ethics credits
8:15 a.m. |
Registration, Room 115A |
8:40 a.m. |
Welcome, Room 119 |
8:45 a.m. |
Panel: Understanding the Problems of Digital Evidence: Creation, Storage, Manipulation, Production Panel Chair Judge Anne Ellington, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One This panel will investigate digital evidence issues that commonly surface in discovery and litigation under Washington State law and the new Federal Rules, as well as how emerging practice standards and technologies may affect future developments. *Replacing panelist Helen Bergman Moure, Esq., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP. |
9:45 a.m. |
Break |
10:00 a.m. |
Panel: The Role of Electronic Court Records in Cybercrime and Identity Theft and What Can Be Done to Reduce It Panel Chair Judge Brian Tollefson, Pierce County Superior Court This panel will consider why cybercrime and identity theft appear to be on the increase, how information maintained by courts may be contributing to the problem and what practical and technological changes might reduce it. |
| 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:15 a.m. | High Tech Evidence and Ethics Issues for Judges Speaker: Professor Rob Aronson This presentation will address recent developments as well as established doctrines in evidence and professional responsibility law related to the use of new technologies of relevance to judges. |
12:15 p.m. |
Adjournment |
For additional program information, please contact the Shidler Center at 206-685-2636. Last year's program may also be viewed online.
Planning Committee
Brian R. Backus, Administrative Office of the Courts, Information Services Division; Justice Bobbe Bridge, Washington State Supreme Court, Chair; Judge Anne Ellington, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One; Doug Ford, Judicial Education Manager, Administrative Office of the Courts; Judge Clifford Stilz, Thurston County District Court; Judge Michael Trickey, King County Superior Court; Professor Jane Winn, University of Washington School of Law
Speaker Profiles
Rob Aronson, Professor, University of Washington School of Law
Professor Aronson teaches professional responsibility at the UW Law School and has authored books and articles on professional responsibility and judicial ethics. He has served as the UW's representative to the Pac-10 and NCAA, a member of the NCAA Management Council, and as a Commissioner on Uniform State Laws. He has also served as a member of the State Legislative Ethics Board and on the board of the Washington Appellate Defender Association.
Timothy B. Bates, Director, Information Services Division for the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC)
Tim Bates is a native of Iowa who has more than 39 years of experience in technology-related roles. Bates has worked with the National Center for State Courts in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Best Buy Companies, Inc., MCI Systemhouse, and IBM—just to name a few. Bates also owns and operates his own consulting company. Prior to his emergence on the technology front, Bates worked in the banking industry and served in the United States Army. He is a married father of two and recently welcomed his first grandson.
Eric Blank, Founder and Managing Attorney of Blank Law & Technology P.S. (formerly Blank & Associates P.S.)
Mr. Blank’s practice focuses on developing sound and aggressive strategies to identify, protect and exploit intellectual property and trade secrets, and to effectively manage risks related to entertainment, computers, software, and private and public networks, including the Internet. He has extensive experience with conducting investigations into computer and software-related torts and employment issues, defense and prosecution on an expedited basis of intellectual property claims,and the release and protection of new products. Mr. Blank’s practice includes electronic evidence support services in litigation and investigations through Blank Law & Technology’s Electronic Document Investigation (EDI) services. He works closely with staff engineers and technicians familiar with electronic evidence and computer forensic issues and has personally testified in the area of computer forensics and electronic discovery.
Justice Bobbe Bridge, Washington State Supreme Court
The Honorable Bobbe J. Bridge was appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court by Governor Gary Locke in 1999. She retained her seat in 2000 by winning a contested election and was reelected unopposed for a full six-year term in November, 2002. Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Bridge served as a Judge for King County Superior Court for ten years. During that time, she was the Presiding Judge from February 1998 to January 2000, Assistant Presiding Judge from 1997 to 1998, and the Chief Judge of King County Juvenile Court from 1994 to 1997. She also served as President of the Superior Court Judges’ Association in 1999. Throughout her tenure as judge, Justice Bridge has served on numerous judicial committees addressing a wide variety of issues affecting Washington courts. Justice Bridge has received numerous awards and honors for her service to the judiciary and the community.
John Dobra, Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, University of Nevada, Reno
Dr. Dobra's areas of expertise are related to Public Choice, Law and Economics and public policy issues related to natural resources and environmental economics. He has published in Public Choice several times, the Southern Economic Journal, Water Resources Research, the Engineering and Mining Journal several times, and the Nevada Review of Business and Economics.
Judge Anne Ellington, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One
Judge Anne L. Ellington is Acting Chief Judge of the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division One. She joined the Court of Appeals in l995, after nearly eleven years as a Superior Court Judge in King County. Judge Ellington has served as a member of the National Commission on Trial Court Performance Standards, the University of Washington Law School Alumni Board of Trustees, and the Governor’s Community Protection Task Force.
Julie Anne Halter, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Julie Anne Halter is a partner in the Seattle office of K&L Gates. Her practice includes general business litigation, and since 2001, managing large, document–intensive cases, specifically those involving electronic discovery. As a litigation attorney, Julie Anne understands the important role that proper document production methodologies and management play in litigation. Her experience directing discovery teams in document–intensive litigation has allowed her to develop and expand skills in managing large document cases especially those involving electronic discovery. Julie Anne received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of Washington and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law where she was the managing editor of the Seattle University Law Review. Julie Anne has been named a Rising Star by Washington Law & Politics each consecutive year since 2003. She is a frequent author and speaker on electronic discovery issues.
Helen Bergman Moure, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP
Helen Moure is a partner in K&L Gates' Seattle office. She has more than 12 years of experience in commercial litigation in federal and state courts and has litigated a wide variety of issues primarily on behalf of corporate clients. Since 1999, Helen's practice has focused within the firm's Document Analysis Technology Group and Records Management Practice, a unique practice area dedicated to the delivery of efficient and cost-effective electronic discovery and document review services. She oversees both large and small projects involving all aspects of the discovery process, from custodian identification and retention, to collection, processing, review and post-production litigation support. Helen has consulted with Attenex Corporation since its inception on the development and refinement of the Attenex PatternsTM E-Discovery Platform, its ground-breaking document mapping software. In addition, she is a frequent advisor to large and small clients in both the public and private sectors on document retention policy issues and assists clients in designing and implementing document retention systems. Helen is active in the Sedona Conference and is a frequent speaker on electronic discovery and document retention issues.
Tom O'Connor, Independent Consultant and Director, Legal Document Institute
Tom O'Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker and writer in the area of computerized litigation support systems. A frequent lecturer on the subject of legal technology, Tom has been on the faculty of numerous national CLE providers and currently teaches a course on legal technology in an ABA approved paralegal program at a local college. He is also a member of the planning board for the annual ABA TechShow as well as the advisory board of the national LegalTech conferences. A prolific writer on the subject, with articles in numerous legal publications as well as being the Editor of several legal newsletters, Tom is also the author of The Automated Law Firm, a guide to computer systems and software published by Aspen Law & Business, now in its fourth edition and The Lawyers Guide to Summation, published by the ABA in the summer of 2004.
Ivan Orton, Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Fraud Division, King County
Ivan Orton is a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Fraud Division of the King County Prosecutor's Office in Seattle, Washington. Ivan authored the state’s current Computer Trespass and Malicious Mischief statutes relating to computer damage, and is a co-author of Cybercrime: The Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of a Computer-Related Crime, and is a member of the Planning Panel for Digital Evidence for Courtroom, published by the National Institute of Justice.
Judge Brian Tollefson, Pierce County Superior Court
Judge Brian Tollefson has served as a Superior Court Judge in Pierce County for the past eighteen years. He serves as Chair of the Superior Court Judges Association Technology Committee, and he has been a Superior Court Judges Association representative on several task forces and sub-committees connected with the improvement of Washington State’s judicial information system. He is also finishing his studies to earn a Masters in Judicial Studies from the University of Nevada/National Judicial College.
Jane K. Winn, UW School of Law & Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology
Professor Winn teaches technology, commercial and comparative law at UW Law School, speaks frequently and has published widely on technology law issues, and is co-author of the treatise Law of Electronic Commerce and the textbook Electronic Commerce. She is a member of the American Law Institute, and a visiting fellow of the University of Melbourne School of Law.
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