ABOUT THE AUTHORS
DAVID HOBBIE is Litigation Knowledge Manager at Goodwin Procter LLP, where he helps litigators find and share information about clients and matters, work product and people. The views expressed in his article are his own and not necessarily those of his employer. He can be reached at dhobbie@goodwinprocter.com.
PETER KRAKAUR is the Chief Knowledge Officer at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Peter uses his legal and technical background to develop resources that allow the firm to leverage its collective experience — people, work product and practice — to deliver the highest quality of legal service to the firm’s clients. He can be reached at pkrakaur@orrick.com.
CATHERINE MONTE is the Chief Knowledge officer at Fox Rothschild LLP, where she manages KM research and competitive intelligence initiatives within the firm. She serves as project lead for the firm intranet and is now focusing primarily on practice and risk management, portal development and taxonomy integration. Previously, Catherine worked as Head of Information Services at Clifford Chance and as Head of Reference Services at Dewey Ballantine, both based in New York. She is the Vice President of ILTA’s KM Peer Group. Catherine can be reached at cmonte@foxrothschild.com.
DEBORAH S. PANELLA is the Director of Library and Knowledge Services at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York. She is currently working with IT and many administrative departments to collect, organize and
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normalize more detailed and timely information about matters and transactions so that it can be surfaced through the firm’s enterprise search engine. She can be reached at dspanella@cravath.com.
DEBBIE TING is a Litigation Resource Attorney in the Knowledge Management Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Prior to her role at Paul, Weiss, Debbie was a practicing commercial litigator for almost five years in New York City. She can be reached at dting@paulweiss.com.
ILTA’s Knowledge Management Peer Group
PEER GROUP VICE PRESIDENT Catherine Monte
STEERING COMMITTEE Chris Boyd Janis Croft
Patrick DiDomenico Lisa Gianakos David Hobbie Mara Nickerson
