This presentation was given by Catherine Sanders Reach, Director of Law Practice Management and Technology for the Chicago Bar Association. Catherine discusses how providing competent representation now means not only having legal knowledge, but also technological skill in safeguarding electronic information.

3. Rule 1.1 Lawyer’s Duty of
Competence
Rule 1.6 Confidentiality of
Information
Rule 5.3 Responsibilities Regarding
Nonlawyer Assistance Rule

4. Bd. Of Bar Overseers Office of the Bar Counsel,
Public Reprimand No. 2013-21 (Oct. 9, 2013)
Iowa Supreme Court Atty. Disciplinary Bd. v. Wright,
840 N.W.2d 295, 301-04 (Iowa 2013)
In re Anonymous, 6 N.E.3d 903, 907 (Ind. 2014)
In re John A. Goudge, 12PR0085
In the Matter of Cynthia E. Collie, Appellate Case
No. 2012-213164 (South Carolina (Oct. 17, 2013)

8. • 18 states – so far as we know
• Cropping up since 2006
• Topics include 3rd party access to electronic data, safekeeping
property in electronic format, extranets, web-based email,
SaaS, and “the Cloud”

16. Thanks!
Catherine Sanders Reach, Director
Chicago Bar Association Law Practice Management
& Technology
Phone: 312-554-2070
Csandersreach@chicagobar.org
www.chicagobar.org/lpmt
Follow me @catherinereach
www.linkedin.com/in/catherinereach
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