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Interested in how technology affects the legal market? Come listen to a presentation by Mark A. Cohen - a global thought leader in the legal industry. He is a weekly columnist for Forbes; a Distinguished Lecturer in Law at Georgetown; an international speaker; and a strategist and advisor to a leading legal service provider, two internationally renowned law schools (in addition to Georgetown), and founder of Legal Mosaic, a legal consultancy.聽

Mark was previously an internationally-known civil trial lawyer who represented five foreign sovereign nations鈥攁s well as the United States for whom he served as an award-winning Assistant United States Attorney鈥攁nd 65 of the then-Fortune500. He was the youngest partner at the U.S.鈥檚 largest domestic firm and later the founder of a multi-city national litigation boutique.聽

He is a pioneer in the adoption of technology in the delivery of legal services, flex-time, the virtual workplace, and other advances. He was a co-Founder of Clearspire, a revolutionary law firm/legal services company that received global critical acclaim for its innovative structure and delivery capability. He has spoken about these and other topics at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, University College Faculty of Laws, The German Bar Association, The American Bar Association, The UK Solicitors Regulatory Authority, and at countless other noted venues.

Mark will be speaking about global developments in the legal industry and how they reflect broader changes that cut across multiple business sectors. He will explain how and why law and so many other industries have been disrupted by technology, the global financial crisis of 2007, and globalization. He will explore how these forces have transformed the buy-sell dynamic of goods and services, created new delivery models, and effected changes in how people work. Mark will also offer advice on new skillsets required not only of lawyers but also for those entering other fields. He will also talk about the value of a global view, both intrinsically and extrinsically.