ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Graham K. Bryant, Law Clerk, Supreme Court of Virginia / Richmond
Graham K. Bryant currently serves as a judicial law clerk to Justice William C. Mims of the Supreme Court of Virginia, in which role he studies developments in state and federal appellate law as well as techniques for effective legal reasoning and writing. He writes and presents on the technological, legal, and social trends affecting the legal profession in the twenty-first century. His work has been published in Mississippi Law Journal and Regent University Law Review, as well as the Virginia Lawyer and other bar association publications. An active member of the Virginia State Bar, he serves as a member of the VSB Special Committee on Technology and the Future Practice of Law and contributed to the 2019 Report on the Future of Law Practice. He also is co-chair of the VSB Young Lawyers Council Bench-Bar Relations Committee, and he previously served on the VSB President’s Committee on Lawyer Well-Being as an editor of that Committee’s report. Mr. Bryant also participates in the Virginia Bar Association and currently serves as a member of VBA Young Lawyer Division’s executive board. He is editor-in-chief of the YLD’s ABA-award-winning newsletter, the Opening Statement, and also serves as the YLD liaison to the VBA’s Appellate Practice Section Council. Prior to his current position, Mr. Bryant served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Glen A. Huff of the Court of Appeals of Virginia. He graduated from William & Mary Law School in 2016 as a member of the Order of the Coif.
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
Sharon D. Nelson, Esq., is the President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., a digital forensics, cybersecurity and information technology firm in Fairfax, Virginia. She is the author of the noted electronic evidence blog, Ride the Lightning, and is a co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast series called “The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology,” as well as “Digital Detectives.” She is a frequent author (seventeen books published by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, cybersecurity, and electronic evidence topics. She was the President of the Virginia State Bar June 2013–June 2014 and a past President of the Fairfax Law Foundation. She may be reached at snelson@senseient.com
John W. Simek, Sensei Enterprises, Inc. / Fairfax
John Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc., an information technology, digital forensics and cybersecurity firm located in Fairfax, Virginia. He has a national reputation as a digital forensics technologist and has testified as an expert witness throughout the United States. He holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University. Mr. Simek holds the prestigious CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) certification in addition to multiple other technical certifications. He is the co-chair of ABA TECHSHOW 2019 and a co-host of the Legal Talk Network podcast Digital Detectives. He is a frequent author (seventeen books published by the ABA and hundreds of articles) and speaker on legal technology, cybersecurity, and electronic evidence topics. He may be reached at jsimek@senseient.com.