A Legal User’s Guide to PDF Files (from Law Practice Management: Technology Academy in Word, Outlook, and PDF for Virginia Lawyers and Legal Staff) (On Demand Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of one session from the August 2022 webcast, Law Practice Management: Technology Academy in Word, Outlook, and PDF for Virginia Lawyers and Legal Staff.

Featuring Barron Henley, nationally acclaimed legal technology expert

You probably have noticed that PDF files are everywhere. They are the file format of choice when trading documents with other lawyers and clients. Many courts now require that all pleadings be filed as PDFs; most governmental forms are available only in PDF format; and if you want to reduce paper in your office, then PDFs are front and center. Because of their prevalence, everyone in your office needs to understand the risks and benefits of PDF files. Regardless of the PDF program you use, this seminar shows you the appropriate uses of PDFs. We cover extremely important topics such as:

1. Redaction, metadata removal, and electronic document security
2. Bates Numbering, splitting/combining PDFs, reducing file size for electronic case filing
3. Review/comment and PDF collaboration
4. Adding signatures and stamps
5. Routing PDFs for comments/feedback, and much more
   

Finally, we identify the programs you can use for all of these functions (you are not limited to Adobe Acrobat) and explain their relative pros and cons.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Barron K. Henley, Affinity Consulting Group / Columbus, OH


Barron K. Henley, Esq., is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio, and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow in the College of Law Practice Management, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law ("RPTE") Sections. He's a former member of RPTE Futures Task Force, a former Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee. Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments. He is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes. Finally, Mr. Henley teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology, and ethics.