PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Storm Evans Consulting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
September 1989 - present
Law office automation consulting and training services.

• Principal/practice support consultant/trainer

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, Ohio
February 1988 – August 1989
Practice Support Consultant

• Engaged to interview office managing partners and practice area coordinators to determine how computers could assist lawyers in their practice and to write a report to the firm on findings.

• Assisted in implementation of litigation support in three offices.

Hughes & Luce, Dallas, Texas
June 1987 – January 1988
Information Systems Manager

• Assisted firm in selection and implementation of a firm-wide word processing system for all secretaries and support staff.

• Developed comprehensive training program prior to implementation of word processing system.

• Assisted in planning for the firm’s move from one building to another in downtown Dallas and ensured that computer services were available to lawyers at that time.
   

Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Texas
July 1978 – June 1987
Word Processing Manager (Information Systems Manager) April 1982 – June 1987

• Assisted firm in selection and implementation of a firm-wide word processing system for all secretaries in five US offices and 1 overseas office.

• Oversaw development of training programs for attorneys and secretaries on the word processing system.

• Oversaw operations of the firm’s word processing centers which employed 40 people.

• Oversaw the operations of the firm’s graphic arts department.

• Oversaw the computer training program.

• Oversaw the proofreading department, including development of program for testing potential proofreaders, and program for receiving and tracking lawyer feedback.

• Oversaw the firm’s communications (fax and teletype) department.

• Assisted in design of workspace in eleven floors of newly leased office space, including state of the art computer and communications systems.

• Assisted in development of a move manual.

• Assisted in moving the firm into its new space.

Word Processing Supervisor February 1982 – April 1982

• Oversaw operations of the firm’s word processing centers which employed 40 people.
  Word Processing Coordinator February 1980 – February 1982

• Oversaw operations of the firm’s word processing center in the Trusts & Estates and Tax departments which employed 5 people during the day shift and 3 at night.

• Developed document assembly forms for Trusts & Estates department.

Word Processing Operator July 1978 – February 1980

• Document production for Litigation department, Trusts & Estates department, and Tax department.

Bates College of Law, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 1982.

• Admitted but declined to attend in favor of continuing to assist lawyers in their practice of law.
   

Bernard Johnson Engineering, Houston, Texas
1977-1978
Secretary to Chief Counsel

Baker & Botts, Houston, Texas
September 1976 – July 1977
Legal Secretary

Durham College, Houston, Texas
September 1972 to April 1975
Teacher

• Taught typing, Greg shorthand, business English and general bookkeeping at a privately-owned business college.

Winnsboro Independent School District, Winnsboro, Texas
September 1971 – June 1972
Teacher

• Taught 7th grade mathematics and 8th grade reading and spelling.

East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
January 1971 – August 1971
Teaching assistant in the Business Education Department

EDUCATION:

University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Advanced courses in accounting and computer science, 1980-1984

East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Bachelor of Arts in Business Education and Secretarial Science, 1970

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• American Bar Association
  associate member 1983 to present
  Law Practice Management Section
  - Word Processing Committee 1983-1985
  - Computer Committee/Division 1984 – 1993
  - Publishing Board 1997-2001
  - Membership Board 1992-1999
  - Magazine Board 2001-2005
  - Articles Editor 2001-2003
  - Education Board 1990-1998 and 2006
  - TechShow Board 1991-1995

• Law Technology News
  Advisory Board member 1994-present

• Pennsylvania Bar Institute
  Presenter 1991-present

CERTIFICATIONS and AUTHORIZATIONS:

• Timeslips Certified Consultant

• LexisNexis Practice Management Certified Independent Consultant

  • Time Matters

  • Billing Matters

  • Billing Matters Plus

  • PCLaw

  • HotDocs

  • LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage
     

• Software Technologies, Inc. Authorized Reseller and Consultant
   

  • Tabs3

  • Practice Master

  • General Ledger

  • Trust Accounting

  • Accounts Payable
     

• Worldox Authorized Reseller and Consultant
   

Presentations and Articles:

Storm is a frequent contributor to Law Technology News and Law Practice Management Magazine.

Storm has presented programs to the American Bar Association TechShow (19 consecutive years), the American Lawyer Media’s Legal Tech in New York, Dallas and Toronto, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Kentucky Bar Association, the Connecticut Bar Association, the Washington DC Bar Association, the Department of Justice, the Cleveland Bar Association, and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Storm is the author of Time Matters in One Hour for Lawyers, which was first published by the American Bar Association Law Practice Management Section in 1998 and is now available through Storm Evans Consulting.