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My “10 Cs” of Crisis Leadership

June 19, 2020

Last month I served as a speaker on an Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) – Chicago Chapter webcast entitled “Writing a global pandemic playbook – Crisis control: Effectively managing teams and protecting organizations in the era of COVID-19 cyber-attacks and insider threats.” During this webcast I shared my thoughts regarding my “lessons learned” during the COVID-19 pandemic of navigating through a crisis situation and leading a large team of lawyers and legal professionals during uncertain…

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How In-House Counsel Can “De-Lawyer” Their Work

By Dennis Garcia

April 29, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on many in-house legal departments. Some in-house counsel are busier than ever before addressing a wide range of legal issues that have arisen due to the COVID-19. In addition, the budgets of some in-house legal teams may be negatively impacted due to the crisis. As a result, many in-house counsel are increasingly being asked to do more with limited resources during these uncertain times. Now more than…

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More AI Means We Need More EQ

By Dennis Garcia

February 16, 2020

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Last week I had the privilege to serve as a panelist at a Northwestern Pritzker School of Law event entitled “Symposium 2020: AI, the New Law Firm Attorney: Artificial Intelligence Entering the Legal Profession.” The event’s keynote speaker Seyfarth Shaw Chair Emeritus Stephen Poor and our panel explored the growing impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the legal industry to help lawyers achieve more by getting out of the repetitive, routine and mundane tasks…

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Wellness is Our Best Investment

By Dennis Garcia

January 4, 2020

Near the end of my first year of law school I unfortunately witnessed one of my classmates having what appeared to be a nervous breakdown during a class after a confrontation with a professor. Although that incident occurred over twenty years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday and it was my first exposure to the significant challenges associated with wellness in the legal profession. Last year the American Bar Association (ABA) issued its…

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A New Decade for #TechIntensity in the Legal Profession

By Dennis Garcia

December 18, 2019

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One of my favorite topics is how lawyers and the legal profession can embrace leading technology to achieve more and better serve their clients. As we being a new decade, technology is becoming a bigger part in all of our lives, we are seeing a growth in tech intensity and there are great opportunities for lawyers put technology to work to help their clients. Over the past few months I have delivered presentations on this…

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My Diversity & Inclusion Journey

By Dennis Garcia

October 29, 2019

I have always been a big believer that embracing diversity and inclusion can enhance both our professional and personal lives. Throughout my life I have been positively influenced by important people who come from diverse backgrounds and experiences. While these individuals have helped me become a better lawyer and leader, they have also made me a better person. Here are some of their stories and how they have impacted me. My Father My father grew…

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Holiday in Copenhagen & Stockholm

By Dennis Garcia

July 16, 2019

As lawyers many of us work too hard, have too much stress and don’t focus enough on our wellness. One way to invest in our wellness is to take “real” vacations versus “fake” vacations so that we have time to unplug from work, give our brains an opportunity to recharge and spend quality time with family and friends. My family and I just returned from a terrific two week vacation in the beautiful Scandinavian cities…

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My Presentation to a US Supreme Court Justice and Public Speaking 101

By Dennis Garcia

July 9, 2019

Two months ago I had the opportunity to speak about Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Seventh Circuit Bar Association and the Judicial Conference of the Seventh Circuit in Milwaukee at the historic Pfister Hotel and at the Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. Both myself and James Dempsey – the Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology – were invited to speak and we did a similar…

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Lessons from Dad

By Dennis Garcia

June 15, 2019

This is my first Father’s Day without my dad, Dennis P. Garcia (I was named after my dad and he was named after Dennis Chavez – the first Hispanic person elected to a full term of the US Senate from the state of New Mexico). My father passed away on Saturday September 29, 2018 at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City where I was with him for the final two weeks of his life. The picture above…

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Onboarding New Legal Talent

By Dennis Garcia

April 27, 2019

A vital part of building a world-class legal team is not only recruiting and hiring great talent, but properly indoctrinating new legal professionals into your legal department or law firm – and also when they transfer into new practice groups or teams. Developing and executing upon a meaningful onboarding process for your new joiners will foster greater inclusivity, enable them to contribute immediately and position them well for future success. During my career I have had the privilege to help train – and be trained by…

In-House Consigliere

By Dennis Garcia

Blog Authors

My “10 Cs” of Crisis Leadership

How In-House Counsel Can “De-Lawyer” Their Work

More AI Means We Need More EQ

Wellness is Our Best Investment

A New Decade for #TechIntensity in the Legal Profession

My Diversity & Inclusion Journey

Holiday in Copenhagen & Stockholm

My Presentation to a US Supreme Court Justice and Public Speaking 101

Lessons from Dad

Onboarding New Legal Talent

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