Dennis Garcia ⚖️

I delivered a 5-7 minute Ted-talk style presentation about how my team and I are re-engineering the delivery of legal services to Microsoft's Americas Sales Team and freeing up more time for our commercial lawyers to perform higher impact work.

I delivered a presentation on Microsoft Responsible AI principles and practices.

I delivered a presentation about the general ethical and responsible AI considerations in connection with the creation of AI tools and the legal ethical considerations for lawyers to use AI tools in a responsible manner.

I was invited to speak on this podcast where I spoke about talent, career development, psychological safety, AI and other key topics from a in-house legal perspective.

I served as a panelist and shared best practices on how to create and maintain a great workplace culture with your employees.

I served as a panelist on the important topic of wellness for lawyers.

I delivered a keynote presentation at the Utah Bar Association's annual IP Summit.

I co-chaired PLI's "Artificial Intelligence Law 2021" program on Jan. 25, 2021 and moderated these three sessions:
- AI "101"
- AI use in the Government
- AI and Ethics

My LexBlog #inhouseconsigliere blog was recognized by Percipient as a "Best Blogs and Podcasts for In-House Counsel (Our Favorites Anyway)"

I spoke about various strategies in working in a virtual environment from a wellness, technology and productivity standpoints.

I served as a panelist on this Thomson Reuters webinar about best practices for legal organizations in move to cloud-based solutions.

I shared several best practices on remote work and how to network in our virtual work during COVID-19.

I was mentioned in this article regarding my involvement in a unique outside counsel consortium or "trio" relationship with 3 leading law firms.

I served as the co-chair of this event for the second year in a row and moderated the first session on "AI 101" and the last session on "AI & Ethics."

I delivered a presentation how lawyers can embrace digital transformation.

I was mentioned in Footnotes 215 and 216 at the end of this Marquette Law Review article.

I was asked to serve as a panelist to speak about using AI in corporate legal departments at the Cox legal team's annual offsite in Atlanta.

I delivered a 15 minute Ted Talk-style presentation on how the Microsoft legal team use the Microsoft Cloud, Data and AI to better serve its clients and achieve more.

I wrote an article about how to actively manage and navigate the direction of your career.

I spoke at the basics of AI, use applications for AI in the legal profession and the ethical/legal challenges associated with AI at this event that was attended primarily by US federal judges from the 7th Circuit.

In this article I outlined my opinion of the Top 3 High Demand areas for lawyers over the next several years in these areas: (1) Privacy/Cybersecurity; (2) Artificial Intelligence Law; and (3) Legal Operations & Technology.

I served as a panelist at this HLAI career development event.

I participated in a Q&A session with members of LPSC - who are marketing, business development and communications professionals from leading law firms. I discussed the in-house counsel & outside counsel relationship, social media, diversity & inclusion and other topics.

I talked about AI in the legal profession and how the Microsoft legal team uses AI tools to achieve more at this meeting with a strategic Microsoft customer in Los Angeles in order to build a deeper relationship with them and help increase their consumption of Microsoft cloud solutions.

I served as a Discussion Leader at this Thomson Reuters Roundtable session where we discussed topics ranging from legal operations and technology to partnering with outside counsel to #LegalTech solutions to enbracing change to digital transformation in the legal industry.

I was interviewed by Colin Levy as part of his blog.

I delivered a 20 minute in-person presentation about some strategies for building your profile and building relationships using LinkedIn.

I was a Co-Chair of this event, spoke on the panel entitled "What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? AI in the Legal Industry" and also moderated two panels entitled "AI Regulations, Legislations and the Public Policy Challenges" and "AI Ethics and Policies, and Addressing Bias in the Legal Field Using AI."

I delivered a keynote speech of the importance of security and privacy and that they are the issues of our time in a data-centric world.

I spoke to a group of 20+ senior lawyers in the Chicago area on Microsoft's cultural transformation and an overview of the Microsoft legal department at a senior in-house counsel roundtable event that I hosted in the Microsoft Chicago office.

I spoke about the intersection of AI and the legal profession on this webinar produced by Microsoft.

I delivered a short "ignite-type" talk on how corporate in-house legal departments can embrace artificial intelligence to achieve more.

I delivered a presentation demystifying what digital transformation is all about and how evolving your legal team's culture and using leading technology is critical to your digital transformation journey.

I wrote an article on how to use Office 365's Microsoft Teams to achieve more.

I served as a webinar speaker.

I served as a speaker on this webinar about the future of contracting, AI, etc...

I wrote an article about considerations to keep top of mind as you evaluate cloud-based eDiscovery providers.

I delivered a Keynote presentation about Artificial Intelligence for legal and information governance professionals at ARMA NJ's INFORM Educational Conference at Princeton University.

I was quoted at the beginning of this Bloomberg Law Big Law article about AI in the legal profession.

I served as a panelist at this Baker McKenzie produced diversity and inclusion event in the legal profession. My co-panelists were former McDonald's General Counsel Gloria Santona and Diversity leader Werten Bellamy.

I provided the keynote speech on the importance of embracing digital transformation in the legal profession at the Master's Conference for Legal Professionals.

I served on this panel and gave a talk about the intersection of AI and the legal profession to 100+ judges, lawyers and legal professionals at the 6th Circuit Judicial Conference in Nashville earlier this week.

I gave a talk abut AI, cloud computing, digital transformation, social media and data privacy to a group of law students who are part of the IFLP program.

I served on a panel talking about the intersection of AI and legal opportunities/challenges.

I served on a panel with other legal industry leaders to discuss possible use applications of AI in the legal profession and the potential ethical issues with using AI solutions.

I served as a panelist to discuss opportunities for lawyers to leverage AI to achieve more, some best practices in using AI and the important ethics/values associated with AI.

An article about key ethical considerations associated with AI.

I served on this panel and described how the Microsoft legal team embraces Microsoft Office 365 collaboration tools and artificial intelligence to achieve more and provide higher value add services to our business clients.

I served on a panel to share perspectives of what a client expects and needs from outside counsel as part of DLA Piper's Level 2 Associate Training Program.

I was interviewed by ACC Docket about my direct journey from law school to being an in-house lawyer.

I was the keynote speaker at this event and spoke about how digital technology is a lawyer's "best friend" and can help all lawyers achieve more. I focused my talk on Artificial Intelligence, Data and Cloud Computing.

I spoke on a panel about how Microsoft embraces accessibility to help every person on the planet to achieve more.

I spoke on a webinar sponsored by the ACC on best practices for using social media (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter) to learn, network, build your brand (and your company's brand).

I presented on cloud computing and cybersecurity issues at this event.

I participated on a podcast where I discussed cloud computing, social media, cybersecurity and chat bots with Percipient Founder Chad Main.

My best practices/Top 10 thoughts on how lawyers can used LinkedIn to achieve more.

I was interviewed by the ABA and talked about various subjects ranging from technology to diversity & inclusion.

I was quoted at the end of this e-book about the importance of embracing the growth mindset and having a "learn-it-all" mentality versus a "know-it-all" mentality.

An article about the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be effective in May 2018.

For the 3rd year in a row I served as a Guest Lecturer at the "In-House Counsel: Modern Corporations" class that is taught at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.

I spoke on a LexisNexis webinar regarding the potential transformative impact of AI on the legal profession and covered these 4 areas: (1) What is AI; (2) AI use cases in the legal profession; (3) legal issues with AI; and (4) Key take aways for a legal team when using AI tools.

I delivered a presentation about the basics of cloud computing and legal ethical considerations for lawyers as they use cloud tools to an audience of approximately 100 lawyers.

I served on this panel and participated in a lively discussion about ChatBots, Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice issues in the legal profession.

I was interviewed by ROSS Intelligence, a leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) company focused on providing AI solutions to the legal industry.

I served as an in-house counsel panelist on these session geared to developing better relationships between in-house counsel and this AM 100 law firm named Barnes & Thornburg.

Tip and best practice for law firms to partner effectively with in-house lawyers.

Some important tips for embracing a culture of cybersecurity for any organization - regardless of size and industry.

I served as a panelist on a discussion about how to advance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession.

I presented on (1) the important business case for advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and some best practices for organizations to embrace; and (2) the legal ethical considerations for lawyers using cloud computing tools.

My article in the 2017 Summer edition of the Lexis Practice Advisor Journal about Artificial Intelligence and the legal profession.

I served as a panelist with other leading in-house lawyers to discuss advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession

This is an article I wrote about using LinkedIn for legal professionals.

I was mentioned in this Above The Law article written by Kevin O'Keefe.

I moderated a discussion on "Compliant Cloud Computing" with three panelists and we engaged in a lively conversation about cloud computing from a compliance, privacy and security perspective. I also kicked off the discussion with a 10-12 minute overview of the basics of cloud computing.

I spoke about the importance of Cyber Security in a roundtable discussion format with General Counsel and other senior attorneys at leading companies.

I talked about the importance of embracing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession as part of a Ted Talk style presentation in front of approx. 500 attendees.

My thoughts on how lawyers should embrace a customer obsession mindset.

Part 2 of an interview about how law firms need to embrace cybersecurity.

An article about the October 2017 Illinois State Bar Association's legal ethics opinion about a lawyer's use of cloud computing solutions.

I presented on the topic of the basics of cloud computing and the legal ethics of using cloud solutions.

I discuss the importance of social media for lawyers in this YouTube video interview with Kevin O'Keefe from LexBlog.

Part 1 of an interview of me regarding steps law firms should take to be more cyber secure.

An article about what law firms should do to "sell" or "pitch" to in-house lawyers.

An article about smart risk-taking in an ever-changing world.

I served on a panel discussing the importance of embracing a culture of cyber security.

I served on a panel about key predictions in the area of law, technology and eDiscovery.

An article about the potential disruptive impact of artificial intelligence upon the legal profession.

I paricipated on a panel with other legal industry leaders to discuss the impact of articificial intelligence upon the legal profession.

An article about how lawyers can use Microsoft OneNote to be more productive and collaborative.

I was asked to present about how the Microsoft legal team practices at the intersection of law and technology to the Northwestern Prizker Law School High-Tech Society.

An article about diversity and inclusion best practices for the legal profession.

I co-moderated a discussion at Charles River Associates in Chicago with several law firm lawyers and in-house counsel on the basics of cloud computing and how to evaluate and contract with a cloud services providers.

I was the featured speaker on this webinar and addressed the various key considerations that customers should take into account when they evaluate and contract with a cloud services provider.

I served on a panel about IoT and partcipated in an activice discussion about cybersecurity governance, IoT risk manangement, cloud computing, cybercrime and the rapidly changing cybersecurity and privacy regulatory landscape.

I served on a Cybersecurity panel and participated in a discussion about cybersecurity organizational governance, risk management, using cloud computing tools and the rapidly changing cybersecurity and privacy law landscape.

An article about potential use cases for virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality in the legal profession.

I served as a guest lecturer on the topic of contracts and contract management for this Northwestern University Law School class.

I shared my perspective on how in-house counsel need to embrace continually embrace and use social media (e.g., LinkedIn, Twitter) to build and evangelize their brand.

I presented on best practices for companies to utilize when selecting and contracting with a cloud services provider.

I served as a panelist and discussed the important role that technology plays to promote greater collaboration that needs to be appropriately balanced with the need to properly safeguard data that is shared in collaboration tools.

I moderated a panel on how to identify a trusted cloud services provider and presented an overview of the basics of cloud computing.

My October 2016 Chicago Lawyer magazine article about the recent decision in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals involving Microsoft's search warrant case pertaining to cloud computing.

I served as a guest speaker on the topic of diversity and inclusion at this law firm's retreat.

This article focuses on the potential business advantages and business case for lawyers to provide pro bono legal services.

Served as a panelist for this session at ILTACON at National Harbor, Maryland on August 31, 2016 and spoke about Microsoft Yammer, Skype for Business, OneNote and SharePoint as alternatives to traditional email.

Served as a panelist for this session at ILTACON 2016 at National Harbor, Maryland on August 31, 2016 that focused on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the legal profession.

I served as a panelist and spoke about my own use of LinkedIn & Twitter and the importance of social medial for lawyers during this session at the MCCA Pathways to Diversity Conference in Washington, DC on July 18, 2016.

Best practices for developing and participating in an impactful continuing legal education (CLE) session.

I served as a panelist and talked about the importance of lawyers leveraging technology to achieve more and better serve their clients.

What lawyers can learn from Muhammed Ali and Gordie Howe.

Served as a panelist at this "The Future of Data" event sponsored by the Illinois Technology Association and TechNexus in Chicago, Illinois on June 1, 2016 and addressed these subjects: Future Looking. In the future, data changes everything - Laws, Regulations, Taxation, etc. Digital data will become another form of currency in the digital economy. What does this mean, what might the effect be? How will these changes effect policy, elected officials, business leaders?

Spoke about the basics of Cloud Computing during this webinar that was targeted to professionals in the utility industry.

Suggestions regarding how lawyers should embrace Professor Carol Dweck's "growth-mindset" principles.

I delivered a presentation on the Microsoft legal department's use of Microsoft's Cloud-based Office 365 solution that enables our team to achieve more and collaborate better.

An overview of how bots/chatbots are changing the legal profession.

I served as a panelist and spoke about a number of current changes in the EU data protection landscape and about ensuring that you select an IT cloud provider that you can truly trust.

An overview of recent EU data protection law changes.

A video interview of me in Microsoft Studios in Redmond, WA about trust and cloud computing at Microsoft.

An article written by Rose Ors from clientsmart that features quotations from me.

My article about the benefits of Twitter for lawyers.

I delivered a presentation on the basics of cloud computing and the legal ethics considerations for lawyers when using cloud solutions.

Reference of my February 2016 Bloomberg BNA Big Law article on Legal Ethics & the Cloud in the Pennsylvania Court of Pennsylvania's March 2016 Attorney eNewsletter.

I served as a panelist and talked about how lawyers can leverage social media to better evangelize themselves and their organizations.

I served as a panelist and talked about common intellectual property related issues involving employees and employers.

Best practices for lawyers to use cloud computing in a legally ethical manner.

I delivered a presentation on the basics of cloud computing technology.

Best practices for embracing a "culture of compliance."

An overview of the City of Chicago's "Cloud Tax".

A description of how the Microsoft Corporate, External & Legal Affairs (CELA) team uses Microsoft's social enterprise network called Yammer for enhanced productivity, efficiency and collaboration.

I delivered a presentation to Illinois state judges, lawyers and legal professionals on the legal ethics associated with using cloud computing solutions.

I delivered a presentation on the basics of cloud computing technology to members of the ICC and other attendees of this policy session.

Served as a panelist and spoke about various leading cybersecurity and privacy topics that affect all of us.

I served as a panelist and discussed how the Microsoft legal department uses the Microsoft Office 365 cloud solution to achieve more and collaborate better.

An overview of Twitter for lawyers.

Potential legal issues in connection with the Internet of Things (IoT).

Best practices in conducting due diligence on a cloud provider.

I delivered a presentation on best practices for lawyers to use to ensure that they are identify a cloud provider they can trust and a discussion regarding the key contract terms that should be incorporated into any cloud contract.

An overview of Microsoft's presence at the 2015 ABA TechShow in Chicago.

I served on this panel and discussed best practices in building deeper relationships between in-house counsel and outside counsel.

I was interviewed and talked about how Microsoft inspires trust in our cloud solutions.

An overview of how to "do more" with fewer resources for in-house legal departments.

An overview of the Law Enforcement Access to Data Stored Abroad (LEADS) Act.

An Overview of ISO 27018 - the First International Standard for the Protection of Personally Identifiable Information in a Cloud Computing Environment

An overview of ISO 27018 - the first international standard for the protection of personally identifiable information in the cloud.

Advice on how to improve cybersecurity in your organization.

A description of how the Microsoft legal department uses Microsoft's Office 365 cloud solution for enhanced productivity, collaboration and efficiency.

Served as a panelist and discussed legal ethics associated with the cloud and security considerations when moving to & using cloud solutions.

I served as a panelist in discussing how law firms can build deeper and meaningful relationships with in-house counsel.

An overview of the basics of cloud computing.