Bridgeway Announces An All-star Team Of Presentors For Annual CustomerConnect Live Client Conference

HOUSTON, Sept. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridgeway Software, the most recommended provider of legal services management solutions, today announced a stellar line-up of "all-stars" who will be presenting at its annual national user conference, CustomerConnect Live 2014.  The conference, which is designed to help legal teams generate the greatest overall business impact through education focused on industry best practices, peer collaboration and practical, real-world examples, will be held October 6-9th, 2014 at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Nashville, Tennessee.

CustomerConnect Live 2014 is a premier conference during which legal operations professionals and industry pundits will build in-depth practical skills to help maximize their investment in legal technology.  Attendees will gain knowledge about the latest strategies from companies who are at the forefront of the legal industry, network with peers, and gain insight into future trends from industry thought leaders.

With more than two decades of legal department technology best practices and the operational flexibility to respond accordingly, Bridgeway established the conference to provide legal operations professionals an opportunity to learn from their peers' personal accounts of how their departments have positively affected its company's bottom-lines. 

The conference will include keynote presentations from Country Music Association's (CMA) award-winning and Billboard chart-topping singer/songwriters Monty Powell and Anna Wilson, and nearly 100 hands-on and educational tracks covering themes such as:

• "The SEC and Cyber-Security: Are Public Companies Cyber-Prepared?" Presented by Taylor K. Wirth an associate in the Nashville office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, this session will discuss how the SEC has sharpened its focus on cyber-security governance, identification and assessment of cyber-security risks, and the protection of computer networks and consumer information and why understanding agency and industry guidance and preparing for a possible attack, are essential.
• "Demonstrating Value Through Numbers." Presented by Pratik Patel from Elevate Services, this session will address practical steps that law departments are taking to capture the right information, generate the right benchmarks/analytics and use data in meaningful ways.
• "Negotiating the Win-Win." Presented by Ellen Zavian, this session will focus on the two things most of us spend doing during our work days; Selling or Negotiating. After negotiating precedent-setting agreements in the sports industry for over 20 years, Ellen will share her top 10 negotiating tips she wish she knew earlier in her career.

"As the most recommended and highest rated provider of Legal Management solutions, we are constantly looking for innovative ways to help our customers deliver and optimize in-house legal services," said David Samia, Vice President, Product Engineering and Management of Bridgeway Software.  "By offering a wide spectrum of educational tracks and customer sessions our annual conference is just another way that we can help legal departments improve the impact of their legal spend management, matter management, corporate governance and e-Discovery efforts."

About Bridgeway

Bridgeway is dedicated to providing software solutions and professional services to implement best practices for the offices of the general counsel and corporate secretary. Most recommended by clients, Bridgeway enables leading corporations and government agencies to optimize productivity, reduce cost, and mitigate risk with an integrated technology approach for legal services management. Bridgeway implements systems in the areas of matter and case management, electronic invoicing, cost management, corporate governance, contract management, litigation risk assessment, and entity management. Founded in 1989, the company is headquartered in Houston, Texas with representative offices in Philadelphia and Toronto. More information about eCounsel^®, LawManager^®, Smart Invoice,  Corridor™, Bridgeway Legal Hold, and Secretariat^® is available at www.bridge-way.com or by calling 888-272-4699.

SOURCE Bridgeway Software