Dr. Julie Ruse has worked in the IT field for 30 years, the last 13 focused on legal technologies. Julie has been with Cooley, LLP since 2009 starting as an IT Analyst, then into litigation support as Litigation Analyst, and now as Sr. Trial Technology Specialist. Julie has worked for other firms in the San Diego area, Procopio Hargraves Cory & Savitch, Sullivan Hill, and Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek. Before moving into law firms, Julie’s career included IT Management, Systems Administrator, Network Administrator with Kyocera, Int’l, Hughes Network Systems, Qualcomm and SANDAG. Julie is also an Adjunct Professor at the Adams State University in Colorado, and was an Adjunct Professor at University of Phoenix teaching Business Information Systems and Advanced Computer Information Systems. Julie completed her dissertation in 2012 in fulfilment of Doctor Organizational Leadership, Information Systems and Technology Management. Julie is involved in several organizations supporting legal technologies in the San Diego area including Women in eDiscovery, San Diego Chapter and the San Diego ILTA Chapter. Julie has also spoken on the topics of technology as it relates to future litigation and trial needs as well as technology in training legal professionals.