Speakers
Terri Mottershead, Mottershead Consulting; Holly Riccio, O'Melveny & Myers LLP; Monice Kaczorowski, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP; Kathy Skinner, Morrison & Foerster LLP
Monice Kaczorowski has been Director, Library Services with Neal Gerber & Eisenberg LLP since June 2003. Prior to joining the firm, she was Director of Libraries for Ross & Hardies for 14 years. She is a member of Neal Gerber Eisenberg's Marketing Committee, works closely with the Marketing Department, and attends monthly Practice Group meetings to develop needs assessments and promote business development within the firm. Monice has created a Competitive Intelligence Unit within the library that supports the firm's practice development efforts and RFP process. Monice continues to work with the firm's Legal Education Committee and has developed a new associate legal research training program.
Monice's professional affiliations include memberships in the Special Libraries Association (SLA), Chicago Association of Law Libraries (CALL), American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), and SCIP (Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals). She is a past member of the WEST Advisory Board 2002-2004, 2008-2010. In addition, Monice is the AALL liaison to the Association of Legal Administrators 2010-2013 and co-chair of AALL's Publishing Initiatives Caucus (PIC) 2010-2011. Monice earned her B.A. from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana and her M.L.S. from Dominican University. She can be reached at mkaczorowski@ngelaw.com.
Terri Mottershead is the founding Principal of Mottershead Consulting. She brings more than 27 years of experience in international law practice, legal institution building, talent management, organizational development, and legal education and training to her consulting work. Terri has worked in-house in attorney talent management for AmLaw 100 law firms in the US, for a regional firm in Hong Kong, and for global law firm associations in Asia and the U.S. She practiced law in Australia and Hong Kong and was a law school academic and consultant in Hong Kong. Terri has extensive experience working with senior management and law firm stakeholders in strategically aligning and successfully implementing talent management goals that support business performance goals. Terri can be contacted at tm@mottersheadconsulting.com.
Holly Riccio is the Library and Calendar Manager for the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, a global law firm. In her role, she is responsible for managing the staff and operations for both departments in both offices. She has been with the firm since 2004 as the Library Manager and has assumed numerous additional responsibilities over the years, including acting as the library liaison to the Knowledge Management department and taking on the responsibility for leading and implementing a firmwide management training program. Holly earned her B.A. from New York University and her M.I.L.S. from the University of Michigan. She is very involved in law library professional organizations at both the local and national levels and is currently serving as the President for the Northern California Association of Law Libraries (NOCALL). She has presented at AALL, PLI, AMPLL, TRIPLL, NOCALL, LegalTech, and LMA Tech and speaks and publishes regularly on the topics of legal research and law library management. Holly can be contacted athriccio@omm.com.
Kathy Skinner is the Firmwide Information Resources Manager at Morrison & Foerster LLP, a global law firm with 1100 attorneys and 15 offices. She has been with Morrison & Foerster for 8 years. In her role as manager of the Research & Intelligence department, Kathy leads 23 staff members who collaborate across time zones to provide tailored research results and access to information resources to meet client needs. Kathy's team is also responsible for Morrison & Foerster's Competitive Intelligence research function.
Kathy earned her A.B. and her M.L.I.S. from the University of California at Berkeley. She has presented at AALL, PLI, NOCALL, and ACLEA conferences and speaks regularly in law schools about legal research in the law firm setting. Kathy can be contacted at kskinner@mofo.com.