Patrick DiDomenico

As the Chief Knowledge Officer at Ogletree Deakins, Patrick DiDomenico is a leading voice among KM professionals, helping legal professionals understand the value of retaining their knowledge for re-use. His book, Knowledge Management for Lawyers, and long-running blog have helped firms around the world approach information retention in a new way. As a member of Ogletree’s Technology Strategy Committee, he guides the firm’s use of technology and information resources to best serve clients… Show more

As the Chief Knowledge Officer at Ogletree Deakins, Patrick DiDomenico is a leading voice among KM professionals, helping legal professionals understand the value of retaining their knowledge for re-use. His book, Knowledge Management for Lawyers, and long-running blog have helped firms around the world approach information retention in a new way. As a member of Ogletree’s Technology Strategy Committee, he guides the firm’s use of technology and information resources to best serve clients. Patrick is recognized as a leading authority on knowledge management, legal technology, and innovation; he is the founder of the Knowledge Management for Legal Professionals and Legal Project Management groups on LinkedIn.

Created in 2011, each year the Fastcase 50 award honors a diverse group of lawyers, legal technologists, policymakers, judges, law librarians, bar association executives, and people from all walks of life. In many cases, honorees are well known, but in many others, the award recognizes people who have made important, but unheralded contributions. Show less

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Patrick DiDomenico became interested in knowledge management in the early aughts and has not looked back. In 2005, he transitioned from traditional law practice to become his firm’s first chief knowledge officer. Since then, Patrick has been on the leading edge of KM. At Ogletree Deakins, he built a robust KM program from the ground up that expanded to include legal research and LPM, developed innovative KM tools that help lawyers deliver value to… Show more

CITATION UPON INDUCTION INTO THE COLLEGE
Patrick DiDomenico became interested in knowledge management in the early aughts and has not looked back. In 2005, he transitioned from traditional law practice to become his firm’s first chief knowledge officer. Since then, Patrick has been on the leading edge of KM. At Ogletree Deakins, he built a robust KM program from the ground up that expanded to include legal research and LPM, developed innovative KM tools that help lawyers deliver value to clients, and led his firm’s initiatives to deliver services online directly to clients. The firm’s intranet, ODConnect, ushered in a new era of intranet design and usability. Several organizations have recognized his firm’s work, which is a past InnovAction Award winner.
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Presented to a firm and/or its strategic vendor partner whose use of technology has helped improve the delivery of legal services and/or boosted overall level of satisfaction among clients.

Ogletree Deakins won second place for its Clientlink Collaboration Platform, a Knowledge Management tool that offers clients secure, custom-built collaboration sites that provide 24-7 web-based access to all the documents, data, reporting, and tools they need to effectively track matter progress… Show more

Presented to a firm and/or its strategic vendor partner whose use of technology has helped improve the delivery of legal services and/or boosted overall level of satisfaction among clients.

Ogletree Deakins won second place for its Clientlink Collaboration Platform, a Knowledge Management tool that offers clients secure, custom-built collaboration sites that provide 24-7 web-based access to all the documents, data, reporting, and tools they need to effectively track matter progress. http://ogletreedeakins.com/innovations/knowledge-management#clientlink

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Designed to recognize and celebrate excellence among business services individuals and teams working in law firms, barrister’s chambers and other legal services providers across the entire legal market, the Business Leadership Awards are open for entries across 24 categories.

Designed to recognize and celebrate excellence among business services individuals and teams working in law firms, barrister’s chambers and other legal services providers across the entire legal market, the Business Leadership Awards are open for entries across 24 categories.

Across the globe, intranet teams are delivering intranets and digital solutions that are truly essential for staff to carry out their day-to-day work. Ogletree Deakins won a Gold Award in the Intranet Rework category. The Knowledge Management team delivered a "rich set of intranet improvements to support lawyers in their everyday work... Search and simplifying access to client matters demonstrates an intranet developed with clear priorities and strong business alignment."… Show more

Across the globe, intranet teams are delivering intranets and digital solutions that are truly essential for staff to carry out their day-to-day work. Ogletree Deakins won a Gold Award in the Intranet Rework category. The Knowledge Management team delivered a "rich set of intranet improvements to support lawyers in their everyday work... Search and simplifying access to client matters demonstrates an intranet developed with clear priorities and strong business alignment."
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In many organizations, knowledge management is just rhetoric. This award recognizes an organization in which knowledge management is a positive reality. The recipient of the KM Reality award is an organization demonstrating leadership in the implementation of knowledge management practices and processes by realizing measurable business benefits.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, an international law firm focused on global labor and employment, established a KM department to… Show more

In many organizations, knowledge management is just rhetoric. This award recognizes an organization in which knowledge management is a positive reality. The recipient of the KM Reality award is an organization demonstrating leadership in the implementation of knowledge management practices and processes by realizing measurable business benefits.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, an international law firm focused on global labor and employment, established a KM department to develop: ODSearch, to quickly and easily locate relevant sample and precedent documents from among the 20+ million documents in its document management system; ODConnect, a highly robust, widely used intranet; Ogletree IntelliCase, a proprietary tool to enable clients to monitor and manage employment discrimination charges with state and federal agencies; and ODComply, a compliance tool enabling clients to adhere to federal laws, regulations and court interpretations.

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Ogletree Deakins creates and champions an innovative law firm environment by imbuing its firm core values into all aspects of its practice and business. This year, the firm executed multiple initiatives that truly enhanced the way they work –– both internally and with clients. Some of the initiatives included a SharePoint intranet with an integrated enterprise search; a mobile-enhanced website that is optimized for all smartphone devices; a unified firm blog that contains content from 19… Show more

Ogletree Deakins creates and champions an innovative law firm environment by imbuing its firm core values into all aspects of its practice and business. This year, the firm executed multiple initiatives that truly enhanced the way they work –– both internally and with clients. Some of the initiatives included a SharePoint intranet with an integrated enterprise search; a mobile-enhanced website that is optimized for all smartphone devices; a unified firm blog that contains content from 19 practice and topical areas; iPhone, iPad and Android applications for our annual Workplace Strategies Conference, which was attended by over 600 attendees and speakers; a Web-based application that allows clients to manage their cases; and a Web-based application that provides clients with subscription access to various tools and resources to assist with their employment law challenges. Show less

Patrick established Ogletree Deakins’ first formal knowledge management department, consisting of practice support lawyers, a dedicated KM development group, a KM client solutions group and a KM firm solutions group. He and his team deployed an enterprise search system and developed a new SharePoint intranet with client team sites, matter-centric information and personalized financial dashboards. Patrick and his team also created a Web application that provides clients secure access to their… Show more

Patrick established Ogletree Deakins’ first formal knowledge management department, consisting of practice support lawyers, a dedicated KM development group, a KM client solutions group and a KM firm solutions group. He and his team deployed an enterprise search system and developed a new SharePoint intranet with client team sites, matter-centric information and personalized financial dashboards. Patrick and his team also created a Web application that provides clients secure access to their matter information and a second Web application that allows clients to access employment compliance materials on a subscription basis. Patrick has volunteered for ILTA as a member of the Knowledge Management Peer Group Steering Committee, the annual conference committee and the SharePoint Symposium committee.

Criteria: This individual uses knowledge management resources to help their organization share knowledge effectively, deliver excellent service to clients and achieve its business goals.

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