In today's fast-paced business world, corporate legal operations departments are under constant pressure to perform better, faster, and more precisely than ever. One way they can achieve these goals is by leveraging the power of data analytics and dashboards. Just as coaches use analytics to drive successful outcomes for their sports teams, corporate legal operations departments can use data to unlock successful business outcomes.
Tom Stephenson
Director, Legal Operations Credit Karma
With over a decade of varied roles within the legal industry, Tom has worked alongside global law firms, Fortune 500 corporations, legal tech vendors, and alternative legal service providers to address issues impacting today's evolving legal operations, legal technology, and legal innovation landscape.
Tom focuses on driving legal operations to run smarter and faster while implementing right-sized technology solutions that provide meaningful data about how teams work. Tom serves as a trusted advisor to design-thinking executive stakeholders in corporate legal departments to identify business objectives, value perspectives, and process inefficiencies during periods of hyper-growth.
Tom is the host of Dear Legal Ops, a weekly podcast sharing anonymous stories to empower the next generation of legal operations professionals to dig deep to find and release their inner brilliance through courageous conversations, mentorship, and educational opportunities. Tom is a community thought leader and regularly speaks as an authoritative voice on innovative legal operations strategies that drive efficiency, innovation, and transparency within an organization, including Harvard Law School.