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2026 ACC Legal Ops Con
The must-attend event for legal operations professionals | April 20-22, 2026 | Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
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Registration Open
7:30 AM - 6:30 PM
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Registration Open
Registration Hours
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Networking Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
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Networking Breakfast
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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Headshot Hours
8:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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Headshot Hours
Headshot Hours
Graciously sponsored by
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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101 - Opening Plenary
9:00 AM - 10:15 AM
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101 - Opening Keynote: Artificial + Emotional Intelligence = Smarter Legal Operations: Ask. Analyze. Act.
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon II
Keynote Speaker:
Trevor Faure
– Smarter Law Solutions
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
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Networking Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
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Networking Break
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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201 - How Companies Define “Legal Ops”
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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201 - How Companies Define “Legal Ops”
Presented in cooperation with
DiliTrust
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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202 - Executive Influence: Mastering the Strategic Ask
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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202 - Executive Influence: Mastering the Strategic Ask
Sponsor Speaker:
Ashley Jones, JD
– LinkSquares
Speaker:
Joe Hanson
– SEKO Logistics
Career Development
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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203 - Career Building/Paths: The Legal Ops Ladder Is Yours to Build — Hammer Included!
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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203 - Career Building/Paths: The Legal Ops Ladder Is Yours to Build — Hammer Included!
Sponsor Moderator:
Ashley Cronin
– Litera
Speaker:
Melina Dworsky
– UL Solutions
Speaker:
Amy Guzman
– Analog Devices
Speaker:
Ann Hsueh, MPH, MHSA
– Elevance Health
Career Development
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Interest Group Luncheon Meetings
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Interest Group Luncheon Meetings
Networking
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Networking Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
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Networking Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
Networking
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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301 - Legal Ops, Party of One: Scrappy, Smart, and Getting Stuff Done
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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301 - Legal Ops, Party of One: Scrappy, Smart, and Getting Stuff Done
Speaker:
Melissa Bodner, JD
– AtriCure, Inc.
Speaker:
Berlinda Peña
– HASI
Speaker:
Zsuzsa Sarlos
– Bally’s Corporation
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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302 - Managing Outside Counsel Effectively In The Age Of AI
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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302 - Managing Outside Counsel Effectively In The Age Of AI
AI
Presented in cooperation with
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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303 - How AI Delivers Value at Every Stage of CLM Maturity
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
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303 - How AI Delivers Value at Every Stage of CLM Maturity
Presented in cooperation with
Epiq
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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401 - Prompting for Impact: Gen AI Skills for Legal Ops Professionals
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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401 - Prompting for Impact: Gen AI Skills for Legal Ops Professionals
Sponsor Speaker:
Alex Schnepf
– Harvey
AI
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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402 - The Tech-Enabled Contract Team: A Practical Blueprint for Delivering Results Every Day
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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402 - The Tech-Enabled Contract Team: A Practical Blueprint for Delivering Results Every Day
Technology
Presented in cooperation with
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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403 - Practical Magic: Crafting Your Strategy for Outside Counsel & Vendor Management
2:45 PM - 4:00 PM
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403 - Practical Magic: Crafting Your Strategy for Outside Counsel & Vendor Management
Moderator:
Tom Stephenson
– Legal Ops AI
Speaker:
Todd R. Rovner
– RTX
Speaker:
Midori Vasquez
– Elasticsearch, Inc.
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Networking Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
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Networking Break
Networking
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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501 - Legal Tech Tools We Bought and Why We Bought Them
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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501 - Legal Tech Tools We Bought and Why We Bought Them
Technology
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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502 - Strategic AI Acquisition: Aligning Business Needs with Technology Solutions in Legal Operations
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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502 - Strategic AI Acquisition: Aligning Business Needs with Technology Solutions in Legal Operations
AI
Technology
Presented in cooperation with
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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503 - Be the Fixer — Resourceful. Connected. Indispensable.
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
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503 - Be the Fixer — Resourceful. Connected. Indispensable.
Speaker:
Elizabeth Gonzalez
– Northwell Health
Speaker:
Berlinda Peña
– HASI
Speaker:
Chrissy Seethaler, Certified Professional Paralegal
– Embecta Corp.
Career Development
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Networking Reception
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
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Networking Reception
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
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