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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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Fewer Options
Wednesday, April 22, 2026
7:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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Registration Open
7:30 AM - 4:00 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
Networking
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM
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Headshot Hours
8:00 AM - 2:15 PM
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Headshot Hours
Headshot Hours
Graciously sponsored by
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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601 - "If You Don’t Measure It, You Won’t Manage It”- How Benchmarking Analysis Drives World-Class Operations
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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601 - "If You Don’t Measure It, You Won’t Manage It”- How Benchmarking Analysis Drives World-Class Operations
Speaker:
Trevor Faure
– Smarter Law Solutions
Benchmarking
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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602 - Designing and Scaling AI for Legal Ops Impact
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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602 - Scaling AI for Legal Ops Impact
AI
Technology
Presented in cooperation with
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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603 - How To Take Mature Legal Operations Functions/Legal Departments To The Next Level
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
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603 - How To Take Mature Legal Operations Functions/Legal Departments To The Next Level
Presented in cooperation with
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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Networking Break
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
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Networking Break
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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701 - From Cost Center to Value Driver: Telling the Legal Ops Story with Data
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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701 - From Cost Center to Value Driver: Telling the Legal Ops Story with Data
Moderator:
Mario Oliveros
– Geico
Speaker:
Melissa Bodner, JD
– AtriCure, Inc.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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702 - The Ultimate Vendor Scorecard Workshop: Metrics, Expectations, and Insight
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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702 - The Ultimate Vendor Scorecard Workshop: Metrics, Expectations, and Insight
Sponsor Speaker:
Kris Satkunas
– LexisNexis CounselLink
Presented in cooperation with
LexisNexis
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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703 - The Future Of Legal Resourcing: AI, Headcount, Tech, And The Next Generation Legal Ops Team
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
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703 - The Future Of Legal Resourcing: AI, Headcount, Tech, And The Next Generation Legal Ops Team
AI
Technology
Presented in cooperation with
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
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Interest Group Luncheon Meetings
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
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Interest Group Luncheon Meetings
Networking
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
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Networking Lunch
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
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Networking Lunch
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
Networking
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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801 - The Legal Executive Playbook
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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801 - The Legal Executive Playbook
Presented in cooperation with
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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802 - Unlocking The Legal Front Door: The Key To Visibility, Efficiency, And Sanity
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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802 - Unlocking The Legal Front Door: The Key To Visibility, Efficiency, And Sanity
Speaker:
Jeannine Moran
– Hitachi Digital
Speaker:
Ann Schlaffman, JD
– Kyndryl
Speaker:
Midori Vasquez
– Elasticsearch, Inc.
Sponsor Speaker:
Evan Wong
– Checkbox
Presented in cooperation with
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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803 - Agentic AI-Native Legal Operations: From Copilots To Fully Orchestrated Workflows — Expert-Led Roundtable
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
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803 - Agentic AI-Native Legal Operations: From Copilots To Fully Orchestrated Workflows — Expert-Led Roundtable
Sponsor Speaker:
Alok Priyadarshi
– QuisLex
AI
Technology
Presented in cooperation with
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
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Networking Break
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM
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Networking Break
Location: Grand Ballroom - Salon III
Networking
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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901 - Flipping the Script: Applying Change Management Theory to Legal Ops at Scale
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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901 - Flipping the Script: Applying Change Management Theory to Legal Ops at Scale
Speaker:
Elizabeth Rancourt-Smith
– RTX
Speaker:
Shari Horowitz, MBA, CIPT
– Grainger
Change Management
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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902 - Less Tracking, More Acting: How To Put Your Legal Spend Data To Work
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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902 - Less Tracking, More Acting: How To Put Your Legal Spend Data To Work
Presented in cooperation with
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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903 - OCG — Let's Build the Guidelines We Want and Need! — Workshop
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
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903 - OCG — Let's Build the Guidelines We Want and Need! — Workshop
Facilitator:
Elizabeth Gonzalez
– Northwell Health
Facilitator:
Chris Kopeck
– In Transition
Facilitator:
Kam O'Keefe, JD
– Allstate
Sponsor Speaker:
Omar Sweiss
– Justice Bid, LLC
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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That's a Wrap!
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
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1001 - That's a Wrap!
Networking