James L. Michalowicz

Jim specializes in corporate law department practice management, including cost reduction, risk reduction, performance metrics, records management and discovery management. He also assists law firms in developing alternative fee arrangements, responding to RFPs and creating strategic marketing efforts directed toward corporate law departments.

Prior to joining Altman Weil, Mr. Michalowicz was the Litigation Program Manager for Tyco International, Inc. In that position, he coordinated law firm and supplier convergence programs, early case assessments, alternative fee arrangements, e-discovery management and performance metrics.

For over a decade he worked at E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company as the Business Manager of its Legal Department, as well as the Manager of Litigation Support. He began his professional career with two of the pioneers in the automated litigation support field, Informatics and J. Feuerstein Systems.

He is a contributing member to the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention & Production and an editor for the Sedona Guidelines: Best Practices for Managing Information & Records in the Digital World. In 2002, he became a member of the Board of Advisors for the Legal Sales and Services Organization and in 2005 he joined the Georgetown University CLE Advisory Board supporting the E-Discovery Institute.