State Bar Association creates technology panel

Monroe County Bar Association Executive Director Kevin Ryan has been named to a 17-member committee created by the New York State Bar Association to examine the impact of technology— including artificial intelligence, e-discovery, data privacy and cybersecurity—on the way attorneys practice, and legal services are delivered, now and in the future.

The committee will build on the efforts of a working group on technology that was created by the state Bar Association in 2015.

The mission of the new committee is to identify ways attorneys can use technology to enhance their practice; assist attorneys in achieving technological competence;  enhance protection of the public by developing regulations and best practices for legal service technology providers; and explore ways that new technologies might provide better access to courts and legal service to individuals who cannot afford lawyers.

The committee is chaired by attorney Mark Berman, of New York City. In addition to Ryan, the other committee members are:

• Seth H. Agata, Kinderhook
• Alison Arden Besunder, New York City
• Parth N. Chowlera, New York City
• Tracee E. Davis, New York City
• Christine Gough Galvagna, Washington, D.C.
• Sarah E. Gold, Albany
• Maura R. Grossman, New York City
• Ronald J. Hedges, New York City
• Shawndra Jones, New York City
• Glenn Lau-Kee, New York City
• James B. Kobak Jr., New York City
• Ronald C. Minkoff, New York City
• Marian C. Rice, Garden City
• Roy D. Simon, New York City
• Sanford Strenger, Roslyn Heights

Advisory groups of attorneys, judges, academics, information technology personnel, legal service providers and others will augment the committee.