LEX Summit 2026 Speakers
As a former litigator, Ryan Anderson designed Filevine with the end user in mind, focusing on unlocking customer and user efficiency by optimizing automation of technology. Today, Filevine is rated as one of the top automation tools for legal work for a diverse range of organizations by size and function, and is set on a continual path of growth. Ryan led Filevine’s acquisition of both Lead Docket, the top lead intake management solution for law firms, and Outlaw, the most innovative contract and document platform on the market. In 2020, Ryan was named CEO of the Year by Utah Business. Ryan is a proud husband and father of six children and resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ryan earned his law degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. His goal is to provide a comprehensive solution to business leaders in search of a workflow transformation solution.
Michael Anderson is the Chief Product Officer at Filevine. Michael has had a career in digital transformation work straddling technology and finance industries. He specializes in analytics, technology solutioning, and implementation. Prior experience includes leadership roles in global credit risk analytics at Goldman Sachs and product support at Qualtrics. Michael holds a BA from Brigham Young University in International Relations and an MA in International Economics from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Mr. Cole practices with an emphasis in hospitality and retail industry defense. He has civil trial practice in the areas of commercial litigation, professional liability, insurance defense, automotive and trucking accidents, premises liability, liquor liability, negligent security and the defense of catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. Mr. Cole represents insurance carriers in Uninsured Motorist claims and in matters pertaining to insurance coverage, extra-contractual exposure and bad faith litigation. His practice is statewide throughout Florida and southern Georgia, in state and federal courts. He has handled numerous cases through verdict and judgment, as well as post-trial and appellate matters.
Mary Kathryn Davis is a Georgia native who attended Georgia State University in Atlanta to obtain an English degree with a minor in public speaking. She also received an Associate’s degree with honors in Music from Truett McConnell College in North Georgia.
While in college, Kathryn was an English Tutor and served as News Editor for The Signal newspaper. After graduating cum laude from Georgia State University, Kathryn returned to the Georgia State University College of Law to obtain her Juris Doctorate. While in law school, Kathryn was honored with an Atlanta Law School Fellowship, and received the Michelle Fergueson Priestly Award (for community service and academic performance).
Kathryn also served as president of the Public Interest Law Association (PILA) and Chair of the PILA Annual Scholarship Auction. Additionally, Kathryn was selected to participate in Student Trial Lawyer’s Association competitions, placing in the semi-finals. Kathryn is currently barred in both Georgia and North Carolina.
Prior to joining The Roth Firm, Kathryn Davis held the position of Senior Managing Attorney at a national real estate law firm, overseeing thousands of transactions across the country.
Kathryn currently serves as the firm’s Practice Manager, working to maintain the firm’s high standards of superior personal service. Outside of work, Kathryn enjoys family time with her husband, children, and extended family. She also enjoys weekends at the lake and volunteering with the Humane Society of the United States.
Attorney Brian M. Flood has devoted his entire legal career to advocating for injured individuals and holding insurance companies accountable. Inspired by his father to pursue a career in law, Brian developed an early understanding of two fundamental truths: the court system can be difficult for injured people to navigate on their own, and the strongest outcomes are achieved by attorneys who are fully prepared to take cases to trial.
By choice, Brian has never represented insurance companies. For more than 25 years, he has remained firmly on one side of the courtroom, standing alongside injured individuals and their families. Throughout his career, he has successfully resolved thousands of cases and has taken approximately 200 cases to verdict—an increasingly rare level of trial experience. This depth of experience plays a critical role in his practice, as insurance companies recognize which attorneys are willing and able to go to trial and adjust their settlement strategies accordingly.
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Beatriz Galindo is the Senior Compliance Paralegal for Adtalem’s Integrity & Compliance (I&C) division, where she leads the design, implementation, and oversight of global compliance programs across key areas including ethics, international law, anti-bribery and corruption, privacy and information governance (with a focus on Artificial Intelligence), and marketing legal compliance. She supports the enterprise-wide Code of Conduct and manages Adtalem’s ethics reporting hotline, fostering a culture rooted in integrity and accountability.
With a strong emphasis on the role of compliance in organizational success, Beatriz collaborates across internal teams to align standards and deliver impactful training and communication initiatives. Her previous roles include Director of Compliance in the telemedicine, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries, as well as extensive experience in credentialing, training, litigation, and corporate governance.
J.D. serves as General Counsel for SRM Concrete, where he oversees all legal matters for the company and provides guidance on corporate governance, compliance, contracts, and acquisitions. He has supported SRM in various legal capacities since 2010 and formally joined the company in 2020, bringing with him a wealth of experience in both law and business. His role is critical in navigating the complex legal landscape that comes with SRM’s nationwide operations and continued expansion. J.D. earned his undergraduate degree from Furman University in 2002 and his Juris Doctor from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2005. That same year, he was admitted to the Tennessee Bar. He began his legal career at the law firm of Kious, Rodgers, Barger, Holder & King, PLLC, where he developed a strong foundation in business and real estate law. His talent and dedication earned him a partnership at the firm, where he advised clients across a broad range of industries. In addition to his legal practice, J.D. has extensive entrepreneurial experience. He owned and operated a full-service real estate title and escrow company for more than a decade, gaining deep insight into real estate transactions, financing, and property law. This background uniquely positioned him to add value to SRM’s growth strategy, particularly in the areas of acquisitions, real estate development, and contract negotiation. Today, as SRM’s General Counsel, J.D. combines his legal expertise and business acumen to provide practical, strategic advice that supports the company’s long-term vision and operational success.
Robert J. Kopka has handled a wide variety of business disputes, commercial litigation and insurance defense matters for more than 30 years, including consumer fraud, breach of contract, significant bodily injury, and employment disputes. Bob handles large lawsuits, appeals and a wide range of alternative dispute resolutions. His experience extends to professional liability including insurance and real estate agent errors and omissions, legal malpractice and director’s and officer’s errors and omissions. Bob litigates declaratory judgment actions on behalf of insurance companies and advises them regarding coverage. He also defends toxic tort suits involving asbestos, pesticides, paints, and industrial coatings. Representing common carriers in hazardous waste and toxic spill litigation, Bob also directs the firm’s transportation department including automobile, UM/UIM, trucking, and FELA defense. He has argued appeals before the United States Supreme Court, the Illinois and Indiana Supreme Courts and several other federal and state appellate courts. Prior to forming Kopka and its predecessor firm Kopka, Landau & Pinkus in 1999, Bob formed Landau, Omahana & Kopka in 1987. A member of the Federal Trial Bar, Bob has been admitted pro hac vice, for the purpose of trying individual cases from coast to coast. He is a frequent speaker on various topics, including tort reform, insurance coverage, litigation management techniques, alternative billing arrangements, premises liability, additional insured endorsements, admiralty, and warehouseman’s legal liability. Bob is a founding member of the National Retail and Restaurant Defense Association, whose mission is to advance and protect the interests of the retail and restaurant industry; he serves on the Board of Directors and is the Past President.
Donna Markus is the Chief Operating Officer at Kopka Law Group, an award-winning insurance defense law firm. She has served in this role since 2015, where she manages the daily business across nine professional offices in five states. In her role, she works closely with the managing partners, legal operations managers, and other department heads to support the growth and success of the firm.
She also develops and maintains relationships outside of the firm with nationally known clients ranging from insurance carriers, third-party administrators, retail and restaurant establishments, and corporations. During her time as COO, the firm’s growth has exceeded 10% each year and doubled revenue. Donna is very active with CLM where she is on a steering committee to improve the relationship between industry leaders and Insurance Defense Firms.
Donna has worked her way up since 2010, when she was hired as Kopka Law Group’s Legal Services Biller. From there, she was promoted to Billing Manager, to Assistant Controller, Controller, and now Chief Operating Officer. Throughout her career at Kopka Law Group, she has focused on efficiency and streamlining the administrative roles within the firm.
Outside of her day-to-day firm responsibilities, Donna works tirelessly to create an inclusive firm culture. She is often asked to speak about building a healthy office culture as well as remote working environments.
Donna obtained her M.B.A. in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville and her B.A. in Business Management from the University of Wisconsin Stout. She also has a minor in Graphic Design. She currently lives in Wisconsin with her husband and her two daughters.
Suzanne Masó is a highly accomplished legal operations and contract management professional with over 15 years of experience in commercial and government transactions.
Currently, Suzanne serves as the Director of Legal Operations at Adtalem Global Education, Inc., where she is responsible for developing and executing the legal department's mission and operations plan. Her role includes managing the legal operations team, overseeing the department budget, and coordinating with finance, HR, IT, and supply chain partners.
Prior to her current role, Suzanne held various positions at OneSpan Inc., Hill-Rom Holdings, Orbitz Worldwide and Jet Support Services. Her experience includes managing global teams, corporate governance, leading ESG programs, and implemented company-wide contract lifecycle management systems.
Suzanne holds a Master of Science in Law from Pritzker School of Law Northwestern University, a Master of Urban Planning and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from DePaul University.
Jesse McGee is the Operations Manager at Fuicelli & Lee Injury Lawyers in Denver, where she has led the firm’s Filevine build since its implementation in early 2018. She designed and continues to refine a system that supports a 30-person team, with a focus on creating a seamless experience for both clients and staff. She has played a key role in scaling the firm by building thoughtful, efficient systems grounded in strong data collection and reporting. Her work focuses on creating clear, actionable insights that help the team improve processes, measure performance, and maintain accountability. Known for asking the right questions and focusing on the bigger picture, her guiding principle is simple: systems should work harder than the people using them.
Are you tired of getting pushed around? Well, so was Lee Rudin. He was tired of being told what he could and could not do as a lawyer -- and as a business developer -- so he stopped working for other firms and started working for himself. In June 2023, Lee launched Rudin Law, a personal injury law firm based in New Orleans. His bold, aggressive - trademarked - GET RUDE (R) brand makes his position unmistakable: if you get hurt and are tired of getting pushed around by insurance companies, you've got to Stop Being Polite... and GET RUDE. Rudin Law has attorneys licensed in Louisiana, Texas, New York, and New Jersey and handles cases with partners throughout the United States.
Brett Schreiber is a nationally recognized trial attorney and co-founder of Singleton Schreiber, where he leads the firm’s Personal Injury and Wrongful Death practice. He represents individuals and families harmed by corporate misconduct, defective products, dangerous roadways, and systemic safety failures, including high-profile litigation against Tesla arising from fatal crashes involving autonomous and advanced driver-assistance technologies. The dozens of cases he has tried have resulted in numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. A series of firsts have marked Mr. Schreiber’s career, whether it was trying serious injury cases to verdict in his first years of practice, elevating to leadership positions in trial lawyer organizations years before his predecessors had, and/or receiving honors and awards typically reserved for lawyers much later in their careers. Notably, in July 2025, Mr. Schreiber served as lead trial counsel for the families of a woman killed and a man gravely injured in a crash involving a Tesla vehicle in Benavides v. Tesla, the first wrongful death case against Tesla to proceed to trial. Tesla’s design and marketing of its Autopilot system created a false sense of safety that contributed to the fatal collision. The case also intersected with a 2023 federal recall concerning Tesla’s driver-monitoring system. On August 1, 2025, a Miami jury unanimously awarded the plaintiffs $243 million, widely reported as one of the largest individual-plaintiff verdicts in the history of the American civil justice system. Before founding Singleton Schreiber, Mr. Schreiber was a partner at Thorsnes Bartolotta McGuire, a San Diego plaintiffs’ firm. He also served as a legislative intern in the Florida Senate, worked as a lobbyist, clerked with a boutique South Florida law firm specializing in criminal defense, civil litigation, and family law, interned with the San Diego Public Defenders' office, and clerked with a small appellate practice. Mr. Schreiber’s career has been marked by early and sustained leadership. He tried serious injury cases to verdict in his first years of practice and rose rapidly within national trial-lawyer organizations. Guided by the Hebrew principle of tikkun olam, meaning “to heal the world,” Mr. Schreiber recognizes that to have the greatest impact serving our communities, we must integrate litigation and political strategies. What happens in the state house directly affects what happens in the courthouse and vice versa. Mr. Schreiber routinely works with local, state, and national political figures and elected office holders to ensure access to justice and that the voices of the people we represent are heard both in the courtroom and in the Capitol Rotunda. To that end, Mr. Schreiber currently serves as an Officer of the Board of Directors of Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC). Mr. Schreiber graduated cum laude from Thomas Jefferson School of Law where he competed on moot court teams and was a member of the law review. He is admitted to practice in all California courts, the Southern and Central Districts of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a proud member of Consumer Attorneys of San Diego, Consumer Attorneys of California, Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, American Association of Justice and the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Schreiber and his wife, Shayna, a clinical psychologist, live in Ocean Beach with their four young children. They enjoy surfing, yoga, tennis, and family outings that always include their golden retriever, Roshi.
Laura Schultes is a personal injury attorney at RSH Legal in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she has practiced for 13 years. Raised in rural north central Iowa as the daughter of a veterinarian and a nonprofit executive director, Laura developed a deep commitment to helping individuals navigate some of the most difficult moments of their lives. That commitment took her beyond Iowa's borders after law school, when she spent several years in South America doing human rights work, becoming fluent in Spanish and sharpening her ability to see legal issues within a broader human context. Returning to Iowa, Laura built a litigation practice focused on personal injury, including car accidents, medical malpractice, trucking, and workers compensation. She led RSH Legal's transition to Filevine in 2019 and has since become one of the firm's foremost technology advocates. With more than five years of platform experience, she has developed expertise in high-volume intake strategy through Lead Docket and is currently building out a data infrastructure using Domo and Periscope 2.0 to drive settlement analysis and predictive case insights. At LEX Summit 2026, Laura will share her approach to treating Filevine as a living system, one that grows, adapts, and compounds value over time as case data accumulates. Outside the office, Laura is an avid traveler, cyclist, hiker, and kayaker who still finds her way back to the rural Iowa countryside she grew up in.
Margaret is the firm’s Chief Operating Officer and serves on the Executive Committee. She oversees and implements office processes and procedures, working to make sure that things get done as efficiently and effectively as possible. She started at Starfield & Smith in 2015, switching careers after over 20 years of teaching music at all levels from preschool through college. The experience of establishing classrooms for student success transfers well into the professional administrative realm. Margaret holds a Bachelor of Music from George Mason University and a Master of Arts from the Pennsylvania State University.
Bill Umansky is a sought-after speaker, legal commentator, and educator whose work bridges courtroom excellence, ethical advocacy, and community impact. With more than three decades of experience on both sides of the courtroom, Bill brings a rare, real-world perspective to every audience he addresses. He has spoken at respected legal conferences, including PIMCON (Personal Injury Mastermind Conference), where he has shared insights on personal injury litigation, trial strategy, and professional responsibility. Drawing from hundreds of tried cases and leadership roles as a former prosecutor, division chief, and city prosecutor, Bill offers practical guidance grounded in experience—not theory. Beyond the conference stage, Bill is a frequent podcast and media guest, including appearances at Lex Summit, where he has discussed emerging legal trends, high-profile cases, and the evolving role of AI for lawyers in today’s justice system. His commentary blends strategic analysis with a strong ethical compass, making him a trusted voice within the legal community. Bill is also deeply committed to education and mentorship. He regularly delivers guest lectures at law schools and universities, focusing on trial advocacy, courtroom presence, and the realities of legal practice. His engaging, story-driven approach resonates with both aspiring attorneys and seasoned professionals. In addition to legal audiences, Bill actively participates in community forums addressing public safety, individual rights, and access to justice. As the founder of the Second Chance of Florida education foundation and host of The Lawman’s Lounge podcast, he consistently uses his platform to inform, inspire, and empower. Whether speaking to lawyers, students, or community leaders, Bill Umansky delivers thoughtful, experience-driven insights centered on accountability, resilience, and the belief that everyone deserves a Second Chance.
Allison C. Williams is an international speaker; a distinguished attorney who is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Managing Partner of Williams Law Group, a law firm in northern New Jersey; a bestselling author of the book Tiger Tactics CEO Edition: From Zero to Law Firm CEO; Business Coach, Strategist and CEO of Law Firm Mentor, an international business coaching service helping Law Firm Owners to crush chaos in business and make more money; and motivational speaker in her company, Allison Speaks, LLC.
Ms. Willams is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association and has served on the Family Law Executive Committee (FLEC) of that association, on which committee she led the Child Abuse Law Subcommittee. She has served as an Editor on the Board of the New Jersey Family Lawyer, a publication of NJSBA distributed to family law judges and attorneys.
As a leader in the child maltreatment evidence and trial practice field, Allison appeared on the Katie Couric show, has appeared in the documentary The Syndrome all about Shaken Baby Syndrome (now known as Abusive Head Trauma), has been featured by several news outlets to discuss implications of child abuse rulings, and has published articles in many national publications, including the Huffington Post. Since 2018, she has been selected among her peers as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in New Jersey, one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey, and has been voted by her clients as one of New Jersey’s Best Lawyers for Families.
Law Firm Mentor, LLC was born of her success in business, including winning the LawFirm500 award, ranking among the fastest growing law firms in the nation, being named a Stevie Award Finalist for Female Entrepreneur of the Year (2017; 2018), being voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. Ms. Williams teaches CLE programs for national providers, including National Business Institute (NBI), Attorney Credits, myLawCLE and regularly lectures at national legal conferences (ABA Techshow, Legal Week, Clio Cloud Conference, the American Family Conciliation Courts (AFCC)).
The motto of Law Firm Mentor, as typified by its CEO, is #NeverStopGrowing. Through Allison Speaks, LLC, Ms. Williams demonstrates her ability to manage multiple companies while living a rich and multi-faceted life that is derived from her C.H.A.O.S.™ formula.
To learn more from her, law firm owners are referred to her books on law firm scale and management, Tiger Tactics: CEO Edition, published in 2023, or her most recent book, Crushing Chaos: The Law Firm Owner’s Guide to More Money, More Free Time & Less Stress, which expands upon her signature methodology to help entrepreneurs scale with structure and sanity.
Brent Wisner is the managing partner and lead trial attorney at Wisner Baum. Recognized as one of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers by Trial Lawyer Magazine, Brent has built a reputation for taking on large corporations in high stakes litigation and winning significant verdicts and settlements for his clients.Over the last several years, Brent has served on the plaintiff’s leadership for multiple mass torts, earned jury verdicts worth a combined $2.427 billion, and helped negotiate settlements in excess of $1 billion—all before the age of 40. He is currently the youngest attorney in American history to win a multi-billion-dollar jury verdict, which he achieved with a $2 billion Roundup cancer verdict against Monsanto on behalf of the Pilliods.While success in the courtroom is often measured exclusively by dollars and cents, Brent’s legal work has led to changes in business practices that will protect people and the environment for generations.