The mission of the Law Office Management and Technology (LOMT) Section is to provide programs and services that help our members, and the bar as a whole, serve their clients through effective and ethical management of their practices and efficient, smart use of technology in their firms. We strive to provide information and activities that help members build solid, productive law practices. We encourage all OBA members to join the section. As one of our past section chairs used to say, “Everybody needs the Law Office Technology and Management section. Keep your membership in your substantive law section of the OBA, let the Law Office Management and Technology should be your second section.”

Our members are in large and small firms, private practice and public service. The section allows us to share ideas, experience and best practices.

The section holds a biannual LOMT Retreat, at which members gather in a relaxed, informal environment to brainstorm about section activities and issues related to practice management and technology. This past year, approximately 40 attendees met in Tulsa and received three free hours of CLE credit with presentations on electronic discovery, computer software and technology updates.

Another benefit of the section is our LOMT newsletter which appears periodically throughout the year.

Our next section meeting will be on Nov. 16 at the annual OBA meeting in Oklahoma City. The section will hold a brief business meeting, including election of new officers, and distribute various prizes. Our LOMT section is notorious for giving out great door prizes. Incoming section Chair Jody Nathan wants to hear from our members and especially to collect ideas about events and services for the upcoming year, the section’s listserv, the newsletter, LOMT-sponsored CLEs, and anything else that’s on your mind. We hope to see you there.

In sum, the section continues to grow in membership, our treasury is sound, and we are determined to provide even more value and more services to our members and the bar in the year to come.

Mark G. Kachigian
Chairperson