Carl Morrison, Senior Manager, Legal Operations, with Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc., is an Accredited Legal Operations Professional (ALOP) in Washington, DC, and has been in the legal industry for over twenty-five years, working in both in-house, highly regulated corporate legal departments and in private practice. Over the course of Carl’s nearly thirty-year experience, his passion for focusing on data intelligence, efficiency enhancements and process improvements has allowed lawyers to focus more on high-value legal work thereby driving profitability for the company. As a senior legal operations professional, he devotes his energy to data intelligence, information governance and enterprise records hygiene, eDiscovery best practices, as well as strategic planning and analytics, to provide executive leadership teams greater support and opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements.
Carl also shares his executive leadership talents by serving on the board of directors for the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC), as a Legal Data Intelligence Architect for LDI.org, and on various educational and advisory boards for the legal operations, legal technology and paralegal industry. His highly sought-after speaking expertise for the past twenty-five years has afforded him numerous opportunities to share his devotion to the legal industry. He is a multi-award winning professional and is a published author for both nationally award-winning magazines, and a contributing author for an educational legal textbook on e-discovery. An active member of various legal professional associations, Carl is passionate about educating, advocating, and mentoring future legal operations professionals.