Tom O'Connor, Esq.

Gulf Coast Legal Technology Center

Tom O’Connor is a nationally known consultant, speaker, and writer in the field of
legal technology. A New England native who graduated from The Johns Hopkins
University in 1972 with a BA in Political Science, he later earned a J.D. at an evening
law school program while working as a consultant during the day.

That consulting experience is diverse and includes tobacco litigation, the BP oil spill
litigation and several opioid MDL matters as well as pro bono work with the Office of
the Federal Public Defender.

A frequent lecturer about legal technology, Tom also teaches CLE courses nationwide
and is a prolific writer. He has several blogs which cover current legal technology
topics and has written hundreds of articles including the 2006 award-winning article,
“In Katrina’s Wake”, about recovery efforts in the legal community of post-Katrina
New Orleans in which he participated.

Tom has authored four books on legal technology, including the best-selling
EDiscovery for the Rest of Us and most recently, AI For the Rest of Us, both of which
are self-published. In addition, he hosts the Ediscovery Channel on YouTube where he
interviews well-known figures in the legal technology space.

Tom currently resides down the Mississippi down in New Orleans with his son Seamus,
a Hosted Services Specialist with Platinum Intelligent Data Solutions. They both still
mourn the death of legal marketing maven Gayle O’Connor, a wonderful wife and
partner to Tom as well as a loving mother to Seamus.