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.