SALIM A. MORGAN
samorgan@java-man.com

Accomplishments.

Over the course of the nearly ten years at Latham & Watkins, provided project management and programming support related to department operations and legal technology applications.

These include:

• ASP Application. Ported the PowerBuilder/Sybase Review Program (see next item) to the intranet using Microsoft ASP and Visual Studio. Completed working prototype covering about 50% of application functionality.
• Firmwide Review System. As a team leader and lead developer, developed a firmwide review system for Latham & Watkins utilizing PowerBuilder 4.0 and then 5.0 and Sybase System 11 running on NT. This system is very text intensive and has replaced over seven separate programs for review of partners by associates, associates by partners, paralegals by supervisors, etc. These programs had all been specified by separate committees or departments and, while serving the same purpose, had numerous small 'traditional' differences which had to be negotiated through in order to produce a single data repository and a consistent user interface. Process runs every 6 months and each review period brings numerous requests for modifications and new features. Used by over 900 attorneys and others in 10 offices. Latest version includes generated Word documents for most attorney reviewers accessed through DOCSOPEN (with automatic polling, parsing and updating of central database), automatic distribution of reports in PDF format via E-Mail and an intranet help and download page to aid in various aspects of the review process.
• Conflict of Interest System. As a team leader and lead developer, developed a conflicts of interest detection system to replace prior mainframe full text search and retrieval system. Utilized Verity TOPIC full text indexing and Sybase relational database both running on AIX on IBM RS6000. Have ultimate responsibility for all hardware and software in this system. Developed PowerBuilder (version 3.0, 4.0 and now 5.0) front-end for user input and update of database along with wide variety of administrative and end-user reports.
• KKR/RJR Merger - As a team leader, developed automated Responses to Federal Trade Commission inquiry. Concurrently developed redundant database applications in R:Base and C/Btrieve to provide statistical analysis and reporting on potential antitrust implications of the largest merger in U.S. history.
• Document Management System. As sole developer and then team leader, developed several iterations of document management system for firm-wide use in all word processing centers. Written initially in R:Base, later versions in C, Btrieve and C-Worthy.
• Business Development and Planning Committee Automated Partner Origination/Proliferation Data Analysis. Developed R:Base application which consolidated analytical data on origination and proliferation of firm business by attorneys. Included mainframe data updating and downloading, automated PC questionnaires.
• National Forms Retrieval System. (Sole developer.) Developed using C, Btrieve and MHS.
• Firm-standard LAN and Applications Configuration Development. Assisted in the development of firm-standard LAN and PC applications configurations, including sophisticated WordPerfect document assembly and formatting macros. Conducted extensive comparative evaluations in the areas of document management systems, application development tools, word processor and other areas resulting in recommendation and purchase.
• Automated Timesheet Entry System. Participated in design of new system for timesheet mainframe data entry via high-speed OCR scanning.
• Automated Nightly Database Update. Extracts data from mainframe time and billing and other data, distributes it to all L&W offices and updates a variety of databases including Sybase on AIX and NT, Clarion and formerly R:Base and other formats. Includes automatic E-Mail reporting of progress and any errors to specified individuals.