DATE: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
TIME: 1:00 PM ET / 12:00 PM CT
In partnership with Mitratech

Speakers:
David Garber, Advisor, Managed Bill Review, Mitratech
Misty Price, Executive Director, Managed Bill Review, Mitratech
Mené Jividen, Director, Operations, Mitratech

As economic pressures and rising outside counsel rates create new challenges, corporate legal teams must balance controlling costs with maintaining strong firm relationships.

This webinar will explore the foundational elements of comprehensive spend management—people, process, and technology—empowering you to optimize your legal spend while driving data-driven decisions.

Discover best practices for fostering collaboration with outside counsel, enforcing billing guidelines, and leveraging analytics to benchmark performance. Plus, gain insights into overcoming common obstacles like rate hikes, data integrity, and change management to achieve operational efficiency and strategic alignment.

Key Insights You’ll Gain:

• Legal Spend Trends & Challenges
  Understand the impact of rate increases on budgets and learn strategies to enforce billing guidelines without compromising firm relationships or work-life balance.
• Building a Successful Spend Management Foundation
  Explore the three pillars—people, process, and technology—for optimizing legal spend. Uncover how clear goals, efficient processes, and robust systems can drive meaningful change.
• Leveraging Analytics for Better Decisions
  Learn how spend analytics enable benchmarking and comparative analysis to identify inefficiencies and opportunities, empowering smarter, data-driven decision-making.
• Fostering Alignment Through Change Management
  Focus on gaining buy-in from your team and aligning your department’s goals with tools and processes that maximize spend efficiency while preserving collaboration with outside counsel.

Can’t make the live date? Register to ensure you receive a link to the recording!