William “Bill” Vance graduated from the University of Illinois and began his technical career in Chicago.  He became Chief Technology Officer in 2001 at Gardner, Carton & Douglas, then moved to a position at Waller Lansden in Nashville followed by a position at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and Pittman.  He joined Adams & Reese as the Chief Technology Officer in 2019 and has brought the firm’s systems into the cloud and introduced innovative technology to the firm’s infrastructure. 

Mike Adams is the Chief Information Officer at Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. with offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Mr. Adams has over 34 years of Management Information Systems experience in law firms.  He has managed a wide array of projects including, virtualization, document management systems, remote access systems, audio & video conferencing solutions,  new build outs, firm moves, firm mergers and acquisitions, business continuity and disaster recovery, case management systems, intake and conflict of interest systems, telecommunication installations, conversions from WordPerfect to Word, time and billing systems, electronic billing, electronic data interchange, workflow and document assembly.  Mr. Adams has focused his information technology career on process improvement utilizing tools of technology to make organizations more efficient.  Mr. Adams has been a speaker at American Lawyer Media’s LegalTech events, The Florida. Bar, The Louisiana Bar, Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) New Orleans and Suncoast Chapters, and for the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) where he served as the Tampa city representative for five years.  A graduate of Tampa College and St. Petersburg College, Mr. Adams also holds certifications from Microsoft, Apple, CompTIA, and NEC.