David A RueffDavid Rueff is a shareholder in the Jackson office of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and has been a practicing attorney for over 15 years with experience in both litigation and transactional practices. He has been listed in The Bet Lawyers in America(R) since 2010, in Chambers U.S.A: America's Leading Business Lawyers since 2008 and is currently listed in Martindale-Hubbell with a rating of BV(R) Distinguished". Mr. Rueff's practice also includes unique experience working with a State Project Management Office on the administration of disaster recovery grants in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He served as Senior Legal Counsel for the State's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program where his responsibilities included design and administration of a project management information system, management of a legal team of 11 attorneys and 20 paralegals and oversight of the legal components of grant processing for thousands of applications for assistance. In addition to being a practicing attorney, Mr. Rueff is a certified Project Management Professional (PMPTM) through the Project Management Institute and serves as Baker Donelson's Legal Project Management Officer. He was the first attorney at Baker Donelson to implement legal project management in his practice, and through Baker Donelson's LPMO has implemented legal project management in litigation and transactional matters, in both single matters and portfolios of litigation. As LPM Officer, he is responsible for the development and implementation of the Baker Donelson's award winning legal project management system, BakerManageTM, and management of a team of project managers and attorneys who provide training and implementation of legal project management. Also in his role as LPM Officer, he works regularly with Baker Donelson's Pricing Team to evaluate responses to request for proposals, prepare budgets and design alternative pricing proposals. Mr. Rueff is a regular speaker and writer on the topic of legal project management and has conducted seminars for the American Bar Association (ABA), the National Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association, the Project Management Institute, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA), the Legal Marketing Association (LMA), West, Thomson Reuters and the Practising Law Institute (PLI). He is also an adjunct law professor and teaches one of the first law school courses on legal project management. Read More Read Less