SPEAKER
Sara
Lord
Head of Strategic Insights
Reed Smith
Sara Lord is a leader in data-driven intelligence who leverages her deep expertise in legal practice, analytics, and technology to drive strategic decision-making, operational excellence, and value initiatives. Sara brings a unique perspective to the business challenges and analytics needed to support data-driven decision making in the legal industry. She started her career in the world of numbers, honing her analytic skills in the rough and tumble pits of commodity trading. In search of new challenges, she shifted into the world of letters, practicing law in firms from the very large to the very small. Now working in legal technology, she is a special character who thrives on leading diverse teams in the mission to support development of the business of law. Sara has a B.S. in finance from rural University of Connecticut, a J.D. from bustling New York University, and a sense of humor from the dry Nitrian Desert.


