Sidley Austin’s Marin Sees CIO Role as One of Leadership, Communication

Vince Marin, chief information officer of Chicago-based Sidley Austin LLP, sees his role as one of a leader and consensus -builder, in addition to provider of information services. He spoke with Big Law Business about his job and his views on technology. Below is a lightly edited version of the conversation.

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The IT team has approximately 200 people, and I also have responsibility for litigation and practice support, records management and docketing. I have direct or indirect responsibility for about 500 people.

We also adopted the “bring your own device” (BYOD) model for smartphones.

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