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Barron K. Henley

TECHSHOW 2025 BOARD

BARRON K. HENLEY, ESQ. is one of the founding partners of Affinity Consulting Group, a legal technology consulting firm focused on automating and streamlining law firms and legal departments. He earned his B.S./B.A. (marketing and economics) and J.D. from The Ohio State University and is a member of the American, Ohio and Columbus Bar Associations, and the Worthington Estate Planning Council. He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Technology and the Courts, and a member of both the ABA Law Practice Management and the Real Property Trust and Estate Law (“RPTE”) Sections and is Vice Chair of the Joint Law Practice Management Group. He’s also a former Board Member for the ABA TECHSHOW, and the former Chair of the Ohio State Bar Association Law Office Automation & Technology Committee. Mr. Henley heads Affinity’s document assembly/automation and software training departments. Barron is also an expert in launching new law firms, overhauling existing firms, and documenting and re-engineering law firm processes. Finally, Barron teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes throughout the U.S. and Canada covering a wide variety of topics related to law practice management, technology and ethics.

My Sessions

Action Plan to Go

After attending ABA TECHSHOW 2024 and being exposed to the latest innovations and best practices in legal technology, it can be overwhelming to determine what to actually implement in your own practice. This interactive workshop will provide a structured framework to help you create an action plan to prioritize and implement changes after the conference. […]

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Why Document Automation Technology Has Become Mandatory and How To Pick The Best Platform For Your Practice

Grand MN

Document Automation (“DA”) has had a huge impact on the legal world, and it is one of the most disruptive technologies of the last 25 years. If you are in the business of producing complex documents, then its benefits are significant. Properly deployed, DA technology can exponentially decrease drafting time and costs, increase accuracy and […]

Automation Core Document Management Solo/Small Firm
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Word Power Tips for Legal Users

Grand MN

In the modern practice of law, most lawyers necessarily handle some or all of their own word processing. Younger lawyers have always typed their own documents; and older lawyers are increasingly looking to become self-reliant in that regard. Further, many small firms cannot cost-justify hiring word processing support staff; and medium and larger firms often […]

Core Solo/Small Firm
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