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David Elkanich

Buchalter


Mr. Elkanich is a shareholder at Buchalter, in both the Portland and Seattle offices, and chairs the firm’s Professional Responsibility Practice Group. Mr. Elkanich focuses his practice primarily on legal ethics, risk management, and discipline defense. He frequently counsels lawyers and law firms regarding how they can innovate through legal technology and the creation of new policies and firm structures to address client needs and the changing legal landscape. In particular, Mr. Elkanich is interested in how lawyers navigate an "electronic" practice, including cloud computing mining metadata, social media, data privacy and security issues particular to lawyers.