JoAnn Buss

For years, dockets have been evolving from a table of contents in paper files to a quantitative dossier for litigation analytics. JoAnn Buss has seen this transformation, and has served as an architect for these changing docket management services for 44 years, making her one of the most experienced in the industry. JoAnn serves as the Senior Docket Analyst at Cooley, one of the nation’s most innovative law firms, but she has experience in some of the nation’s largest litigation firms, with 17 years at Sidley Austin as Director of Docketing Services and before that 18 years at Skadden Arps as Docket Manager. In the world of docket management and analytics, she has seen it all, from paper files and runners to big data and digital analytics. She is a founding member and former president of the Chicago Area Docket Association, active member of the NDA, and was former chairperson of the eCourts Advisory Committee for the Circuit Court of Cook County.