Snap Shot Joel D. Levy

VITALS: Ph.D: Case Western Reserve University, chemistry. B.S.: City College of New York, chemistry. Home: White Plains, New York. Partner: Janet Levy. Children: Andrew, 28; David, 26.

CURRENT POST: Independent consultant. Adjunct professor, New York University, Department of Administration, Leadership and Technology.

PRIOR JOB: Director of Information Technology, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, 1996-2000.

BEST ACCOMPLISHMENT AT LAST JOB: Improving the stability of the network and migrating from Soft Solutions to iManage.

LAPTOP: IBM 600.

DESKTOP: IBM 300 PL.

FAVORITE COMPUTER GAME: Forty Thieves solitaire.

PDA: Palm Pilot.

FAVORITE PALM GAME: Hearts.

FAVORITE PALM DATA: Metro North schedule.

PAGER: PageNet.

CELL PHONE: Ericsson/AT&T.

SECURITY BLANKET: Floppy disk backup of presentation for Office Systems Research Association meeting, Feb. '99.

WORD PROCESSING: Corel WordPerfect 6.1 and Microsoft Word 97.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: jlevy5@IDT.net

FAVORITE NON-LEGAL TECH MAGAZINES: InfoWorld, Computerworld, PC Week.

FAVORITE TV SHOW: The West Wing.

LETTERMAN OR LENO: Leno.

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER: IDT.

CAR: White 1991 Toyota Celica.

LAST BOOK READ: Working Knowledge, by Thomas Davenport and Laurence Prusak.

WATCH: Eddie Bauer.

WHERE WE WOULD FIND YOU ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON: "Working around the house. But I won't do carpentry, electrical or plumbing, so I might be on the phone with a carpenter, electrician or plumber."

MOST IMPORTANT TECH TREND: Leveraging law firm intellectual capital with Intranet and "Knowledge Management" tools.

FAVORITE LAPTOP BOOKMARKS: www.bloomberg.com www.expedia.com

LAST VACATION: Heli-hiking (helicopter hiking) in the Cariboos, Canada.

FREQUENT FLIER MILES: U.S. Airways. 10,000 miles in '99.

FAVORITE QUOTE: "Gentlemen, place your bets."