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NEW DATE: Legal Innovation Forum & Networking Event

June 24 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm PDT


Free

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Legal Innovation Forum and Networking Event

Join Koa Counsel, Legal Mentor Network, and Latitude Legal for an engaging evening exploring the bold ideas transforming the legal profession. From artificial intelligence and legal technology to space law and emerging business models, this event brings together innovators who are reimagining what it means to practice law in a rapidly changing world.

Connect with fellow legal professionals, gain practical insights, and discover how innovation is reshaping legal careers, organizations, and industries.

Law students are encouraged to attend to gain early exposure to the technologies, industries, and innovative career paths that are shaping the future of the legal profession while building meaningful connections with practicing attorneys and legal leaders.

Network with fellow attendees while enjoying light bites, non-alcoholic beverages, complimentary wine, door prizes, and interactive innovation challenges designed to spark creativity and conversation. Additional drinks will be available for purchase at the cash bar.

 

Agenda:

5:30pm-6:00pm: Sign in and mingle

6:00pm-7:00pm: Speakers’ presentations

7:00pm-8pm Networking

Featured Speakers:

Beyond Earth: Space as The New Legal Frontier – Joey Corigliano is an expert in national security innovation and deep-tech commercialization. He has worked across industries including unmanned aerial systems (UAS), biotechnology, healthtech, and space technology. He has helped advance emerging technologies for national security applications within the US government, innovation accelerators and startups. Most recently, Joey was a Program Manager for the Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub program by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), which helped regional startups engage with the Department of Defense for customer discovery and collaboration with military operators. He began his career in the U.S. government, serving in the U.S. Secret Service and working on defense policy for U.S. Congressman Adam Smith. He later became Chief of Staff at Insitu, a UAS company in the Pacific Northwest. After Insitu, Joey founded a healthtech company backed by NYU and Cornell. He completed Cornell’s startup accelerator and NYU’s startup bootcamp program. He also helped spin out a startup from the University of Washington’s Genomics Lab, which completed the Nucleate accelerator program. Joey holds a J.D. from New York Law School and a B.A. from the University of Washington.

Legal Innovation in Practice – Scaling Judgment Without Losing It: Legal innovation is often framed in terms of new tools and emerging technologies, but much of the impact comes from rethinking how legal work is structured and delivered. Drawing on my experience in workplace investigations at Microsoft, I’ll discuss how teams identify which work can be standardized or automated, where judgment remains critical, and how to design systems that improve efficiency without compromising quality.

Kathy Cho is a Senior Corporate Counsel at Microsoft, where she serves on the Workplace Investigations Team within Compliance & Ethics. She leads investigations involving a wide range of employee concerns, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace conduct issues across global contexts. Prior to joining Microsoft, Kathy conducted workplace investigations at Boeing, handling complex employee matters and developing experience in fact-finding, credibility assessments, and investigative decision-making. Kathy began her career as a prosecutor, where she built a foundation in evidence evaluation and investigative strategy. Her current work focuses on ensuring fair, consistent, and defensible investigative processes, while identifying opportunities to improve how legal work is delivered at scale.

Who Can Attend & Fee

Open to the public

FREE

Date & Time

Wednesday, June 24th, 2026

5:30pm – 8pmPT

Location: The Collective, 400 Dexter Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109

Become A Member
Koa Counsel membership is open to all women lawyers and law students, at every stage of their professional journey. We welcome members across the full spectrum of legal careers, including those early in practice, in leadership roles, on parental leave, navigating career transitions, reentering the profession, or applying their legal training beyond traditional practice settings. Our community is designed to support and empower women wherever they are and wherever they’re headed. Sign up here.

 

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Bold. Brave. Beyond the Bar.

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