Doug Caddell
CIO
Foley & Lardner LLP

Doug Caddell has been CIO of Foley & Lardner LLP since joining the firm in 1999.  Doug plays a key role in focusing Foley’s technological capabilities on value-added service to the firm’s clients. In recognition of Foley’s creative strategies, Foley & Lardner has been honored multiple times by CIO magazine and by InformationWeek magazine as a top technology innovator.  Foley was also honored by CIO Magazine judges as the winner of the Enterprise Value Award in the Management Services industry, the only law firm to win this significant award.   

Doug is a veteran law firm technology director and internationally recognized speaker and writer on legal technology. He has over 25 years of experience in finance, operations and management and in leading the technology efforts of a variety of organizations, including mid-sized and large law firms and a governmental law department.  Doug has a degree in Management Information Systems, and Accounting from the University of Arizona. He has held professional certifications as a CPA and a Certified Information Systems Auditor.  In 2004 he was honored as IT Director of the Year by New York based Law Technology News and in January 2009 he was further honored by Legal Technology Awards in London as International Director of the Year.  He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Law Technology News and in 2009 co-authored Achieving Excellence in Legal Technology Management, published by Thomson Reuters/West.

Founded in 1842, Foley & Lardner is one of the oldest and largest law firms in the United States and a provider of legal counsel to global companies.  Foley has nearly 1,000 attorneys in with 22 offices in the U.S., Brussels, Shanghai and Tokyo.