Reinventing Professionals

ILTACON 2016: Giving Time Back to Law Firms

23 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Brian Smith, the President and CEO of Caseflow, an Australian software company that helps law firms enhance their case and matter managem...

The Value of the Electronic Discovery Best Practices Model

13 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Ralph Losey, a partner with Jackson Lewis in Orlando, Florida and an internationally-recognized thought leader in electronic discovery, w...

Getting to the eDiscovery Point

11 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with James Jarvis, the vice president of product and partner management for Thomson Reuters, a multinational mass media and information corpor...

Effectively Managing Conflicts of Interest in Law Firms

22 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Eric Mosca, the co-founder and director of operations for InOutsource, an information governance consulting and technology implementation...

Rebranding and Moving E-Discovery Forward

16 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with David Ahrens, the chief marketing officer of FRONTEO USA, Inc., a publicly-traded global technology and services company that specializes...

Creatively Leveraging Technology to Enhance Client Service

28 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Alberto Estrella and Mayra Artiles, the managing partner and associate, respectively, at Estrella LLC, a full-service law firm in San Jua...

The Top Four Cybersecurity Mistakes Law Firms Make

17 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Roy Zur, a cyberintelligence expert, who is a retired major from the Israeli security forces, and the CEO of Cybint, an Israeli cyberinte...

Knowledge Management for Lawyers and the Increasing Focus on Efficiency

07 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Patrick DiDomenico, the Chief Knowledge Officer at Ogletree Deakins and the author of Knowledge Management for Lawyers, published by the ...

Three Trends Impacting the Future of Court Reporting

29 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Kathy DiLorenzo, the director of U.S. court reporting for Planet Depos, an international court reporting firm, which recently launched a ...

The Value of Technological Competency Certification in a Competitive Market

03 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Bonnie Beuth and Douglas Capozzalo, the board chairman and board secretary, respectively for LTC4, a non-profit consortium of law firms, ...

State Law Resources - An Interesting Perspective on Law Firm Networks

19 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Patrick Paul, a partner with Snell & Wilmer, and the chairman of the board for State Law Resources, Inc., an international law firm n...

Metrics and Measuring to Manage

03 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Peter Zver, President of Tikit North America, a global software and IT services company and the creator of Carpe Diem, a popular timekeep...

Democratizing E-Discovery at Legaltech 2016

02 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Monica Enand, the CEO of Zapproved, a legal technology company that helps corporate counsel with the discovery process. It is the maker o...

Providing Openness and Transparency to Law

26 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Josh Becker, the CEO of Lex Machina, a provider of legal analytics to law firms and corporate legal departments for their business develo...

Differentiating Cloud-Based Practice Management in 2016

18 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Chris Stock, the CEO of LEAP US, a cloud-based practice management tool for solo practitioners and small law firms.

Strategic, Thoughtful, and Deliberate Managed Review

09 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Shelley Brown, an attorney and the Director of Managed Review Services at RVM, a full-service e-discovery provider. We discussed the impa...

Uncomplicated Collaboration

05 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Mike Murray, the director of client solutions at Veritext Legal Solutions, a national provider of court reporting and deposition services...

Why Monitoring Your Website Matters

20 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Reid Schroder, an account executive with Siteimprove, a company that provides web governance solutions for organizations of all sizes aro...

Making Your IP Practice More Productive

15 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software tool to prepare and manage global IP filings. He will be presenti...

ILTA and the Continuing Legal Process Outsourcing Revolution

10 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Bob Gogel, the CEO of Integreon, a leading legal process outsourcing firm serving both global law firms and corporations. Prior to joinin...

ILTA and Turbocharging Your CRM

31 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Todd Miller, the CEO of gwabbit, a leading ERM and data optimization solution. Miller is also the founder of WebFeat, the former CEO of...

ILTA 2015 and Jumpstarting Your Use of SharePoint

29 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Doug Horton, the president and CEO of Handshake Software, a provider of SharePoint-based products and services to the legal market.

Reinventing the Summer Vacation

06 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Diogo Fonseca e Silva and Cristóvão Silva, the Hotel Manager and Customer Experience Manager, respectively, for the Grand Real Villa It...

Shifting Your Culture to Capture Cross-Selling Opportunities

04 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with David Freeman, the CEO of the David Freeman Consulting Group and founder of the Law Firm CultureShift® process. He is a best-selling aut...

Glanceable Dashboards, Predictive Power, and the Future of Document Review

04 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Ian Campbell and Iram Arras, the founder and CEO, and Vice President of Product Strategy, respectively, for iCONECT, a multi-party docume...

Adding Mojo to Your Matter Management

29 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Tim Cheadle, the founder and CEO of MatterMojo, a cloud-based client and matter management system for small and mid-sized law firms. Prio...

The Biggest Challenges that Litigants are Facing in 2015

13 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Dr. Gavin Manes, the founder and CEO of Avansic, a firm that provides the legal, business, and government sectors with e-discovery, digit...

The Convergence of Creativity and New Business Models

07 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Eric Hunter, the Director of Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Strategies at Bradford & Barthel, a California law firm. He is al...

Corporate Law Departments and The Legal Procurement Networkz

11 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Stacey Coote, the CEO of Yerra Solutions, Ltd., the U.K. subsidiary of Yerra Solutions, AG, a Swiss consulting, managed services, and pro...

Bringing Transparency into Billing

24 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Michael Tal, an attorney, who served for several years in the corporate and M&A departments of both Skadden, Arps and White & Case LLP, a...

The Impact of Design and Usability on E-Discovery Software

06 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he ...

The Mobility Implications of a High-Profile Data Breach

28 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Craig Carpenter, the president and chief operating officer at Resolution1 Security, a software provider that enables continuous automated...

My Favorite Video Interview of 2014 and What it Teaches Us About Networking in 2015

08 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

When I was in London last October to moderate the Yerra Solutions Conference, I met with George Burgess, the founder and CEO of education app develope...

Continuous Active Learning and its Impact Beyond E-Discovery

11 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Mark Noel the Managing Director of Professional Services for Catalyst, a provider of litigation support software and services. Before joi...

The Rise of Alternative Legal Solutions

04 Dec 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with with Joe Borstein, the global director of the law firm division at Pangea3, a legal process outsourcer. Borstein is also the co-author of...

Berkshire Beyond Buffett

13 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

In one of the most fascinating interviews I have had, I spoke with Lawrence Cunningham, a leading authority on corporate governance and culture, profe...

Simplifying Case Management Complexity

28 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Richard Spies, the president and CEO of Lucid IQ, the maker of CaseManagerPro, which is a case and matter management system used by law f...

The Top Three Ways Corporate Legal Teams Can Improve Their Operations

02 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Jason Parkman, the CEO of Mitratech, an enterprise legal management software provider that helps corporate legal teams reduce their costs...

Docketing is Dead. Long Live Docketing.

26 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Dominick Esposito, a co-founder and the executive director of eLaw, a leading docketing and calendaring software tool. He is a frequent g...

Visualization and the Movement Toward ‘Glanceable Information’ in eDiscovery

16 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Ian Campbell, the president of iCONECT Development, the maker of the XERA® hosted review platform. He is responsible for sales, business...

Intangible Investors and the Changing Innovation Landscape

15 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Bruce Berman, the founder of Brody Berman Associates, a management consulting and communications firm that supports intellectual property...

How Every Successful Legal Tech Professional is Like an Ironman

16 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with BJ Schaknowski, the Vice President of Sales and Professional Services at LexisNexis, where he is responsible for all sales and consulting...

Can SharePoint Save the Legal Community?

09 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Doug Horton, the President and CEO of Handshake Software, a leading provider of SharePoint products and services in the legal community. ...

Fighting the Law Firm Collections Battle With Evergreen Retainers

05 Jun 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Larry Port, the founder and CEO of RocketMatter, a total law firm management system in the cloud.

Are Digital Signatures the Answer to Productivity Challenges in Professional Services?

20 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Gadi Aharoni, the CEO of ARX, a global provider of digital signature solutions. We discussed the mission of ARX, the key differences betw...

Certifying Litigation Support Skills

23 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Chere Estrin, the president & co-founding member of the Organization of Legal Professionals, which recently launched a new certification ...

Why the Legal Industry is Attracting So Much Interest from Investors

19 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Mark Britton, the founder and CEO of Avvo, which he describes as “the largest legal marketplace directory and Q&A forum on the web,” ...

Law, Technology, and Asia: What Lawyers and Their Clients Need to Know

18 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke to David Horrigan, an analyst and counsel at 451 Research, a New York-based global analyst research firm. David covers law and technology, has...

Perspectives from LegalTech New York 2014

14 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

I had the privilege of meeting with many of the most respected leaders in the legal technology community at LegalTech New York last week. Below are im...

Unifying Stakeholders Across the Corporate Law Department

18 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Rajitha Boer, the Founder & Director of Yerra Solutions, a Basel, Switzerland-based boutique consulting firm for global law departments. ...

Reinventing the CIO

05 Nov 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Doug Caddell, the new chief information officer for kCura, the maker of Relativity, a web-based platform for the processing, review, anal...

Is Questio an Answer to E-Discovery Challenges?

16 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Dave Deppe, the president of UnitedLex, a global legal services company, which focuses on litigation, contract management, and intellectu...

Reinventing Litigation Support

25 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Albert Buckwalter, the Director of Litigation Support for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC, and th...

The E-Billing Revolution on Display at ILTA

16 Aug 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Leah Beckham and Beth Thompson, the CEO and Director of Business Development, respectively, for BillBLAST, a cloud-based application that...

A Catalyst for Reinventing the Cloud

22 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Larry Barela, the Chief Technology Officer for Catalyst Repository Systems, the developer of Insight, a cloud-based e-discovery platform....

Reinventing Marketing With a Rocket

19 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Larry Port, the founder and CEO of Rocketmatter, a cloud-based legal practice management and time and billing software product, about Roc...

The Rising Adoption of Law Enforcement Technology in E-Discovery

17 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Peter Mercer, the founder and managing director of Vound, an Australia-based software development company focusing on forensics and e-dis...

Proof of Finding Philanthropy in E-Discovery

06 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

In the fall of 1990, I interviewed for a job that ended up changing the course of my life. The ad to which I responded was for a tutor in the then 1-y...

Reinventing Cloud-Based Collaboration

29 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Eric Hunter, the Director of Knowledge, Innovation & Technology Strategies at California-based Bradford & Barthel, as well as the Executi...

Disrupting Legal in Six Minute Increments

22 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Matt Homann and JoAnna Forshee, producers of the annual LexThink.1 legal innovation conference, which is being held in Chicago on Wednesd...

E-Mail Archiving and the Virtualization Movement

07 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Rich Turner, the vice president of business development and strategic marketing for C2C Systems, an e-mail archiving and information mana...

What to Expect When You’re Expecting E-Discovery

01 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Jon Resnick, the managing director and head of global sales for Huron Legal, about key operational issues that law departments and law fi...

Defensible Deletion Will Be a High Priority in the New Year

29 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Allison Walton, the e-discovery counsel for Symantec, the maker of Enterprise Vault, Clearwell, and other data loss prevention solutions....

Are E-Discovery Quality Standards Coming?

29 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Doug Stewart, the vice president of technology and innovation for Daegis, a full-service e-discovery company. We discussed his expectatio...

Complexity, Cost, and Risk Are the Biggest Challenges of 2013

28 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Megan Miller, the vice president of marketing for GGO, a legal services provider and the developer of Digital WarRoom about 2013 trends a...

Prediction: No New Technology in 2013

23 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Dale Drury, founder of AlphaLit, a litigation support company with a long history in discovery document management. We discussed key chal...

The Year’s Biggest E-Discovery Challenges May Surprise You

22 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Nick Robertson, vice president of sales and marketing, kCura, the developers of Relativity, a leading web-based e-discovery platform. We ...

Key Strategies for Navigating the Regulatory Landscape in the New Year

16 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with David Remnitz and Adam Cohen, the Global and Americas Leader, and Principal, respectively in Ernst & Young’s Forensic Technology and Di...

A New Ecosystem of Information Management and Governance

15 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke today with Craig Carpenter, the vice president of marketing and business development for Recommind, a maker of information management, governa...

The Naked Constitution: What the Founders Said and Why It Still Matters

14 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Adam Freedman, author of The Naked Constitution: What the Founders Said and Why It Still Matters (Broadside Books, 2012) and The Party of...

The Convergence of Technology and Talent in the New Year

11 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke today with Dean Kuhlmann, the vice president of business development for Lateral Data, a Xerox Company, which makes the Viewpoint e-discovery ...

The Top Legal Tech Trends of 2013

09 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Ian Campbell, the chief business development officer and co-founder of iCONECT.

Igniting a New Era in Legal Marketing

07 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Mark Britton, founder and CEO of Avvo, and Sachin Bhatia, the company’s Vice President of Product, about Avvo Ignite and the antidote t...

Reinventing the Free Initial Consultation with Video

21 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Lawyers and other professionals who offer free initial consultations have a new way to reinvent their practices thanks to Brendan Ludwick and Claudio ...

The Rise of Big Data and the Impact of Technology Assisted Review

17 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

The rise of big data is on the minds of many of those responsible information governance and I spoke with Doug Stewart, Vice President of Technology a...

Redefining Online Education

07 Jul 2012

Contributed by Lukas

“Learning inspires change,” says David Schnurman, the president and CEO of Lawline.com, a leading provider of online continuing legal education th...

Advocating for Avvocating

20 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I will be speaking at the Avvocating Conference in Seattle on May 4th and had the chance to speak with Avvo‘s CEO and Founder, Mark Britton. We disc...

Certified E-Discovery Specialists and the 2012 ACEDS Conference

31 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke today with Robert Hilson, the editorial director for the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists, which is hosting its 2012 Annual Co...

Embracing the Globalization of Professional Services

07 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

I speak and write often about collaboration. My research has also shown that successful rainmakers work in tandem – they attend events together, par...

Building A Unified Company Following Multiple Acquisitions

03 Mar 2012

Contributed by Lukas

At Legal Tech NY 2012, I had the opportunity to speak with Jim Hammond, the Vice President for Global Marketing at Aderant about the company’s recen...

The Rise of Meaning-Based Coding and the Changing Landscape for Information Governanace

31 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In anticipation of Legal Tech, I spoke with George Tziahanas, the senior vice president for legal and compliance solutions at Autonomy. We discussed t...

Reinventing Law Practice Management

25 Jan 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In anticipation of attending Legal Tech New York next week, I wanted to share this conversation with Paul Unger of Affinity Consulting Group about rei...

An Alternative to E-mail – Reinventing Concurrent Confidential Communication

05 Dec 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Following my recent presentation at the London School of Economics, I had the chance to speak with Peter Rouse, the founder of Case Record about trend...

Richard Susskind: The End of Alternative Fee Arrangements?

29 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

I was in London over Thanksgiving to speak at the 2011 BigHand User Conference and had the privilege of meeting with Richard Susskind, author of The E...

Cultivating Corporate Culture

15 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

I have been a fan of Lawline.com and its CEO, David Schnurman, for many years. He is always striving to build a better product by cultivating a cultur...

Can You Create an E-Book Like This for Your Clients and Prospects?

14 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Recently, productivity software maker, RocketMatter, introduced a free e-book called: The Law Firm of Tomorrow! – Part One: Marketing 2.0 and Legal ...

Taking People to the Data Instead of Taking Data to the People

13 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

I was in San Francisco this week speaking at UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law and stopped in to speak with Kurt Jensen, the President and CEO of D...

The Most Misunderstood Themes at LegalTech Day 2 (Video Perspectives)

03 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

On the floor of LegalTech New York Day 2, I spoke with Dean Gonsowski, the Vice President of E-Discovery Services at Clearwell Systems about the most ...

Do lawyers really care about social media?

22 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

If you were sitting here at Avvo's Avvocating conference, you would see from the crowd of hundreds of practitioners that the answer is a resounding "y...

Making Sense of E-Mail Chaos

22 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Ray Zwiefelhofer, the new president of World Software Corporation, the maker of Worldox, a legal document management product.

The Call for Certification of Legal Professionals in E-Discovery

03 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Chere Estrin, chairperson of the Board of Directors for The Organization of Legal Professionals, a non-profit organization established to...

An Inside Look at Avvo

15 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Mark Britton, founder and CEO of Avvo.com, one of the leading online legal websites with 1.5 million unique visitors per month. Britton, ...

Staffing Expert Is Optimistic About the In-House Litigation Support Market

30 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Earlier this week, I attended an invitation-only breakfast hosted by David Cowen, the managing director of The Cowen Group, an executive search and ma...

What to Expect at ILTA 2009

20 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Joy Heath Rush, the Enterprise Multimedia Manager at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago and the President of the seven-member board of director...

The ROI of Time Capture and Related Trends in Legal Tech

13 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Brett Owens, CEO and co-founder of Chrometa, a company that makes time capture software for solo practitioners and small law firms, about...

Creating Products From Good Ideas of Very Smart Clients

06 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Dale Drury, Vice President of AlphaLit, about his recent recognition in LTN's President's Corner and the company's release of PrivLog Bui...

Concept Search Trends

21 May 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with Rich Turner, the Vice President of Marketing for Content Analyst, a concept search engine developer, about the search market, related tre...

What Lawyers Can Learn From Software Architects

09 Apr 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke this morning with Larry Port, Founding Partner and Chief Software Architect for Rocket Matter, a maker of web-based software for law firm prod...

How to Successfully Navigate an Acquisition

03 Mar 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I had an interesting discussion with Carolyn Crandall, Rich Faris and Chuck Williams of i365 at LegalTech about the success of the Metalincs acquisiti...

Listening for Audio E-Discovery

24 Feb 2009

Contributed by Lukas

I had a great conversation with Nicole Eagan, the dynamic Chief Marketing Officer for Autonomy, on the last day of LegalTech a few weeks ago. In addit...