Reinventing Professionals
Episodes
What Law Firms Will Be Called in the Future
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Paul Fontanot, the national practice group leader for forensic and technology services at Clayton Utz in Sydney, who is an equity partner...
The Evolution of International eDiscovery
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Wendell Jisa, the CEO of Reveal Data, a provider of global eDiscovery and investigation software and services, which recently announced t...
LMA Northeast 2019: Turning Reader Data Into Business Development Wins
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Adrian Lürssen, co-founder and vice president of strategic development at JD Supra. We discussed his program at the 2019 LMA Northeast R...
AI for Solo Practitioners and Small Law Firms
09 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Maddy Martin, the head of growth and education at Smith.ai, which provides integrated phone and web chat services for solo and small-firm...
A Guide to Digitalization Projects for the Legal Community
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Timo Tschersig, the head of customer success for BusyLamp, a legal operations software platform, and Dr. Bernhard Waltl, a data scientist...
Demystifying M&A in Legal Tech
23 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Rick Weber, the co-founder and managing partner of Arbor Ridge Partners, a Legal Technology and Legal Services M&A advisory firm. We disc...
Distinguishing Responses to Cyber Incidents and Data Breaches
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jamie Berry, the litigation business unit leader at Integreon, a global provider of managed services. We discussed Integreon’s new Cybe...
NYU Law and the Impact of Innovation
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Felicity Conrad, the co-founder & CEO of Paladin, a software platform that empowers pro bono activities in law firms, Christian Lang,...
The Benefits of Digitizing Law Firms
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Tomas Suros, the chief solutions architect at AbacusNext, the maker of HotDocs, a document automation software platform, AbacusLaw, a leg...
The Rise of Transaction Management
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Avaneesh Marwaha, the CEO of Litera Microsystems, a document lifecycle software provider. We discussed the company’s recent acquisition...
Reinventing eFiling
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Erez Bustan, the president and CEO of American LegalNet, a litigation workflow software company. We discussed the genesis of American Leg...
Delivering Client Issue-Focused Solutions
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Sebastian Hartmann, the Global Head of Technology Strategy at KPMG in Frankfurt, Germany. We discussed his role at KPMG, how law firm and...
Legal Tech CEO Shares Success Tips
18 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with David Schnurman, the founder and CEO of Lawline, a leading provider of continuing legal education, and the author of The Fast Forward Min...
ILTACON 2019 Mixtape
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I had the privilege of interviewing Jeff McCoy, Haresh Bhungalia, David Horrigan, Shawn Gaines, Ed Walters, Erez Bustan, Patrick DiDomenico, Ian Campb...
Understanding Contract Intelligence
04 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with David Alain Bloch, the co-founder and CEO of Legartis, a developer of an AI-powered contract intelligence software platform. We discussed...
Summer Friday: Enjoying the View in Santorini
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Christina Ypsilanti, the Maitre de Maison at the SunRocks Boutique Hotel in Santorini, Greece. We discussed the history of Santorini, Gre...
Legal Tech for Travel Disputes
20 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Philipp Kadelbach, the founder of Flightright, an automated service that helps passengers check and assert their compensation claims in E...
ILTACON Spotlight: The Value of Firm Intelligence Over Experience Management
17 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Barry Solomon, executive vice president at Foundation Software Group, the developer of a firm intelligence platform used by lawyers, KM p...
Understanding Litigation Finance
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Emily Hostage, a vice president at Burford Capital, a publicly-traded litigation finance company. We discussed how litigation finance dif...
Summer Friday: Unwinding at a Wellness Resort in Crete
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Vassilis Poravos, the hotel manager at the Domes Noruz hotel in Chania, Crete. We discussed the influence of wellness activities on touri...
ILTACON and Cutting Through the Noise in Legal Tech
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Joy Heath Rush, the CEO of the International Legal Technology Association, which provides educational and networking opportunities for pr...
The Appeal of AI in Legal
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jerry Ting and Alex Su, the CEO and Director of Business Development, respectively, at Evisort, a software platform that provides artific...
Private Equity and the Rapid Pace of Change in Legal Tech
26 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Thomas Martin, an investment professional with Hg, a private equity firm that recently acquired Litera Microsystems and Workshare. We dis...
The Trajectory of Document Management
20 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ray Zwiefelhofer, the president of World Software Corporation, the maker of Worldox, a document management platform that thousands of law...
The Evolution of Attorney-Client Communication
17 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ashley Pepitone, a practicing attorney in Atlanta and the co-founder of JurisBytes, the developer of JurisMS, a texting application for s...
Distinguishing AI and Machine Learning in Corporate Legal
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Fayiaz Chaudhri, the CEO of Aimactek, an artificial intelligence and machine learning software developer focused on the legal industry. W...
The Quirky Lawyer and Legal Technology in Spain
09 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Isabella Galeano, a law professor at Esade Law School in Barcelona, host of The Quirky Lawyer podcast, and the founder of The Technolawgi...
Improve Data Hygiene to Reduce the Cost of eDiscovery
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Nate Latessa, the president of Heureka, an index in place, search, and analysis software platform for corporate legal, compliance, and cy...
E-Discovery at Microsoft
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Rachi Messing, a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft, where he leads the company’s internal e-discovery team. We discussed how Microsof...
Law Firms Investing in Innovation Through Venture Capital
22 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Alex Nwaka, a principal with Touchdown Ventures, which provides venture capital services on behalf of leading corporations. We discussed ...
Aligning Legal Perspectives on a Global Scale
15 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Aileen Schultz, a Toronto-based business strategist, the co-founder of the Global Legal Hackathon, and the founder and president of the W...
Unlocking the Practical Value of Artificial Intelligence
08 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Neil Sahota, an IBM Master Inventor, an advisor to the United Nations, and the co-author of Own the A.I. Revolution: Unlock Your Artifici...
GDPR One Year Later
04 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Josh Hass, the Head of eDiscovery and Information Governance at Charles River Associates, a global consulting firm focused on forensics. ...
Streamlining Secure Collaboration
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Don Fuchs, the vice president of sales in North America for HighQ, a software platform that streamlines collaboration, legal service deli...
Best Practices for Evaluating Cloud Vendors in Legal
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ronny Loew, the National Sales Director for ProCirrus Technologies, a cloud-hosting provider of end-to-end IT services for law firms. We ...
Using Technology to Tell Better Stories in the Courtroom
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Travis Luther, the founder of Law Father, a legal technology and trial support firm, which is also the developer of trialline.net. We dis...
Why Case Management Software Matters
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ryan Anderson, the founder and CEO of Filevine, a case management system for attorneys. We discussed the genesis of Filevine, how it diff...
Running Out of Time in Legal Tech
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Matthew Volm, the co-founder and CEO of Tali, a voice-enabled time capture software tool. We discussed the genesis of Tali, how it works,...
Leveraging Technology to Align Different Generations of Lawyers
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Josh Taylor, an attorney and the lead content strategist at Smokeball, a practice management software platform for small law firms. We di...
Promoting Access to Justice Through Tentative Rulings in California
30 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Crawford Appleby, a Los Angeles-based transportation accident and qui tam attorney with Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC by day and l...
How the Growth of Legal Operations is Changing Corporate Legal Teams
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jodie Baker, the founder & CEO of Xakia Technologies, a matter management and legal data analytics software company for in-house legal te...
Coding Legal Apps With No Code
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Kim Massana, the president and CEO for Neota Logic, a low-code application development platform used by a variety of organizations throug...
Transforming Legal With AI-Powered Contract Drafting
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Omer Hayun, the founder of Bestpractix, an AI-powered productivity platform for contract drafting. We discussed the genesis of Bestpracti...
Overcoming Matter Management Challenges
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jonathan Reed, the co-founder and CEO of AdvoLogix, a cloud-based legal case and matter management solution for law firms and legal depar...
Reimagining Law Firm Marketing
09 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Deborah Farone, a law firm marketing advisor who served as the Chief Marketing Officer for Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Debevoise &...
How Legal Challenges Differ Around the World
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Andrew Mellett, the co-founder and CEO of Plexus, the maker of Legal Gateway, a legal operating system used by a wide range of in-house l...
Empowering Military Spouses in Legal
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jennifer Andres and Michael Gibeault, a Senior Review Manager and the Senior Director of Legal Services, respectively, at TCDI, a provide...
The Rise of Freelance Lawyers in 2019
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Greg Garman, the co-founder of LAWCLERK, an online marketplace of freelance lawyers, and a founding partner with Garman Turner Gordon. We...
Managing Document Review Teams in 2019
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Parkash Khatri and Cat Pray, the director of global discovery services and review manager, respectively, for Blackstone Discovery, an e-d...
Rewarding Legal Education Innovation
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Vikram Savkar, the Vice President and General Manager of International and Higher Education Markets at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulat...
The Cloud Comes of Age in Legal
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, a leading practice management software platform at Legaltech 2019. We discussed the genesis ...
Strategies for Strengthening Law Firm IT
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Joseph Escobio, the Chief Information Officer for Klinedinst, a West Coast-based law firm, where he oversees all IT, e-discovery, and dat...
Legaltech Unplugged Day Three
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you to the following individuals for sharing their perspectives with me on the third day of Legaltech 2019: Chris Bright, VP of Marketing, Zapp...
Legaltech 2019: Building Trust in the Application of AI and Machine Learning
12 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ryan Steadman, the chief revenue officer for Zero, at Legaltech 2019 about building trust in the application of AI and machine learning t...
Legaltech 2019: Billing Best Practices
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Kevin Harris, a project manager for Orion Law Management Systems, at Legaltech 2019 about billing best practices.
Legaltech 2019: Technology-Enabled Services for Law Firms
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Rebecca Goodman-Stephens and Frank Vitale, the chief operating officer and chief marketing officer, respectively, for Berdon LLP, an acco...
Legaltech 2019 Unplugged Day Two
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you to the following individuals for sharing their perspectives with me on the second day of Legaltech 2019: Bob Ambrogi, Publisher of LawSites...
Legaltech 2019: Expanding E-Discovery Education
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As part of my Legaltech 2019 series, I spoke with Doug Austin, the Vice President of Products and Professional Services for CloudNine and the editor o...
Perspectives from Legaltech 2019 Day One
01 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thank you to the following individuals for speaking with me on the first day of Legaltech 2019: Lauren Amanda Adler, Director of Sales, Manzama Dan B...
An Unconference to Inspire Legal
29 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Christian Lang, a former attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell, who is the new head of strategy at Reynen Court and the founder of the ...
How to Remediate and Strengthen Your Compliance Programs in 2019
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Rith Kem and Mason Pan, both principals in the Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence practice at Control Risks. Kem is the Technology O...
Gaining an Edge in Legal Research
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Erik Lindberg and Tonya Custis, the senior director for Westlaw Product Management and the senior director of Research at Thomson Reuters...
Dynamic Data Management to Optimize Spend
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ketan Jhaveri and John Maloney, the co-CEO and Head of Client Success, respectively, at Bodhala, a legal data analytics company. We discu...
The Value of Video in Your Marketing
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Christina Hammond and Joe Hammond, the co-founders of Producify, a digital content production company. We discussed the genesis of Produc...
Reimagining Innovation in Legal Education
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Gabe Teninbaum, a professor at Suffolk University Law School and the Director of the Institute on Legal Innovation & Technology. We d...
The 2019 Law Firm Innovation Roadmap
12 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Wendy Curtis (named the Most Innovative Lawyer of 2018 by the Financial Times), Kate Orr, and Daryl Shetterly, the Chief Innovation Offic...
The Relationship Between Blockchain and Legal Operations
11 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with André König, the managing partner for professional services at BusyLamp, a corporate legal operations SaaS solution for billing, matter...
Slack and How the Diversity of Communication is Impacting E-Discovery
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Keith Laska, a board member for Hanzo, a software provider that captures and preserves dynamic web content to help organizations meet com...
Marketing a Legal Tech Start-Up on a Global Scale
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Sacha Kirk, the co-founder and chief marketing officer for Lawcadia, an Australian software company that helps in-house legal teams manag...
The Future of E-Learning is Here
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Steve Gluckman, the founder and CEO of LawFirmElearning, a provider of customized on-demand learning for the legal industry. Steve is the...
Legal Tech in Ireland and Leveraging Practice Management Software to Gain a Competitive Advantage
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Sabina Horgan, the vice president of market development for Thread Legal, a practice management software provider based in Dublin. We dis...
Leveraging Analytics to Advance Legal Services
13 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Warren Agin, the director of professional development at LexPredict, a consulting firm focused on legal data strategy, and the founding c...
Reinventing Client Communication With Text Messaging
10 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Allison Josephy Key, the sales lead for ZipWhip, a platform that allows law firms and their clients to leverage the firm’s existing tel...
Maximizing Content Migration
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Dan Anderson, co-founder and CEO of SeeUnity, a provider of content integration, migration, and synchronization products for law firms, c...
Legal Upheaval and Measuring Innovation
01 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Michele DeStefano, a professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law and the founder & executive director of LawWithoutWall...
Knowledge Sharing Starts With Trust
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Hélène Russell, a UK-based knowledge management specialist and founder of The Knowledge Business. She helps law firms with their knowle...
The Emerging Privacy Career Path
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Jared Coseglia, the founder and CEO of TRU Staffing Partners, a contract staffing and executive placement search firm representing talent...
Managing Minute Books in the Cloud and the Trajectory of Legal Tech in Canada
04 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Sean Bernstein, the co-founder of MinuteBox, a cloud-based minute book management service. We discussed the genesis of MinuteBox, how it ...
The Move From a Vendor-Driven Market to a Customer-Driven Market
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Eyal Iffergan, the president and CEO of Hyperion Global Partners, a consulting firm focused on legal business strategy and operations for...
Building the Law Firm of the Future
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Dr. Marc Morant, the Head of Flexible Legal Resources at PwC Switzerland. We discussed the mission of PwC’s Flexible Legal Resources pr...
Reimagining Professional Development for Lawyers
07 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Drew Amoroso, the founder of Move Associates, a company that focuses on professional development for lawyers. Prior to founding Move Asso...
The Evolution of Translation in Legal Matters
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Mark Ettinger, a vice president at Linguistic Systems, a language translation company. We discussed how his team performs translations, t...
Funding Your Legal Tech Initiative Through a Coin Offering
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Stevie Ghiassi, the co-founder and CEO of Legaler, an Australian legal technology company focused on advancing the delivery of legal serv...
Aligning Legal Education with the Business of Law
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Anthony Crowell, the dean and president of New York Law School, which recently launched a Business of Law Institute and released a market...
Taking the Robotic Tasks From Humans with CLM
07 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Rebecca Yoder, the director of legal technology for SpringCM, a contract lifecycle management software provider. We discussed her role at...
The Rise of Legal Management Consulting
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Stacie Neeter and Jim Mitchell, the co-leaders of the legal management consulting group at Stout, an independent advisory firm. We discus...
Masters Conference Feature: Building Rock Star Teams and the Changing Nature of Legal Recruiting
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Zelda Owens, the managing director of Attorney Placements for the Glenmont Group, a leading legal industry recruiting firm. She has serve...
The Small Country Making a Big Impact on Blockchain Adoption
17 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Ian Gauci, a founding partner with GTG Advocates, a law firm of 22 professionals in Malta. He serves on Malta’s National Blockchain Tas...
GDPR and the Value of Cyber Clarity
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Imran Jaswal, a managing director at Duff and Phelps who serves as the commercial lead for the company’s new CyberClarity360 solution. ...
Auto-classification, Artificial Intelligence, and Legal Tech in Belgium
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Yves Lefere, the commercial director at Knowliah, a Belgium-based provider of a new digital workplace platform for corporate legal depart...
The Future of Legal Tech in Israel
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Esther Dediashvili, the legal knowledge manager and head of legal technology implementation at Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co, on...
Custom Software Solutions for Legal
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Doug Geller, the founder and president of GDSI, a software company that specializes in solving challenges in the legal industry by develo...
Custom Software Solutions for Legal
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Doug Geller, the founder and president of GDSI, a software company that specializes in solving challenges in the legal industry by develo...
AI and the Law Firm of 2030
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Emily Foges, the CEO of Luminance, an artificial intelligence platform for the legal profession. We discussed the genesis of Luminance, t...
Why Legal Tech Conferences Have Become a Global Phenomenon
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Andrew King, the founder & strategic advisor of E-Discovery Consulting, which provides litigation support guidance to law firms and c...
The Emergence of Legal Tech in Malaysia
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Soon Yi Loo, the co-founder and CEO of CanLaw Asia, a legal tech consultancy for law firms and corporate legal departments in Malaysia. H...
Less Email, Better Managed
12 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Dan Hauck and Bradlee Duncan, the vice president of Product & User Experience, and the senior product manager, respectively, for NetD...
Empowering Proficiency with the Legal Tech Assessment
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Casey Flaherty, the founder of Procertas and the creator of the Legal Technology Assessment, a competency-based learning and benchmarking...
The Rise of Discovery-as-a-Service
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Robb Caruso, a vice president with Compliance Discovery Solutions, a service provider that offers defensible discovery support for law fi...
Making the Delivery of Legal Services More Efficient
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I spoke with Pratik Patel, the vice president of innovation and products at Elevate Services, a law company, where he leads the company’s product bu...