The LOPSided Podcast
Episodes
Episode 25: Driving value for LegalOps in a changing legal market.
01 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In episode twenty five, the LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews Jack Tuttle, Director of the Center of Excellence for Continuous Improvem...
Episode 24: How to get buy-in and successfully integrate LegalOps into a firms culture and workflows.
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In episode twenty four, the LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews Hayleigh Lippiatt-Durnell, Head of Legal Project Management and Legal Pro...
Episode 23: How Litigation Analytics Shape Cases - The Legal, Commercial and Strategic Predictability Benefits.
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode twenty three is the final episode in our #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews Edward Bird, the...
Episode 22: Scaling AI Adoption – Beyond Pilots and Demos
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode twenty two is the penultimate in our #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews Alex Fortescue-Webb,...
Episode 21: LPM By Design - Engineering Legal Delivery at scale
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode twenty one is the third in our #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews former Director of LPM at ...
Episode 20: Elevating How Law Departments Procure Legal Services - The Rise of the ALSP.
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode twenty is the second in our #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews co-founder of Elevate Legal J...
Episode 19: Beyond the Tech: The Human, Operational, and Governance Realities of Legal Transformation
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode nineteen is the first in our enabling #TransformingLegal mini-series. The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue interviews leading consultant ...
Episode 18: BD Terminator - Rise of the Machines
14 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode eighteen is a first on the podcast, LOPSided host John O'Donoghue interviews his first non-human guest as we navigate a critical question: wha...
Episode 17: The GC as a LegalOps Innovator - Trust, Transparency & Transformation
07 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode seventeen, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Dan Winterfeldt (Regional GC at Jefferies). In a continued celebration of PRI...
Episode 16: Pricing with Pride - Smarter Strategies, Stronger Values
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode sixteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Chris Hanley (Head of Pricing and Commercial at Ashurst). In celebration of...
Episode 15: The Talent Equation - Skills, Strategy and Self Identity
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode fifteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Karen Rayment (Founder and CEO of Marble Grange Recruitment). In celebratio...
Episode 14: Growing Key Clients - Why Law Firms need to stop pitching for everything.
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode fourteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Kevin Wheeler (Founder and CEO of Wheeler Associates). Kevin and John touc...
Episode 13: Legal Project Management - Winning hearts, minds, and mandates.
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode thirteen, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Kevin O'Sullivan (Global Director of Legal Project Management at Baker McK...
Episode 12: GenAI - Practical application in legal service delivery.
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode twelve, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Amanda Chaboryk (Head of Legal Data and Systems at PwC). Amanda and John dis...
Episode 11: e-Disco Inferno - The role of e-discovery in digitally transforming law firms.
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode eleven, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Chantelle Jalland (Associate Director of Digital Services and e-discovery at...
Episode 10: Recruiting, retaining, and developing the best LegalOps talent.
09 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In episode ten, The LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Luc Baldwin (Leading expert in Legal Operations recruitment) to discuss how to ...
Episode 9: Law firm pricing - a 360 view
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode nine, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Richard Burcher (Leading expert in law firm pricing) to discuss developing trends ...
Episode 8: Clients don't like that - The business of relationships.
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode eight, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Alex Liddle (Director of sales at PwC) to discuss what not to do when engaging cl...
Episode 7 - How Legal Operations capabilities can enhance a law firms value proposition.
29 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode seven, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Shakeel Sameja (Legal Operations Manager at UBS) to discuss how Law Firms are usi...
Episode 6: Getting ahead of the game - Changing how law firms and clients consider commercial risk.
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode six, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Steve Jones (Managing Director of M&A, Litigation and Tax at AJ Gallagher) to d...
Episode 5: Navigating AI & Digital and successfully implementing strategy in law firms
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode five, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Alex Smith (Senior Director at iManage) to discuss navigating AI & Digital and...
Episode 4: Are innovative insurance backed solutions a cheat code for law firm pricing?
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode four, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Verity Jackson-Grant (Head of Pricing at Simmons & Simmons) to discuss the eme...
Episode 3: Leveraging Law Firm data - Using your data to improve business performance.
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode three, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Liam Marshall (CEO at Metamorf) to discuss how law firms could (and should) be le...
Episode 1: Mastering Legal Efficiency - The role of Legal Project Management in Law Firms.
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode one, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by David George (Global Director of Legal Project Management at Mayer Brown) to discus...
Episode 2: Moving from cost of service to value of service - What Clients really want and value.
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In episode two, LOPSided Podcast host John O'Donoghue is joined by Georgina Thorpe (Head of Pricing at Herbert Smith Freehills) to discuss all things ...