Reinventing Professionals

Ari Kaplan speaks with the following leaders at the 2026 International Legal Technology Association Annual Conference: Faith Benson , Vice President of Marketing, SimplyAgree Ross Guberman , Founder and CEO, BriefCatch Gabriel Karawani , Co-Founder, ClearPeople Dan Malgran , Vice President of Marketing, Steno Eileen Penta , Senior Account Executive, Clarra Joy Heath Rush , CEO, International Legal...

I spoke with Pete Palladino , the Director of Restaurant & Hotel Operations-NJ at Fearless Restaurants , about running Daddy-O , among other properties on Long Beach Island. We discussed building a hospitality culture, the staffing challenges unique to a seasonal vacation market, and how rising guest expectations elevate a team's performance.

I spoke with Sabastian Niles , the President and Chief Legal Officer at Salesforce . We discussed how corporate legal teams can leverage agentic AI, how to balance being AI-first with human judgment when delivering legal guidance, why law firms need to lead with trusted, agentic AI to gain a competitive advantage and meet client expectations, and the importance of developing unified client intelli...

I spoke with Frederic Beylier , the CEO of Questel , a provider of intellectual property solutions, including AI-powered modular software and expert services. We discussed how AI has changed the IP sector, the key challenges that brand owners and innovators face in the current climate, where IP professionals are realizing the greatest benefits from AI, and new data on the state of AI in IP .

I spoke with Jeny Maier and Rachael Philbin , the Managing Partner and the new Chief Innovation Officer, respectively, at Axinn LLP , a law firm focused on antitrust, intellectual property, and complex commercial litigation. We discussed why this is the right moment for a law firm to invest in dedicated innovation leadership, the benefits of working alongside practicing lawyers in an embedded capa...

I spoke with Debbie Foster , CEO, and Stephanie Everett , Chief Growth Officer, at Affinity Consulting Group , about their new book " Be a Next Level Leader: The Four Cornerstones of Law Firm Leadership ." We discussed leading with intention in law firms, the benefits of remaining calm under pressure, building credibility and influence when partnership dynamics complicate one's authority, and dist...

I spoke with Tony Muljadi , the General Manager of Large Law at LexisNexis . We discussed how law firms are adapting their AI strategy from novelty to expectation, why integrating authoritative legal content and trust into existing workflows matter more as AI capabilities begin to converge, and how a genuine strategic technology partnership can fuel a law firm's success.

I spoke with Sean Fitzpatrick , the CEO of LexisNexis’s legal business , where he leads strategy, growth, product innovation, and operations. We discussed the value of proprietary content in an AI era, perspectives on the potential shift in how AI is priced, how customers benefit from partnerships with different AI providers, and evolving customer expectations for legal AI.

I spoke with Jonathan Friedman , the Founder and Managing Partner of Friedman Williams , a specialized recruiting firm serving law firms and corporate organizations across legal, finance, HR, marketing, IT, and administrative staffing. We discussed how the role of law firm C-suite leaders has evolved, best practices for hiring legal executives, and the leadership traits that are becoming most valu...

I spoke with Ed Walters , the Vice President of Legal Innovation and Strategy at Clio . We discussed the market for legal AI tools, best practices for selecting the right tool for a particular team, advice for legal tech founders, and how to stay fluent in new developments in legal practice.

I spoke with Ryan McClead , the co-founder of Sente Advisors , a legal technology innovation consultancy that works with knowledge management and innovation teams at large law firms. We discussed his new book, "Your New AI Colleague: A Field Guide to the AI That's Going to Do Your Job," the three categories of AI tools, how KM and innovation leaders are gaining the most value from AI, and how to s...

I was fortunate to attend RelFest London 2026 and speak with the following leaders at Relativity : Chris Brown , Chief Product Officer Georgia Foster , Managing Director and VP Sales, International David Horrigan , Discovery Counsel and Legal Education Director Phil Saunders , Chief Executive Officer Cristin Traylor , Senior Director, AI Transformation & Law Firm Strategy Adam Weiss , Chief Ad...

In this 59th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of  Legal IT Insider , and I discussed Lexpo 2026, learning from AI use cases, and attending RelFest London and LegalTechTalk .

I spoke with Collen Steffen , the Founder and President of Project Fortress , a legal operations platform for midsize and large law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed the value of a platform-first approach, why integration with a law firm's various tools is important, the infrastructure necessary to optimize a law firm's entire suite of tools, and where law firms are succeeding wi...

I spoke with Lexi Lutz , the General Counsel at Summize , a provider of AI-powered contract lifecycle management software. We discussed how law department leaders are balancing speed, governance, and trust in an AI-enabled era of legal services, where legal teams still struggle to gain credibility as innovation partners, and the skills that future lawyers and legal leaders need to succeed.

I spoke with Dean Sonderegger , the new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions . We discussed the state of AI adoption in corporate legal departments, the biggest barrier preventing legal departments from actually operationalizing AI, and what vendors can do to help move the industry forward.

I spoke with Kyle Kelly , the Founder and CEO of Zubu AI , which is an in-place data collection and preservation tool for litigation. We discussed the importance of in-place preservation, how Zubu is built for an emerging enterprise AI data layer, and what legal data preservation looks like within ChatGPT and Claude.

In this 58th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of  Legal IT Insider , and I discussed the 2026 CLOC Global Institute , revisiting law firm economics, understanding the cost of Legal AI, and looking forward to Lexpo 2026.

I spoke with Nik Reed , the chief executive officer of Knowable and VP of AI Product at LexisNexis, and Roland Vogl , the executive director and co-founder of CodeX at the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, about their participation in the 2026 LexisNexis AI Symposium at the Harvard Club. The event was titled The Legal AI Inflection Point: Designing the Future of Legal Practice. Reed moderated...

I spoke with Torben Rankine , the Director of Corporate Sales at SS&C Intralinks , following the company's 2nd Annual AI Bootcamp on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. We discussed how corporate development teams in Silicon Valley are identifying opportunities in the current market, applying generative and agentic AI to drive growth within their organizations, and aligning legal and deal-process teams.

It was a privilege to interview these leaders for this Reinventing Professionals mixtape at the 2026 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute:   Saad Ahmed, Strategic Account Executive, Everlaw Ed Chang, Senior Account Executive, LexisNexis CounselLink Jeff Cox, Director of Brand, Steno Dan Di Maria, Co-Founder and CRO of Spellbook Larry Gill, CEO, X1 Discovery Danielle Haugland, Sen...

I spoke with Katya Linossi and Gabriel Karawani , the Co-Founders of ClearPeople , the maker of Atlas, an intelligent knowledge platform for Microsoft 365 and the knowledge layer for precise, scalable AI. We discussed why consistency, context, and authority are the foundations of AI-ready knowledge, how a knowledge layer improves the accuracy of AI outputs, and ways that law firm leaders can ensur...

I spoke with Kyle Poe , the Vice President of Legal Innovation & Strategy at Legora , a legal AI platform for law firms and legal departments. We discussed how law firms quantify and qualify the ROI of their legal AI investments, which metrics law firm leaders should focus on, and how the Legora ROI Report will help them.

I spoke with Kyle Robisch , a partner at Latitude Legal , a provider of flexible legal talent, and founder of its Tampa office. We discussed the value of flex legal talent, how AI is creating both headwinds and tailwinds for it, and how lawyers can position themselves to succeed in 2026.

In this 57th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of  Legal IT Insider , and I discussed the emergence of AI-first law firms, Claude for Legal, upskilling to advance your career, and verifying legal citations.