Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Marc Zamsky and Marla Crawford , the CEO and general counsel, respectively, for Cimplifi , an integrated legal services provider that aligns e-discovery and contract analytics for corporate legal departments and law firms. We discussed Cimplifi’s new market research report,  The Expanding Influence of Legal Operations: An Inside Look at AI, CLM, and Law Department Transformation , the...

I spoke with Alaa Pasha , the CEO of Maptician , an end-to-end solution for hybrid operations with a focus on law firms. We discussed what firms that are finding success in a hybrid workplace are doing to thrive, mistakes law firms are making in managing their teams and training their employees, and balancing a return to the office full-time and working in a hybrid manner.

I spoke with Rob Ameerun , the founder of the Lexpo conference , which is focused on promoting innovation and digital transformation throughout Europe. The 2023 edition will take place on June 12 and 13th in Amsterdam. We discussed how Lexpo differs from other conferences, this year's programs, and what the focus indicates about how the legal industry has changed.

In this fifth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and Legal Industry Analyst Ari Kaplan of Ari Kaplan Advisors, discuss various conferences, including the ALA and CLOC, use cases for generative AI, and aligning process with technology.

I spoke with Nathan Cemenska , the Director of Legal Operations and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions . We discussed the current state of the legal profession, how AI and automation are going to impact the profession, best practices for engaging in digital transformation, and where legal teams are gaining the most value from technology.

I spoke with Jordana Confino , the founder of JC Coaching & Consulting , a company devoted to advancing the well-being of the legal profession.  She is also the Assistant Dean and an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School . We discussed why well-being matters in the legal profession, the impact of positive lawyering, how technology is affecting well-being, and the importance of creating a positiv...

I spoke with co-founders Yongmin Cho , CEO, and Angie Cho , regional director, for Intellectual Data , an e-discovery provider based in Seoul, Korea, supporting APAC-based conglomerates, among other global companies. We discussed the unique aspects of e-discovery in Asia, the most common e-discovery challenges that Korean companies specifically and Asian corporations in general face, and how artif...

I spoke with Steven Choi , the CEO of Traact Inc, a legal operations software company focused on automating entity management and compliance in corporate legal departments. We discussed the connection between entity management and law department efficiency, best practices for automating entity management, and how entity management is evolving.

I spoke with Matt Rasmussen , the Founder & CEO of ModeOne Technologies , a cloud-based software framework that enables remote data collection from smartphones. We spoke about preserving data on mobile devices, how to avoid the most common mistakes associated with collecting data from smartphones, and best practices for collecting files from mobile devices.

I spoke with Michael Chastaine , a criminal defense attorney, coach, radio host, and the author of five books including LegalEase: The Ultimate Guide on How to Survive a Law Practice . We discussed the challenges that solo practitioners and small firm leaders have with growing their practice in the current market, developing systems to grow a legal practice, the most common mistakes lawyers make i...

I spoke with Eric Thurston , the president and CEO of SurePoint Technologies , a provider of client management, practice management, and financial management software to law firms nationwide. We discussed the integration of SurePoint's various brands, including ContactEase and Coyote Analytics, strategies that law firms can learn from software companies about scaling and growing, and the importanc...

In this fourth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill , Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Legal IT Insider , and I discuss practical artificial intelligence, work-life balance, and sparking conversations on change.

I spoke with Francisco Webber , the co-founder of Austrian AI company Cortical.io , which develops intelligent document processing solutions for unstructured text supported by natural language processing. We discussed high-efficiency artificial intelligence and why is it relevant for contract review, applications for contract intelligence, and the most common misconceptions about the use of AI.

I spoke with Bim Dave , the Executive Vice President of Helm360 , a provider of legal technology products and services. We discussed how ChatGPT could impact the way lawyers practice, the risks associated with leveraging AI, best practices that law firms should use when selecting legal technology, and the non-technological barriers to technology adoption at law firms.

For this Legalweek mixtape from Thursday, March 23, 2023, I had the privilege of speaking with Brad Cope , Vice President of Marketing at Level Legal , Paul Giedraitis , Founder & CEO at Orgaimi , Arunn Ramadoss , Head of Marketing at Opus 2 International , and Mark Smolik , General Counsel at DHL Supply Chain Americas .

For this Legalweek mixtape from Wednesday, March 22, 2023, I had the privilege of speaking with Ian Campbell , CMO of iCONECT , Jessica Robinson , VP of Operations at Casepoint, James Lasson , VP of Marketing at Casepoint , Jamie Berry , President of Evolver , Tim Pullan , CEO of ThoughtRiver , Raymond Blijd , Founder of Legalcomplex , and Matt Patel , COO of Malbek .

I spoke with Jerry McIver , the Director of Cyber Services and Data Privacy Officer for Trustpoint. One , an integrated legal solutions provider serving the AmLaw 400 and the Fortune 2000. We discussed how organizations can improve the way they manage their data privacy risk, the most common mistakes that organizations make in managing their data, records retention and data minimization best pract...

For this Legalweek mixtape from Tuesday, March 21, 2023, I had the privilege of speaking with Or Bar , CEO at apprentAI , Kelley Castell , CEO at ProfitSolv , Chris Gallagher, Chief Operating Officer at Trustpoint. One , Kelly Griswold , CEO at Onna , Subroto Mukerji , CEO of Integreon ,  Joy Heath Rush , CEO of the International Legal Technology Association , Joey Seeber , CEO at Level Legal , Ir...

For this Legalweek mixtape, I had the privilege of speaking with Josh Blandi of UniCourt, Wendy Cole of OpenText, Stephen Goldstein of Squire Patton Boggs, Colleen Haikes of Everlaw, Doug Kaminski of Cobra Legal Solutions,  Andrea Miskolczi of Dentons, and Sasha Urry of iManage.

I spoke with Or Bar and Matan Yah Ben Zion , the CEO and CTO, respectively, of apprentAI , an e-discovery software platform for analyzing documents and generating actionable legal insights from them. We discussed the difference between AI and what legal teams refer to as AI, the balance between human talent and technological efficiency in e-discovery, and how the use of AI in e-discovery is evolvi...

I spoke with Jerry Levine , the Chief Evangelist and General Counsel at ContractPodAi , a legal technology company focused on contract lifecycle management. We discussed how the use of technology, including AI, among legal professionals has impacted their work-life balance, why law schools should adapt their curricula to this shift in technology usage, and how legal departments are transforming th...

I spoke with Haydn Jones , the Director of Business Development at Benchly , a Texas-based software company specializing in litigation document automation. We discussed how document automation is being used beyond litigation, AI-driven changes to legal education and training, and ways that document drafting and review are evolving.

I spoke with Aaron Pierce , the Vice President of Product Management at CounselLink , an enterprise legal management solution for corporate legal departments. We discussed the most significant changes and challenges that general counsel and chief legal officers are facing, how the integration of ELM and CLM addresses those challenges, and where this sector is headed.

I spoke with Chris Stock , the Founder and CEO of ShiftSixOS, a business process outsourcing company focused on supporting small law firms and small software companies. We discussed the distinctions between ShiftSixOS and other outsourcing services, the legal markets on which ShiftSixOS is focusing, and how business process outsourcing is evolving.

I spoke with Neil Cameron , the lead analyst at Legal IT Insider , a leading legal technology website and the publisher of the Orange Rag newsletter, which has just released a new report focused on law firm CRM systems ( download available here ). We discussed the benefits that law firms are seeing in their deployment of CRM, the importance of measuring the ROI of a firm's business development ini...