Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Drew Amoroso , the founder of Move Associates , a company that focuses on professional development for lawyers. Prior to founding Move Associates, Drew was both a senior associate at a global law firm and a solo practitioner focusing on the fitness and health and wellness industries. We discussed the genesis of Move Associates, the programs it offers, how its approach reflects the cha...

I spoke with Mark Ettinger , a vice president at Linguistic Systems , a language translation company. We discussed how his team performs translations, the technology it uses, its Relativity plug-in, whether neural translation technology can replace human editors, how clients are combining the two, and the challenges of remaining current with digital developments.

I spoke with Stevie Ghiassi , the co-founder and CEO of Legaler , an Australian legal technology company focused on advancing the delivery of legal services and expanding access to justice through blockchain technology. He is also the host of the LegalMeets podcast and president of the Australian Legal Technology Association . We discussed the genesis of Legaler, the state of legal technology in A...

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 research report called – The Business of Law: A Market Research Study to Explore Opportunities for New York Law School Students – which helped to support the new initiative. [Disclosure: New York Law School engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to produce th...

I spoke with Rebecca Yoder , the director of legal technology for SpringCM , a contract lifecycle management software provider. We discussed her role at SpringCM, the adoption level of contract lifecycle management in legal, how SpringCM helps the CLM efforts of in-house legal teams, the distinction in CLM usage in buy-side and sell-side of contracts, and her advice for professionals interested in...

I spoke with Stacie Neeter and Jim Mitchell , the co-leaders of the legal management consulting group at Stout , an independent advisory firm. We discussed the focus of the legal management consulting group, why legal management consulting has become so important, how technology is impacting modern law departments, ways that corporate legal teams are evolving, and the most significant trends that...

I spoke with Zelda Owens , the managing director of Attorney Placements for the Glenmont Group , a leading legal industry recruiting firm. She has served as director of Women in eDiscovery’s New York City chapter and as the chairperson of The Masters Conference , which just held an event in Manhattan . We discussed her role at the Glenmont Group, how the recruiting process has changed, how employm...

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 Task Force and is one of the drafters of a new law on smart contracts, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies , and advises the government and financial institutions on fintech and blockchain matters. We discussed why distributed ledger technology like blockc...

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. We discussed the genesis of CyberClarity360, factors that impact an organization’s cyber risk profile, how CyberClarity360 helps third-party vendors improve their cybersecurity, and ways that it is being used to navigate GDPR.

I spoke with Yves Lefere , the commercial director at Knowliah , a Belgium-based provider of a new digital workplace platform for corporate legal departments in Europe. We discussed what Knowliah offers the legal market, how its technology has evolved since it was founded two decades ago, the overall appetite for legal technology in Belgium, the challenges European corporate legal departments are...

I spoke with Esther Dediashvili , the legal knowledge manager and head of legal technology implementation at Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co , one of the largest law firms in Israel. We discussed the impact of knowledge management in Israeli law firms, its significance, how technology contributes to legal knowledge management, and the future of legal technology in Israel.

I spoke with Doug Geller , the founder and president of GDSI , a software company that specializes in solving challenges in the legal industry by developing custom tools and augmenting existing applications for law firms, legal departments, and legal software vendors focused on document and records management, case management, and practice management. We discussed the genesis of GDSI, the benefits...

I spoke with Doug Geller , the founder and president of GDSI , a software company that specializes in solving challenges in the legal industry by developing custom tools and augmenting existing applications for law firms, legal departments, and legal software vendors focused on document and records management, case management, and practice management. We discussed the genesis of GDSI, the benefits...

I spoke with Emily Foges , the CEO of Luminance , an artificial intelligence platform for the legal profession. We discussed the genesis of Luminance, the challenges associated with the adoption of technology at law firms, characteristics of the law firm of 2030, and what the emergence of technology like Luminance means for the future of legal services.

I spoke with Andrew King, the founder & strategic advisor of E-Discovery Consulting , which provides litigation support guidance to law firms and corporate legal departments throughout New Zealand. He is also the creator of the LawFest New Zealand conference. We discussed the genesis of LawFest New Zealand, why legal tech conferences have become so popular, the challenges associated with devel...

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. He is also the creator of the LexTech conference, which is an event focused on educating legal professionals in Malaysia about how to enhance their practices through technology. We discussed the genesis of CanLaw Asia and the LexTech conference, how...

I spoke with Dan Hauck and Bradlee Duncan , the vice president of Product & User Experience, and the senior product manager, respectively, for NetDocuments , a cloud-based content management platform for law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed the company’s recent launch of ndMail, a predictive email tool, its implementation of ndThread, based on its acquisition of ThreadKM, ho...

I spoke with Casey Flaherty , the founder of Procertas and the creator of the Legal Technology Assessment , a competency-based learning and benchmarking platform focused on the core technology associated with the delivery of legal services. We discussed the genesis of the Legal Technology Assessment, its advantages for employers and professionals, how law schools are leveraging it to transform leg...

I spoke with Robb Caruso , a vice president with Compliance Discovery Solutions , a service provider that offers defensible discovery support for law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed the genesis of the company’s Discovery-as-a-Service offering, who benefits from that model, what is driving the interest in alternative efforts at managing discovery, and what the emergence of strat...

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 business and innovation initiatives across its range of solutions. Pratik joined Elevate in 2012 following the acquisition of RFx LEGAL Analytics, a company he co-founded. We discussed Elevate’s launch of ElevateNext in connection with Valorem Law Grou...

I spoke with Arup Das , the co-founder and CEO of Alphaserve , a global provider of managed IT, cloud, and cybersecurity services. We discussed the genesis of Alphaserve, how the collaboration between legal and IT is evolving in corporate legal departments and law firms, whether law firms are ready for the emergence of artificial intelligence, applied data science, and blockchain, and the trajecto...

I spoke with Elisa Cooper , the vice president of marketing for Lecorpio , a provider of intellectual property management and analytics software solutions for corporate IP departments. We discussed the results of the Second Annual Lecorpio Trademark Management Study, highlights ranging from budgeting for trademark registrations to trademark policing strategies, the primary theme of the research, a...

I spoke with Darrell Mervau , the president and co-founder of FileTrail , a records management and information governance system for law firms. We discussed the genesis of FileTrail, what law firms using legacy records systems can do to improve their processes, the different platforms with which FileTrail integrates, and the information governance challenges that law firms are facing and the solut...

I spoke with Ida Abbott , the president of Ida Abbott Consulting , which promotes and supports career development and advancement from the beginning of a lawyer’s career through retirement. Abbott is an elected fellow of both the American Bar Foundation and the College of Law Practice Management , as well as the author of Sponsoring Women, What Men Need to Know and The Lawyer’s Guide to Mentoring...

I spoke with Jim Beckett , the CEO of Qualmet , the developers of a cloud-based law firm performance management platform. We discussed the genesis of Qualmet, how it works, ways that law firms and corporate legal departments are using its technology, and where the sector is headed.