Reinventing Professionals

I am speaking today with Rob Feigenbaum , the co-founder and CEO of Prevail Legal , a testimony management platform. We discussed the genesis of Prevail Legal, the appeal of the court reporting sector, the difference between using a trained court reporter and a testimony management platform to capture the record, and the impact of the pandemic on how professionals view remote reporting.

I spoke with Matt Mahon , the National Manager for Information Governance and eDiscovery Sales at Ricoh . We discussed the workplace communications challenges that e-discovery and information governance practitioners are facing, whether professional communication has become more casual in this remote and work-from-home environment, and the challenges associated with interpreting emojis.

I spoke with Robert Gray , the CEO of Legality Software , a subsidiary of Matters in Motion and a provider of custom-development solutions and other technology for legal professionals. We discussed the genesis of Legality Software, how the challenges of running a law firm changed, ways that the pandemic has forced the legal marketplace to change, and the benefits of the One Step Workspace.

I spoke with Katherine Porter , an executive coach for female attorneys and the founder of the Transition Navigator . We discussed how design thinking can enhance a professional’s work, its relationship to the practice of law, the advantages of incorporating a designer’s mindset to client service in legal, ways to overcome the barriers to using design thinking to improve law firm operations, and h...

I spoke with Adrian Camara , the CEO of Athennian , a developer of legal entity management software. We discussed who uses legal entity management software, what the focus on legal entity management indicates about the changing nature of legal services, and the challenges associated with raising capital in the current environment.

I spoke with Phil Anthony , Ph. D., division president at DecisionQuest , a U.S. Legal Support company. We discussed how the pandemic has changed trial consulting, ways to adapt in-person litigation to a virtual environment, how legal professionals are approaching virtual depositions and trials, and reactions from jurors to COVID-19.

I spoke with Johannes Stiehler , the CEO of ayfie Group , an Oslo-based company that provides technology for collecting and processing data from different silos using linguistic technology. We discussed the company’s mission, how the appeal of linguistic technology at law firms and corporate legal departments has evolved, and ayfie’s listing on the Merkur Market in Oslo in July of 2020.

I spoke with Soumya Nettimi and Sarah Schaaf , the CEO and general manager of payments, respectively, for ASG LegalTech, a platform of legal SaaS products including PracticePanther , Bill4Time , MerusCase , and now following its recent acquisition , Headnote , of which Sarah is a co-founder and the former CEO. We discussed the alignment of Headnote with ASG LegalTech’s suite of products, how the f...

I spoke with Amy Osteen , the founder of Outside CLO , a service for corporations that need an outsourced chief legal officer. We discussed why a company would outsource its in-house counsel needs, how that work differs from outside counsel at a law firm, and how the pandemic has impacted the appeal of outsourced in-house counsel services.

I spoke with Jared Correia , the founder and CEO at Red Cave Law Firm Consulting , and the co-founder of Gideon Software , a website chatbot and automatic scheduling tool built exclusively for law firms. We discussed the challenges that Gideon helps law firms address, ways that the pandemic impacts how lawyers approach and use technology, and advice for launching a consulting practice and a legal...

I spoke with Evan Shenkman , the senior director of knowledge management at Fisher Phillips , a labor and employment law firm. We discussed how knowledge management has changed over the past few months, the firm’s recent alliance with LegalMation and Thomson Reuters , how it will benefit clients and practitioners, and what the heightened focus on automation means for the future of the practice of...

I spoke with Carolyn Elefant , an attorney, who focuses her practice on energy and environmental matters. She is also the author of several books, including the popular, Solo by Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be , and has been blogging at MyShingle for almost 18 years. She is producing a virtual conference called the Lawyer Mom Owner Summit for lawyers who are moms that own or w...

I spoke with Eric Laughlin , the CEO of Agiloft , a provider of contract and commercial lifecycle management software. We discussed his new role at Agiloft, how the pandemic has impacted the way companies leverage CLM, the overall market changes he is seeing, and the challenges associated with raising capital in the current environment.

I spoke with Ray Biederman , a partner with Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman in Indianapolis, the co-founder and CEO of Proteus Discovery Group , and the president of DiscoveryMaster . We discussed whether attorneys with large firm backgrounds should take the leap and start their own firms, the trend of attorneys and law firms to develop related businesses, and the most common misconceptions or f...

I spoke with Nicole Clark , the co-founder and CEO of Trellis , a legal analytics platform that uses AI and machine learning to provide state trial court litigators with strategic legal intelligence and judicial analytics. We discussed what it will take for courts to return to a pre-pandemic level of activity and how the appetite for legal intelligence and judicial analytics is evolving.

I spoke with Terry Dohrman , a co-founder and the Chief Revenue Officer for Litify , the developer of a practice management software platform. We discussed how the case management needs of law firms and legal departments are changing, shifts in the way legal teams are managing their matters in the pandemic, and the catalyst for the company’s collaboration with Assure Disability.

I spoke with Curt Meltzer , the former chief information officer for various large law firms and an evangelist for Litera , a software company that provides document lifecycle and deal management solutions to the legal profession. We discussed why law firms are embracing the paperless office, how they are leveraging technology for digital transformation, and the impact of the remote working enviro...

I spoke with Matt Fawcett , the general counsel of NetApp , a Fortune 500 cloud data services and data management company. We discussed the challenges of designing and implementing a new approach to delivering a company’s legal services, ways to build trusted networks virtually, his 10th anniversary as NetApp’s General Counsel, the importance of gratitude, and his advice for thriving in the curren...

I spoke with Ab Saraswat , host of the popular Fringe Legal podcast and the vice president of international sales for Litera Microsystems , a software company that provides document lifecycle and deal management solutions to the legal profession. We discussed how international law firms have fared in the pandemic in comparison to their US counterparts, how knowledge management teams are elevating...

I am speaking today with Daniel Gold , the leader of BDO ‘s Managed Services practice. We discussed, the top three trends impacting the legal industry in 2020, the challenges and opportunities that legal professionals are likely to face in the next year, the litigation and compliance matters that have arisen in the pandemic, and how BDO’s Athenagy offering addresses them.

I spoke with Anna McGrane , the chief operating officer and co-founder of PacerPro , a legal software service that improves access to PACER, and Joshua Fireman , the founder of Fireman & Company , a knowledge management and technology consultancy. We discussed Fireman & Co’s white paper: Knowledge Management With PacerPro , how the use of PACER data aligns with knowledge management improvements at...

I spoke with Anjie Vichayanonda , the founder of Leg Up Legal , a mentoring program and platform for prospective law students. We discussed the genesis of Leg Up Legal, the Virtual Legal Career Boot Camp, legal career challenges and opportunities, and whether you should enroll in law school this fall.

I spoke with Haley Altman , the global director of business development and strategy for Litera , a document lifecycle software provider. We discussed her transition from law firm partner to legal tech startup founder to senior executive at a software firm that acquired her company, Litera’s acquisition strategy, how the remote working environment has impacted the way Litera’s customers use its so...

I spoke with Jonathan Greenblatt , the chairman and co-founder of Legal Innovators , an alternative legal services provider. We discussed the genesis of Legal Innovators, its apprentice-style approach, ways that it has adjusted its model to help firms and law departments meet surge capacity during the pandemic, and best practices that law firms and law departments should apply to thrive during thi...

I spoke with Ed Sohn , the head of solutions at Factor , a provider of legal managed services. We discussed the distinctions between law firms, legal tech vendors, managed services providers, and the Big 4, the biggest challenges for buyers of legal services in this climate, and where legal is headed.