Reinventing Professionals

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.

I spoke with Chris Kave , the founder of Aurora North Software , a software and services provider delivering IP solutions and Intapp products for law firms. We discussed the genesis of Aurora North Software, why patent and trademark prosecution has become so important in the current economic climate, how the company is building automation into its processes, useful analytics organizations can gene...

I spoke with Christina Wojcik , the vice president of solution consulting for Seal Software, where she leads the company’s technical and legal solution consultancy, at the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium 2018 Institute . We discussed the impact of regulatory changes, including GDPR, on the corporate law department, the role of legal operations leaders in promoting innovation, and the rising...

I spoke with Lukas Bell and Chris Neville , who are implementation consultants for KIM Technologies , an artificial intelligence-driven automation software platform, at the 2018 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Institute . We discussed CLOC 's focus on innovation and their mission to empower legal professionals.

I spoke with Shmuli Goldberg , the vice president of marketing for LawGeex , an artificial intelligence tool for contract review automation. We discussed how LawGeex works, its recent research study – AI vs. Lawyers – comparing the performance of its technology with 20 human reviewers, how the perception and acceptance of automation has changed, whether an AI tool can mimic the talent, experience,...

I spoke with Dan Carmel , the chief marketing officer at iManage , a leading provider of work product management solutions for law firms, corporate legal departments, and other professional services firms. We discussed the evolution of iManage, its acquisition of RAVN and how the company is incorporating artificial intelligence into its platform, why AI is so important for providers of legal and p...

I spoke with Larry Bridgesmith , an adjunct professor at Vanderbilt Law School and the co-creator of the school’s Summit on Law & Innovation (SoLI) , which will take place on April 30th in Nashville. We discussed the genesis of the Summit on Law & Innovation, how this differs from other law school-sponsored conferences, and the benefits of cognitive diversity and radical collaboration.

I spoke with Derek Duarte , the president of BlackStone Discovery , which integrates e-discovery, consulting, forensics, case management, and technology development for law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide, with a focus on the West Coast of the U.S. and Asia. We discussed key trends in electronic discovery, where organizations are incorporating innovation into their discovery processes, h...

I spoke with Bill Hamilton , a legal skills professor at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law and the executive director of the UF Law E-Discovery Project , which is hosting the UF Law E-Discovery Conference on Thursday, March 29th. Bill practiced with Holland & Knight in Miami and Tampa for 27 years and at Quarles & Brady in Tampa for six, where he served as the firm’s nationa...

I spoke with Michelle Desachy , the vibe manager for the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico . We discussed her role at the facility, the importance of maintaining a unified culture, and the value of understanding client interests to constantly improve customer service.

I spoke with Joe Garber , the global head of product marketing for information management and governance at Micro Focus , a global software company that among many other tools, develops security and risk solutions, as well as predictive analytics. We discussed in the increased interest in predictive analytics, how professionals are approaching security and risk in 2018, the challenges associated w...

I spoke with Keith Lee , a lawyer, author, and blogger in Birmingham, Alabama. He has been blogging at Associates Mind for eight years and recently created LawyerSmack , a private community for attorneys interested in discussing practice-related issues with their peers in real time. We discussed the genesis of LawyerSmack, how it works, the community’s most active groups, what is driving its popul...

I spoke with Konrad Pola , the co-Founder and CEO of Diligen , a software platform designed to help law firms and law departments with their contract and legal document review efforts. We discussed the genesis of Diligen, what is driving the interest in artificial intelligence, whether law firms and legal departments ready to embrace AI, what legal teams should look for when considering an AI solu...

I spoke with David Cowen , the president and managing director of The Cowen Group , a staffing and recruiting firm focusing exclusively on the eDiscovery, litigation support, privacy, security, and information governance sectors. His firm also produces the Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption in various cities across the U.S. We discussed the genesis of the SOLID summit, why the legal industr...