Legal Maxxing™ with Liz Lugones

Legal operations is often treated as an administrative afterthought, but it deserves a seat at the strategy table.  In this episode, Liz sits down with Mimi Walker, Head of Legal Operations at CITGO Petroleum, to explore how legal ops professionals can raise their profile, align with company-wide goals, and build cross-functional relationships with finance, accounting, and beyond. Plus: Maxx It /...

Here's the uncomfortable truth: 92% of AI pilots in legal are failing. And according to Sujatha Gurrapu, Product Lead for Google's Legal Tech team, it's because we're automating broken processes and calling it innovation. In this episode, Liz sits down with Sujatha to talk about what the legal industry is getting wrong about AI adoption — from launching point solutions nobody u...

What does the Artemis II moon mission have to do with AI adoption in legal? More than you'd think. In this episode, Liz Lugones sits down with Ashley Estilette, Chief Marketing Officer at Mitratech, to talk about what the legal and tech world is getting wrong about AI — and it comes down to one thing: the human fingerprint. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Ashley's take on what legal needs to s...

Legal is being asked to move faster, adopt AI, and do more with less — all without increasing risk. For most teams, that pressure is piling on top of an operating model that was never built to handle it. In this launch episode, host Liz Lugones breaks down what Legal Maxxing actually means and why now is the moment for legal to stop retrofitting old processes and start building the foundation that...