The Agile Attorney Podcast 096. An Agile Approach to Quality Legal Writing with Brendan Kenny & Neven Selimovic
Nov 18, 2025
Brendan Kenny and Neven Selimovic from Hellmuth & Johnson share their transformative approach to legal writing. Brendan leads a team that uses Agile principles and AI to enhance quality and efficiency. Neven elaborates on visual tools like Kanban for better workflow management. They discuss the importance of strategy meetings and early planning to minimize rework, as well as how AI serves as a creative partner in drafting. Their successful model has turned into a subscription service, helping other firms streamline their legal processes.
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Process Design Scales Legal Work
- Brendan and Neven rebuilt legal writing using Agile, Kanban, and targeted AI to deliver predictable, high-quality work at scale.
- Their internal system became a product, showing process design can turn firm operations into marketable services.
Make Work Visible With Kanban
- Visualize deadlines and workflow stages with a Kanban board and dynamic deadline display.
- Include explicit waiting and quality-check columns so tasks won't fall through the cracks.
Start With Issue Statements
- Start legal writing projects by drafting clear issue statements and get buy-in from the subject-matter lawyer.
- Use those statements as the foundation to avoid rework and align drafting strategy.
