LegalTechLIVE

Andy Wilson knows a thing or two about #legaltech. He's been operating in the legal technology space since 2004. Back when legal technology was eDiscovery and eDiscovery was legaltech. We were lucky to have him join the show because he has incredible experience in building a company, building the product, building the cloud, and then building a new version of his #eDiscovery company in cloud-based service on AWS. Not only did he build a venture backed company, but he built a bootstrapped company for many years, which allowed them to build the cloud service, before becoming venture-backed. At the point they decided to seek outside capital, it was all about growing at a faster rate. It wasn't a decision made easily. Andy spends a lot of time describing the thought process he went through before accepting outside money and from who to accept that money. Bottom line, if you are a #startup founder in the legal space, you're going to want to watch/listen to this episode because Andy shares some incredible knowledge and experience. More about Andy Wilson & Logikcull: Andy Wilson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/idedupe. Andy Wilson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylogik. Logikcull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/logikcull. Logikcull website: https://www.logikcull.com/.

Drew Amoroso founded DueCourse to address a big problem he saw in the legal community: a lack of effective, modern development resources for lawyers. He believe's in the power of providing lawyers with the information they need to take control of their practice and career. He started his career as a senior associate at Reed Smith and was the immediate past president of the Barristers Club at the Bar Association of San Francisco. Drew is a visiting lecturer at UC Davis School of Law, the University of San Francisco, and Golden Gate University, where he teaches a Practice Ready Seminar designed to prepare law students to make the transition from students to practice-ready lawyers. As you will learn in this episode, Drew is a believer in health and fitness and upon leaving Reed Smith, he branded himself as a fitness lawyer. That is the way he carved out his individual practice area in the space he desired to practice. His underlying belief in wellness drove him to #professionaldevelopment, training, and coaching for #lawyers. After on-premises training, Due Course became a software-as-a-service tool connecting lawyers with coaches to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. Wellness is an ongoing problem in the legal industry, so anything that focuses on the wellness and personal growth is worth paying attention. #legaltech More about Drew Amoroso & DueCourse App: Drew Amoroso on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewamoroso/. Drew Amoroso on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewamoroso. DueCourse on Twitter: @DueCourse__. Due Course website: https://www.duecourseapp.com/.

BNH.ai is a law firm and data science company serving enterprise organizations using #artificialintelligence applications in their business processes. BNH.ai helps the world’s largest and most innovative organizations ensure the privacy, security, fairness, and transparency of their AI and analytics. Our clients rely on us for concrete, highly technical advice to manage the risks of models that affect millions of people around the world. In this episode, we were joined by firm co-founder and resident data scientist, Patrick Hall. Patrick Hall is principal scientist at bnh.ai. Patrick also serves as a visiting professor in the Department of Decision Sciences at The George Washington University. He is a frequent writer, speaker and advisor on the responsible and transparent use of AI and ML technologies. In this episode we discuss a variety for AI use cases in which their firm has been involved. DC allows for non-lawyer ownership of law firms, which makes this firm really fascinating. It gives them a lot of flexibility to provide services as a full-service consultancy and law firm. The most poignant and probably highest profile topic we discussed is that of #algorithmicbias. Naturally, this is a topic that rears its ugly head in the #legaltech and justice technology discussions and topics. The nice thing about hiring a law firm with a scientist as a co-founder is your company has a full staff available to guide you through issues to avoid algorithmic bias. More about Patrick Hall & bnh.ai: Patrick Hall on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jpatrickhall. Patrick Hall on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpatrickh.... bnh.ai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnh_ai. bnh.ai website: https://www.bnh.ai/.

The failure of his first business led him to the civil court process where he was inspired to fix problems within that space. Callum Murray is the founder and CEO of Amiqus.co, a #legaltech company located in Scotland. Amiqus helps law firms to remotely verify and onboard staff and clients in minutes. In the UK, the rules on law firms and preventing money laundering are much more advanced than the US. As such, law firms have to conduct background checks or identity checks of staff and clients before accepting the engagement. That's where Amiqus get involved. They are a market leading compliance platform for legal, recruitment, public sector and financial services. The company offers pre-employment checks, AML compliance, identity checks, and enhanced background checks when necessary. They began their work with lawyers and law firms and partnered with Clio as Clio grew into the UK. During the pandemic, they pivoted to working with the NHS in order to keep working while law firms were mostly on hold. Callum shares some great suggestions for other founders and outlines the benefits of #AML and #KYC rules and regulations. Some of which he expects will come into play in the US in the not-too-distant future. More about Callum Murray & Amiqus.co: Callum Murray on Twitter: https://twitter.com/callumurray1. Callum Murray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-mu.... Callum Murray in the Scotsman: https://www.scotsman.com/business/how.... Amiqus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amiqus. Amiqus website: https://amiqus.co/.

Alexsei’s advanced #artificialintelligence platform delivers affordable and high-quality answers to legal questions in memo format. Alexsei's platform provides fast and reliable #legalresearch memos (memorandum of points and authorities). Their artificial intelligence is also supported by 6 full time lawyers conducting legal research so that there's a human element to confirm the data provided to customers. Mark Doble practiced law for a year before he decided #legaltech was the way for him. His company has been in operation for nearly 4 years at the time of this interview. Founders really need to watch this interview because Mark provides some candid answers to overcoming obstacles and the mentality needed to do so. Especially with years of people telling you "your idea is a bad idea." Don't let us convince you you need to hear Mark's story. Just give it a listen. He's got some great insights for a startup founder. More about Mark Doble & Alexsei, Inc.: Mark Doble on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-doble/. Mark Doble on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mkrdoble. Alexsei on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexseiLaw. Alexsei website: https://www.alexsei.com/

CEO and founder Nicole Bradick is a former litigator turned three-time legal technology entrepreneur. Nicole is the leading industry expert in legal technology product design and development. You can often find her doing talks on this topic (as well as belting out Britney Spears tunes at karaoke) on stages around the world. She has been the driving force behind some of the most ambitious digital products in the legal industry and is definitely not afraid to tell you if your product’s design is awful. You're going to want to watch this episode. Before this interview, we only knew Nicole Bradick a little. Although we'd heard incredible things over the years, we didn't get to see those amazing things in full until this interview. We are upset it took us so long to have her on the show. Nicole does an amazing job of telling founders why she chose to avoid funding on her business. She designed the business to operate and serve those she wanted to serve without being reliant or accountable to anyone else. Theory and Principle is the dev shop in the #legaltech industry. No other dev shop comes to mind immediately. They serve the #legalaid industry, legal technology companies and #lawfirms. More about Nicole Bradick & Theory and Principle: Nicole Bradick on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-br.... Nicole Bradick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicoleBradick. Theory and Principle on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoryprinciple. Theory and Principle website: https://www.theoryandprinciple.com/.     SHOW LESS

Jason Boehmig is CEO at Ironclad, the intelligent contract management system for in-house legal teams. Prior to Ironclad, Boehmig was a corporate attorney in the Startups and Venture Capital group at Silicon Valley firm Fenwick & West LLP, where he worked on early stage venture financings as well as complex corporate transactions for several well-known technology companies. If you've been paying attention to the #legaltech space for any amount of time, you've heard about Ironclad. They are one of the most successful startups in the contracting and #CLM space. Their founder, Jason Boehmig, joined us for an evening to discuss his founder experience and the company's rocket ship growth. He even mentions that he's happy it looks like a rocket ship from the outside, but goes on to describe what the journey was like on the inside. In a very transparent interview, Jason even shares with us his views on the political discussions taking place in Silicon Valley #startups and how he and his company are addressing these issues. We are grateful for the time he took and the candid discussion. Show hosted by Nick Rishwain. More about Jason Boehmig & Ironclad: Jason Boehmig on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jboehmig/. Jason Boehmig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jboehmig. Ironclad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ironclad_inc. Ironclad website: https://ironcladapp.com/.

Hailey Lennon is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. She is based in California and affiliated with Anderson Kill’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Anderson Kill, Hailey was regulatory counsel at leading cryptocurrency platforms Coinbase and bitFlyer. At Coinbase, Hailey helped oversee regulatory relationships with the SEC, CFTC, OFAC and state regulators. Hailey Lennon is a powerhouse guest who is known for both her regulatory expertise and twitter shenanigans. It was her shenanigans that led us to her in the first place, but we hung around and discovered she's a brilliant lawyer with a breadth of knowledge and expertise. We think you'll find the same in this interview. Hailey even made time for us while she was taking meetings on the East Coast. During the interview she was "live from New York!" In this episode, she gives us a bit of a "#crypto regulation 101" course. Covering state regulations and the variety of federal regulations impacting #web3 projects. We even cover the phraseology of "sufficiently decentralized." As Hailey explains, she hasn't many projects that fall within that criteria from a regulatory point of view. Stay tuned as this tour de force guest has been asked to return in the future! More about Hailey Lennon: Hailey Lennon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HaileyLennonBTC. Hailey Lennon on Anderson Kill website: https://www.andersonkill.com/People/H.... Law firm website: https://www.andersonkill.com/. #legaltech     SHOW LESS

Armen Margarian is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur with a track record for success. In need of appearance attorneys in his practice, he and his brother co-founded AppearMe, where other lawyers can find appearance attorneys in sixty seconds. Here are some of their offerings at AppearMe. - Find appearance attorneys within 60 seconds anywhere, anytime – even 10 minutes before the hearing. A nationwide network of over 10,000 attorneys at your fingertips.​ - Find a deposition attorney across the country within 60 seconds. AppearMe helps you save your valuable time and find solutions that are efficient and cost-effective. - Have a lot of work to get done? Use AppearMe to easily delegate some of your legal work to freelance #lawyers so you can focus on more important matters. In this episode, we speak with Armen about AppearMe's rapid growth. In just over 3 years, they now have a staff of 28. They are solving a very specific issue experienced by lawyers all over the US. How to find someone to make an appearance when you cannot... It is an excellent conversation with a founder solving a legal solution with #legaltech. More about Armen Margarian & AppearMe: Armen Margarian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armenmarg.... Armen Margarian on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArmenMargarian. AppearMe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AppearMeApp. AppearMe website: https://appearme.com/. #legaltechlive     SHOW LESS

Michael Tam has been specifically focused on venture investing since early in his career. It is the trajectory he chose. Here's a little background about our guest: Michael is a principal at Craft on the investment team, based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Craft, he was an investor at Crosscut, where he led investments and participated on the boards of consumer and enterprise companies. As an operator, Michael managed Uber's business in Southern California markets and launched L., a direct to consumer brand acquired by Procter & Gamble. Michael began his career in venture at Bullpen Capital. Previously, he worked at BofA Merrill Lynch's tech investment banking group and began his career at PwC. In this episode we discuss the investment thesis of Michael Tam and Craft Ventures. B2B enterprise Saas is where their venture team focuses and specializes. Michael was asked to join the show as he led the round in former guest and #legaltech​ startup Trellis.law (also a sponsor of the show). I made it clear we were interested in everything startup fundraising and we did not expect him to be a legaltech focused investor. However, as Michael discussed, he's probably looked at 8 to 10 legal technology companies in his experience. He provides us with some excellent early stage (seed and Series A) investment suggestions. Including, what concerns most of our founder-listeners: #venturecapital​ is booming and investments are flowing for #startups​. More About Michael Tam & Craft Ventures: Michael D. Tam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MichaelDTam​. Michael D. Tam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldtam/​. Craft Ventures on Twitter: https://twitter.com/craft_ventures​. Craft Ventures website: https://www.craftventures.com/​.