In this episode, Ted Theodoropoulos (CEO of Infodash) chats with Meredith Williams-Range (Chief Legal Operations Officer at Gibson Dunn), about various topics related to innovation, knowledge management, leadership, the role of AI in the legal industry, and more. They discuss the challenges of implementing change in law firms, incentivizing innovation and knowledge management, and the skills required for lawyers in the modern era. Meredith speaks about her chapter in 'Knowledge Management & Innovation: A Manual for Law Firms and Other Legal Services Organizations, Chapter 3: Structuring Knowledge and Innovation Teams. They also touch on the California Bar Association's guidance on AI and the potential ROI of AI in law firms. In this conversation, Meredith discusses the potential use cases for Co-Pilot and highlights its ability to improve efficiency in document review, contract analysis, and deposition analysis. The conversation also explores the future outlook for Co-Pilot, the need for further testing and refinement, and whether Microsoft has articulated ROI sufficiently.

In this episode, Ted Theodoropoulos, CEO of Infodash, is joined by Hunter Jackson, Chief Knowledge Officer at McDermott Will & Emery, to discuss McDermott’s use of AI in their knowledge management initiatives. Hunter highlights McDermott's Form Finder platform, which can swiftly analyze a draft purchase agreement or credit agreement received from opposing counsel, instantly cross-reference it with every previously executed purchase agreement or credit agreement, and, using a similarity score, ascertain whether legal professionals have previously provided comments or engaged in full negotiations for the same type of purchase agreement or credit agreement. They talk about the use cases Form Finder accommodates and the efficiencies it creates, ethical walls, tech stacks that the platform is built on, how AI is leveraged, and more! Hunter explains how and where gen AI is being used at McDermott today, and how law firms can ethically create high-quality, curated datasets to train large language models. McDermott won Tech-Enabled Department of the Year at Legal Week, and the firm is up for an award from the Financial Times.

Ted Theodoropoulos (CEO, Infodash) is joined by Myka Hopgood (Sr. Director of Strategic Legal Innovation, Dykema) and Torie Carrillo (Applications Manager, Nelson Mullins). The group discusses why Teams should be used for client/matter work, considerations when deploying Teams, and inviting clients to Teams. They take a deep dive into information architecture and naming conventions, managing client-level dialogue, ethical walls and retention policies, co-authoring, document management integration, and more! Listen to the full episode for tips on how to maximize Microsoft Teams for client/matter work.

Ted Theodoropoulos (CEO of Infodash) and Thomas Barothy (Former Group Legal COO at UBS in Zurich, Switzerland) sit down to discuss interoperability challenges in the legal industry and propose solutions for solving the problem. Thomas shares details about his corporate background at UBS, their organization and legal department size and scope, and their legal tech investment structure and strategy. Ted and Thomas discuss how the legal value chain doesn’t interoperate efficiently today, and dive into the challenges firms face internally and externally. Listen to the full episodes to hear more about the challenges firms face, and why Ted and Thomas think the problem hasn’t already been solved.

Ted Theodoropoulos, CEO of Infodash, is joined by Infodash’s CTO, Kameron Berget. Kam has worked with hundreds of law firms to migrate SharePoint on-premise to SharePoint Online. Ted and Kam discuss budgeting and estimating migration costs, resources to support migration, migration timeline, custom development vs. out-of-the-box considerations, and lessons learned along the way. Listen to the full episode for a full guide on migrating to SPO. If your firm is looking for an intranet/extranet refresh, be sure to reach out to Infodash.

Ted Theodoropoulos, CEO of Infodash is joined by 2 special guests from Gunderson Dettmer- Joe Green, Chief Innovation Officer, and Naveen Pai, Chief Knowledge Officer. The group discusses Gunderson's organizational structure, what KM and Innovation mean at the firm, and the process for developing Gunderson's AI chat app, ChatGD. Joe talked through the motivation for developing ChatGD, and how the firm defined and managed the scope of the project. Naveen explained what use cases were the most and least valuable in the process. Listen to the full episode and hear what's next for ChatGD at Gunderson!

In this episode, Dave Boland (Ogletree Deakins) joins Ted for a conversation and shares the different ways that Ogletree defines their KM teams. Dave has led two KM teams at different organizations (Ogletree and Grant Thornton). KM at Ogletree was recently awarded APQC’s Excellence in KM award. The firm is one of eight organizations recognized by APQC this year for Excellence in Knowledge Management. The American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC) is a global authority in benchmarking, best practices, process and performance improvement, and knowledge management. Ogletree was 1 of 8 to receive the recognition, but 1 of 6 to receive it at the enterprise level (more than 400 companies applied for the recognition). This highlights Dave’s vision, leadership, and commitment to building and leading world-class KM organizations, and helps complete Ogletree’s KM story. Connect with us! LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Website

Ted is joined by Patrick DiDomenico (InspireKM) and David Rueff (Baker Donelson) to discuss the evolution of Innovation in the field of Knowledge Management. The group questioned whether these KM and Innovation teams were fundamentally different or if they were simply rebranded versions of each other, with varying answers from different firms. They also brought up the challenges faced by law firms in adopting new practices and the resistance to change due to skepticism. They also discuss the slow response to change in the legal industry. Connect with us! LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Website

CEO of Infodash, Ted Theodoropoulos, and special guest Joe Davis, Manager of Knowledge Management Solutions at Davis Wright Tremaine, discuss the future of Microsoft Teams in legal. Joe walks through his ILTA article where he made 5 predictions that he thinks we will see in the legal ecosystem in Teams by 2025. (6:03) - Prediction #1: External collaboration with clients via Teams will be common by 2025. (15:25) - Prediction #2: Provisioning teams via Power Automate will be a core IT skill by 2025. (22:58) - Prediction #3: Teams engineers will overtake DMS engineers in legal by 2025. (31:26) - Prediction #4: Native Legal Document Management will be common in Teams by 2025. (45:00) - Prediction #5: Teams will be a common choice for telephony by 2025. Read Joe's ILTA article here Connect with us! LinkedIn YouTube Twitter Website

Legal Innovation Spotlight is a fireside chat series hosted by Infodash. This podcast shines a light on the latest trends and advancements in legal innovation.