Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Mike Mellor, the Founder and President of 742advisors, a consulting firm dedicated to helping small and midsize law firms enhance their business development strategies. We discussed how law firms can win more pitcher, ways to create systems and processes that improve realization rates, RFP pitfalls, and how a legal team can maximize its digital presence.

I spoke with John Blake, the Director of Sales for Gemini Legal Support, a legal technology and services company based in Northern California. We discussed how Gemini leverages artificial intelligence to support the legal industry, the types of practices that benefit most from technology, and how he sees AI and emerging tools evolving as the legal industry develops.

I spoke with John Marshall, CEO, and Dan Quintas, Head of Legal Solutions at Airia, a generative AI platform designed for law firms and other organizations. We discussed the hurdles law firms face in adopting artificial intelligence, their progress, common mistakes legal teams make when deploying generative AI, and how to keep up with rapid technological changes.

I was fortunate to speak with Cristina Rossman, Chief Marketing Officer at Relativity, Kim Bookout, Director of Solution Consulting at Opus 2, David York, Chief Client Officer at TCDI, Doug Mazlish, SVP of Strategic Alliances and Business Operations at Epiq, Shimmy Messing, Co-Founder at Altorney, Ray Biederman, CEO at Proteus Discovery Group, and Mark Ettinger, VP at Linguistic Systems during Relativity Fest 2024.

I spoke with Brendan Sullivan, the CEO of S2 DATA, an IT services company focused on the legal technology sector. We discussed how S2 DATA differs from other e-discovery vendors, ways that the legacy data landscape has changed, and how endurance racing influenced his leadership style.

I spoke with Calum Cook, a Growth Executive with Avvoka, a document automation platform. We discussed how the expectations of software have changed, best practices for enhancing the user experience, and the distinction between generative AI and document automation.

I spoke with Evyatar Ben Artzi, the Co-Founder and CEO of Darrow, a justice intelligence platform that leverages generative AI, legal experts, and technologists to uncover legal violations. We discussed “frictionless justice,” how law firms integrate AI into their practices, and how AI can fuel business development.

In this 30th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed reimagining knowledge management, disrupting the law firm business model, and more AI.

I spoke with Stephanie Goutos, the Lead Practice Innovation Attorney for the Employment & Labor Practice at Gunderson Dettmer, and Patrick DiDomenico, the founder of InspireKM Consulting and the Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference. We discussed the 2024 event, transitioning from practice to a career in knowledge management and innovation, and how the KM&I for Legal conference empowers professionals with practical skills. Register here and use the discount code ARIKAPLAN :)

I spoke with Jeff Lenning, the President of Excel University, a company that provides online Microsoft Excel training. We discussed the benefits of mastering Excel, common mistakes users make, time-saving tips every user should learn, and the effect of generative AI on the application.