Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Dr. Collin Starkweather, the Chief Data Scientist at Luminos.AI, a spinoff of Luminos.Law, where he was formerly Director of Data Science, and Dr. Izzy Nelken, a financial mathematician and the founder of Super Computer Consulting, which develops tools for securities pricing and valuation. We discussed how lawyers can determine whether their expert witnesses are using best practices and secure protocols with generative AI, guardrails law firms should implement, and how generative AI will affect expert services. Learn more about their work here and here.

I spoke with Dru Armstrong, the CEO of AffiniPay, a leader in payments and software for legal and other professionals. We discussed the intersection of fintech and legal tech, how generative AI can support legal payments, best practices for incorporating different tools into a holistic platform while maintaining customer satisfaction, and how the legal payments sector is evolving.

During the 2024 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute, I had the privilege of speaking with the following industry leaders for the #CGI2024 mixtape. 😀 Thanks to participants: Jon Bartman of the Law Tech Consultancy Andy Burtis of Axiom Ryan Frye of ModeOne Technologies Heather Jacobson of Axiom Advice & Counsel Christopher Kruse of Casepoint Matt Rasmussen of ModeOne Technologies Dan Ruderman of LexisNexis CounselLink® Eric Wangler of BigHand Andy Wishart of Agiloft

Litigation Partner, David Stanton, discusses the rapid digital transformation, challenges of deploying new tech, creating a generative AI timeline, and the potential for AI to replace technology-assisted review workflows.

Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider, and Ari Kaplan, Industry Analyst, discuss generative AI adoption in legal departments, challenges in demonstrating ROI, technology's impact on legal efficiency, competitiveness, and billable hours. They touch on CLOC, legal administrators, law firm tech labs, and aligning client expectations.

Caroline Hill, Editor of Legal IT Insider, discusses generative AI in e-discovery, remote work trends, and the future of the billable hour in the legal industry. The podcast delves into the intersection of technology and human roles, the appointment of AI directors in law firms, and humorous anecdotes from a legal conference.

I spoke with Ian Campbell and Emily Johnston, the Chief Marketing Officer and Product Manager for Incident Response, respectively, for iCONECT, a developer of e-discovery software. We discussed the convergence of e-discovery and cybersecurity, best practices for adapting e-discovery software to support adjacent disciplines, and how development teams can stay ahead of the rapidly changing technology landscape.

I spoke with Aaron Crews, the Chief Product and Innovation Officer and Head of Enterprise at UnitedLex, a provider of alternative legal services. We discussed UnitedLex's unique approach to e-discovery, the evolution of AI in legal, where law firms and legal departments are succeeding with innovation, and how leadership is changing.

Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, discusses tracking trends in the general counsel's office, studying new standards in legal, and upcoming events in the legal industry. The podcast also covers topics like consistency in habits, career transformation, networking success stories, the evolving mentality of lawyers towards diversity, and excitement for future events and collaborations.

I spoke to FX Leduc, co-founder and CEO of davinci, an AI tool that uses generative AI to draft patents and office action answers. We discussed how davinci improves the process of drafting patents and office action responses, best practices for law firms interested in leveraging AI, and how the application of AI in legal is evolving.