Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Matt Tait, the CEO of Decimal, a tech-enabled services firm focused on bookkeeping, tax filings, and tax preparation. We discussed how the economy is affecting the way law firm leaders manage their practices, the business mistakes they are making, ways to balance the application of technology and talent, and best practices for leveraging technology to maintain books and records.

Thomas Bueler, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Vecflow, dives into the transformative role of AI in the legal field. He discusses how AI enhances document review and drafting, particularly in M&A and class action litigation. Bueler emphasizes the importance of minimizing errors in AI outputs and shares best practices for evaluating AI tools. He also predicts a significant shift in legal technology by 2025, focusing on improved workflows and productivity in law firms, all while maintaining the delicate balance of efficiency and confidentiality.

I spoke with Laurie Ehrlich, the chief legal officer, and Farah Gasmi, co-founder and chief product officer at Dioptra, an AI-powered contract redlining and playbook generation tool. We discussed the difference between RAG and Agents in AI, the challenges associated with AI adoption, and how lawyers can secure buy-in for new AI tools more effectively.

I was fortunate to speak with these leaders on the third day of Legalweek 2025 for this #ReinventingProfessionals #Mixtape: Valerie Chan, CEO, Plat4orm Dan Ruderman, Director, Strategic Alliances, LexisNexis Legal - CounselLink   Alex Sappington, Co-CEO, Page Vault   *Background music credit: Upbeat Indie by Lowtone Music

In this 39th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed Legalweek 2025, Skills.Law, generative AI use cases, and accelerating innovation in legal.

I was fortunate to speak with these leaders on the second day of Legalweek 2025 for this #ReinventingProfessionals #Mixtape: Tom Chapman, CEO, Iceberg Stephen Goldstein, Chief Product Officer, Altorney Ross Guberman, CEO, BriefCatch Josh Janow, CEO, SMI Aware   Subroto Mukerji, CEO, Integreon Joey Seeber, CEO, Level Legal Thomas Suh, COO, LegalMation *Background music credit: Upbeat Hope by Lowtone Music

I was fortunate to speak with these leaders on the first day of Legalweek 2025 for this #ReinventingProfessionals #Mixtape: Josh Baxter, CEO, NetDocuments Milan Bobde, CEO, Oddr Edward Chick, Chief Revenue Officer, NopalCyber Dan Hauck, Chief Product Officer, NetDocuments Brandon Hollinder, Vice President, eDiscovery and Cyber Solutions, Epiq John Hale, Chief Marketing Officer, Consilio LLC Scott McFetters, CEO, CoreTech Michael Murray, Director of Technology and Creative Solutions, Veritext Legal Solutions Anne Post, CEO, North America, Xakia Early Stephens, CEO, Actionstep  Rick Weber, Managing Partner, Arbor Ridge Partners Chris Williams, Head of Ecosystem & Community, Legora

I was fortunate to speak with these leaders the day before Legalweek 2025 for this Mixtape: Bradley Collins, Co-Founder and CEO, LegalTechTalk Dan Malgran, VP, Marketing, Steno Patricia Nagy, Chief Strategy Officer, The Proxy Agency Alaa Pasha, CEO, Maptician Steven Salkin, Editor-in-Chief, Law Journal Newsletters Abhijat Saraswat, Chief Revenue Officer, Lupl Kelly Twigger, CEO, Minerva26 Beau Wysong, Chief Marketing Officer, Opus 2 *Background music credit: Upbeat Life by AudioCoffee Band

I spoke with Vincent Allen, partner at Carstens, Allen & Gourley, an IP-focused law firm that helps companies with patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and intellectual property strategies. We discussed how current copyright laws address authorship and ownership of AI-created works, strategies content creators can use to protect their intellectual property when AI tools are used, and measures that can be taken to ensure that human creators are fairly compensated and protected.

I spoke with Adam Philipp, the founder of AEON Law, an intellectual property law firm. We discussed the benefits of fixed-price legal services, how a fixed-price model expedites the adoption of new technology, and best practices for law firms interested in pursuing and implementing innovation-focused initiatives.