Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Edward Chick, the Chief Revenue Officer at NopalCyber, a managed security service provider that offers outsourced cybersecurity support, seeking to democratize enterprise-level security for law firms and organizations in other sectors. We discussed best practices to help law firm leaders identify cyber threats, mistakes they are making with their cybersecurity protocols, how often they should test and update their cybersecurity procedures, and where to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance cybersecurity.

A gathering of legal industry CEOs reveals their insights on upcoming challenges and opportunities. Innovative tech solutions like AI enhance workflows, while the impact of market chaos and competition with the Big Four adds complexity. They address the rise in mergers and the urgency for law firms to innovate and improve efficiency. The discussion emphasizes collaboration with tech vendors to navigate the evolving landscape and enhance client relationships, showcasing a dynamic future ahead for legal services.

I spoke with Amy Juers, the CEO of Edge Marketing, a marketing and PR agency serving the legal, accounting, and professional services industries. We discussed the benefits of leveraging artificial intelligence in public relations and marketing, how it enhances client service, and the best practices for AI implementation.

I spoke with Jack Weinberger, the Co-Founder of Ajax, an AI company that helps lawyers manage their time. We discussed the need to secure data in AI timekeeping applications, the promise of capturing more time in legal services, and how legal timekeeping is evolving.

I spoke with William Dougherty, the Co-founder and CEO of Capacity, a work allocation solution designed to help law firms optimize their resources. We discussed how Capacity addresses the most common inefficiencies in law firm resourcing, the benefits of optimal work allocation to lawyers and their clients, and how the distribution of legal work is evolving in an AI era.

I spoke with Ray Biederman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Proteus Discovery Group, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, and is a founding partner of Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman. We discussed the genesis of Proteus Discovery Group, the benefits of simultaneously managing a law firm and a legal services company, and how e-discovery is evolving.

In this 38th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed achieving work-life balance, building momentum in 2025, and preparing for Legalweek.

I spoke with Douwe Groenevelt, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Head of Legal at ASML, and a featured speaker at the Lexpo Conference, taking place in Amsterdam on June 16th and 17th. We discussed the mission of Law & Ops, the Tech in Legal initiative, the most significant opportunities for in-house legal teams to innovate, and how AI is reshaping corporate law departments.

I spoke with Doug Kaminski, the Chief Revenue Officer at Infinnium, a data governance platform. We discussed how information governance affects an organization's data security, best practices for organizations to build better data hygiene, and ways that artificial intelligence is affecting these efforts.

I spoke with Lynn Tubalinal, the Director of Litigation Support at Dykema, and Julia Voss, the Director of Litigation Support and eDiscovery at UB Greensfelder. Both are among the industry leaders who contributed to the recently published report - Advancing Litigation Support to Fuel Growth in a Changing Legal Market - supported by Opus 2. We discussed the effect of the increasing volume and variety of data, how a team knows that it is time to upgrade its technology, successful strategies for driving adoption, and effective generative AI use cases.