Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Brian McComak, the founder and CEO of Hummingbird Humanity, a diversity and inclusion consultancy. He is also the author of the upcoming book – Humanity in the Workplace: A Blueprint for Building an Inclusive and Equitable Company Culture. We discussed the genesis of Hummingbird Humanity, best practices for creating a blueprint for building an inclusive and equitable company, the challenges associated with achieving workplace diversity, and how culture impacts diversity, equity, and inclusion.

I moderated a discussion with the following select group of leading chief executive officers for the final Ari Kaplan Advisors CEO Roundtable of 2021 about trends, challenges, and opportunities in the past year and the year ahead: Gary Buckland, CEO, Lexitas; Candice Hunter Corby, CEO, Cobra Legal Solutions; Sang Lee, CEO, Thine; James Lee, CEO, LegalMation; Laura Leopard, CEO, Leopard Solutions; Nicolas Leroux, CEO, Kalexius; Rakesh Madhava, CEO, Nextpoint; Gary Sangha, CEO, LexCheck; Joey Seeber, CEO, Level Legal; and, Ram Vasudevan, CEO, QuisLex.

I spoke with Abeer Abu Judeh, an attorney and the founder of LexDock, a legal operations software tool and marketplace. We discussed how LexDock is impacting the delivery of legal services and empowering the use of technology, the value of interoperability, and her participation in the TechWomen Rising accelerator program.

I spoke with Joey Seeber, the CEO of Level Legal, a provider of alternative legal services, about adapting to regulatory shifts, the skills necessary to thrive in the current environment, expected business challenges in 2022, and where legal practice is headed in 2022.

I spoke with Gary Sangha, the founder and CEO of LexCheck, an artificial intelligence-powered contract analytics company. He is also the founder of Intelligize, a data analytics company that Lexis Nexis acquired in 2016. We discussed the appetite for AI-driven solutions in the legal industry, the top misconception among those exploring ways to leverage AI at their firms or in their legal departments, and where legal teams are deploying AI most effectively.

I spoke with Dan O’Day and Ted Kukorowski, co-founder and managing director for large law, respectively, at ECFx, a provider of an electronic notice management system. We discussed law firm challenges in litigation management, the value of automation in litigation, and how technology can align the range of electronic filing protocols around the country.

I spoke with Dr. Susan Liautaud, the founder and managing director of Susan Liautaud & Associates Limited, a consultancy advising corporate, government, and non-profit leaders on ethics matters, and the author of The Power of Ethics: How to Make Good Choices in a Complicated World. We discussed best practices for making good choices, how professionals can overcome bad choices, and ethics-related challenges students face as they address changing workplace dynamics.

I spoke with Shiran Weitzman, the co-founder and CEO of Shield, an Israel-based regtech software company that focuses on workplace intelligence for compliance professionals. We discussed the main challenge in financial services communications compliance, how the pandemic impacted the way organizations communicate and exchange information, record-keeping challenges associated with working remotely, and post-pandemic regulatory scrutiny.

I spoke with Rob Stote, the managing director of profitability products at BigHand, a provider of financial and operational productivity software, Michael Grupp, the CEO of BRYTER, a no-code software platform, and Tom Obermaier, the CEO of SurePoint Technologies, a provider of financial and practice management software about the report – Implementing Financial Intelligence to Give Law Firms a Competitive Advantage in 2022 and Beyond – that the three companies commissioned to identify key trends among law firm financial leaders.

I spoke with Christy Burke, president and founder of Burke & Company, a public relations and marketing firm specializing in legal tech, and Doug Austin, editor of eDiscovery Today, a publication covering the electronic discovery industry, about their new podcast: He Said, She Said. We discussed the first episode focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, the key takeaways, topics for future programs, and trends driving e-discovery and legal technology forward.