

Reinventing Professionals
Ari Kaplan
The business of providing professional advice is changing. Today, anyone can go online and access a wealth of information about any topic, from legal and medical advice to financial planning and accounting suggestions. This blog is designed to offer ideas, guidance, and perspectives on how to effectively navigate a perpetually shifting professional landscape, with a unique focus on the legal industry and the technology that is driving its evolution.
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Mar 4, 2025 • 8min
The Value of Litigator-Led E-Discovery
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.

Feb 28, 2025 • 32min
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 38
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.

Feb 26, 2025 • 13min
*Lexpo Special* How AI is Reshaping Corporate Law Departments
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.

Feb 24, 2025 • 10min
How Information Governance Affects an Organization's Data Security
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.

Feb 21, 2025 • 11min
Perspectives on Advancing Litigation Support to Fuel Growth in a Changing Legal Market
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.

Feb 18, 2025 • 12min
How Leaders Can Promote a Culture Emphasizing Innovation, Collaboration, and a Unified Sense of Purpose
I spoke with Renee Meisel, the CEO of UnitedLex, a tech-enabled legal services provider. We discussed what differentiates UnitedLex from other providers of legal services, how leaders can promote a culture emphasizing innovation, collaboration, and a unified sense of purpose, and trends driving the most significant change in legal.

Feb 14, 2025 • 6min
Streamlining Document Management for Law Firms
I spoke with Daniel Booter, the Director of Marketing of MacroAgility Systems, an iManage partner specializing in integrating tailored solutions and implementations for law firms. We discussed how MacroAgility Systems provides tailored technology solutions for law firms, the problems iSyncKit and Uplift Migration solve, ways to streamline document management, and best practices for optimizing a firm's legal tech infrastructure.

Feb 12, 2025 • 12min
How Law Firms Can Use AI to Capture More Time
I spoke with Joseph Frantz, the Founder of TimeSentry, an AI native time tracking solution for hourly billing professionals. We discussed how law firms can use artificial intelligence to capture more value from clients and work smarter, ways that organizations currently approach this process, and where legal technology is headed in 2025.

Feb 10, 2025 • 27min
*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 37
In this 37th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the market moves in January 2025, the accelerating pace of change in legal, and AI pitfalls to watch.

Feb 7, 2025 • 12min
Insights Into ILTA's 2025 EVOLVE Conference
I spoke with Josh Smith, the Information Security Manager at Ogletree Deakins, and Ken Jones, a Lecturer at the Seton Hall University Stillman School of Business and the Principal Consultant with Xerdict Group, the technology subsidiary of Tanenbaum Keale. The two leaders are the co-chairs of ILTA's 2025 EVOLVE conference. We discussed how the event will address the unique challenges law firms have with protecting sensitive client data, practical and actionable AI topics, and speakers who will focus on emerging cybersecurity threats.