Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Kevin Harris, a project manager for Orion Law Management Systems, at Legaltech 2019 about billing best practices.

Thank you to the following individuals for sharing their perspectives with me on the second day of Legaltech 2019: Bob Ambrogi, Publisher of LawSites and Host of LawNext Craig Ball, Court-Appointed Special Master and E-Discovery Consultant Josh Becker, Chairman of Lex Machina and Head of Legal Analytics, LexisNexis Shawn Gaines, VP of Marketing, Relativity Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief, Legal IT Insider Robert Hilson, Senior Marketing Director, Logikcull Kate Holmes, Managing Director, FTI Technology Jack Newton, Co-Founder and CEO, Clio Chris Pogue, Head of Services, Security, and Partner Integrations, Nuix Alexis Robbins, Marketing Manager, Knovos Rod Vawdrey, Group CEO, Nuix

As part of my Legaltech 2019 series, I spoke with Doug Austin, the Vice President of Products and Professional Services for CloudNine and the editor of the E-Discovery Daily blog.

Thank you to the following individuals for speaking with me on the first day of Legaltech 2019: Lauren Amanda Adler, Director of Sales, Manzama Dan Berlin, President & CEO, Tabs3 Software Haresh Bhungalia, CEO, Casepoint Justin Blessing, Founder, Compiled Jessica Block, Data & Technology Practice Co-Lead, Ankura Consulting David Carns, Chief Strategy Officer, Casepoint Ginny Gonzalez, Chief Business Development & Marketing Officer, TCDI Andrew King, Founder, E-Discovery Consulting & LawFest Michelle Lange, VP, Workstorm Jonathan Reed, CEO, Advologix Ryan Steadman, CRO, Zero Steve Scorziello, Head of Legal Operations, Harmon

I spoke with Christian Lang, a former attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell, who is the new head of strategy at Reynen Court and the founder of the New York Legal Tech Meetup. He is producing a new legal technology conference on February 1, 2019 called Inspire Legal. We discussed his background, the genesis of Inspire.Legal, how this event differs from others, its relationship to the New York Legal Tech Meetup, the Inspire.Legal agenda, and what the creation of Inspire.Legal indicates about the current level of interest in legal innovation.

I spoke with Rith Kem and Mason Pan, both principals in the Compliance, Forensics, and Intelligence practice at Control Risks. Kem is the Technology Operations and Custom Solutions leader in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, while Pan is the leader of the Data Analytics group for the Americas. We discussed trends the duo expects to see in analytics monitoring systems in 2019, how their clients are applying data to remediate and strengthen their compliance programs, and best practices for corporations interested in creating a center of excellence to manage risk indicators.

I spoke with Erik Lindberg and Tonya Custis, the senior director for Westlaw Product Management and the senior director of Research at Thomson Reuters, respectively. We discussed the genesis of Westlaw Edge, how it differs from Westlaw, how its artificial intelligence technology differs from other tools on the market, the evolution of Westlaw, and where legal research is headed.

I spoke with Ketan Jhaveri and John Maloney, the co-CEO and Head of Client Success, respectively, at Bodhala, a legal data analytics company. We discussed the genesis of Bodhala, how its clients are using data analytics, who makes the decision to leverage legal data analytics within a corporate law department, the factors driving the use of data in large corporations, and where the legal industry is headed in 2019.

I spoke with Christina Hammond and Joe Hammond, the co-founders of Producify, a digital content production company. We discussed the genesis of Producify, the mistakes that legal professionals are making in showcasing their services with video, quick ways that marketing leaders can upgrade their firm’s videos, whether high-quality video requires professional equipment, and how this type of marketing is evolving.

I spoke with Gabe Teninbaum, a professor at Suffolk University Law School and the Director of the Institute on Legal Innovation & Technology. We discussed Suffolk University Law School’s Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) lab, Spaced Repetition Systems, why law schools are incorporating initiatives like the LIT lab, essential skills that current law students must have, and how law schools will be changing in the next few years.