Ken Crutchfield
Founder and CEO of Spring Forward Consulting, with extensive experience at legal information vendors such as Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg, and Wolters Kluwer. Provides consulting services to legal tech startups and law firms.
Top 3 podcasts with Ken Crutchfield
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Apr 8, 2026 • 50min
Rethinking Legal Innovation Beyond ROI and Hourly Billing
Ken Crutchfield, founder of Spring Forward Consulting and legal tech strategist, shares big-picture thinking on law firm economics and AI-driven change. He talks ROI limits, why custom builds fail, and how managed services and new ownership models could reshape legal work. Short, provocative takes on who wins as automation and regulation evolve.
Mar 19, 2026 • 45min
The Uberization of UPL? How AI Is Outpacing the Unauthorized Practice of Law (Ken Crutchfield, Bill Henderson, Jim Doppke)
Jim Doppke, an ethics lawyer and former Illinois regulator; Bill Henderson, a law professor studying legal innovation and access to justice; and Ken Crutchfield, a legal business strategist on AI and UPL. They debate how AI and LLMs are shifting legal work toward consumers and ALSPs. They cover regulators’ struggles to define advice versus information, AI as a labor-replacing ROI driver, and where allied professionals and managed services fit.
Aug 4, 2025 • 48min
The Wild West of AI: A Legal Tech Reckoning with Ken Crutchfield
Ken Crutchfield, founder of Spring Forward Consulting, shares insights from his extensive background with legal information vendors. He likens today's AI boom in law to the chaotic American Industrial Revolution, highlighting the lack of regulation amidst hype and overinvestment. Ken discusses the need for law firms to rethink adoption strategies, balancing expectations with startups' limitations, and emphasizes the importance of 'Return on Experience' to maximize tech use. He calls for leadership engagement to navigate this evolving landscape effectively.
