Reinventing Professionals

In this seventh episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the Lexpo conference in Amsterdam, developments in legal technology in Europe, and the economic outlook for the legal profession.

I spoke with Lydia Flocchini, the Chief Marketing Officer at SurePoint Technologies, Debbie Foster, the CEO at Affinity Consulting, and Laura Wenzel, the Global Director of Product Marketing at iManage. We discussed the new report that the three companies have just released - Dynamic Leadership, Rapid Growth, and Increased Profitability in a Post-Pandemic Era: Insights on Navigating Digital Transformation in the Modern Law Firm - based on interviews with 18 chief operating officers, 10 executive directors, one chief executive officer, and one chief administrative officer at midsize law firms.

Vinny Liu, a project manager with two decades of e-discovery experience at Level Legal, shares fascinating insights on measuring project success. He emphasizes the importance of core values and using retrospectives for accurate outcomes. Vinny also advises on cost-effective strategies like data set reduction to streamline document reviews. He discusses the evolving role of AI, viewing it as a valuable enhancement, and highlights essential skills for modern project managers, including communication and analytical thinking.

I spoke with David Kamien, the Founder and CEO of Mind-Alliance Systems, a provider of MindPeer, a business development and customer intelligence software platform. We discussed how the increased availability of data has affected the way law firm leaders approach marketing and business development, who is responsible for client intelligence in a modern law firm, and balancing human talent and technological support in legal business development.

I spoke with Doug Kaminski, the Chief Strategy Officer for Purpose Legal, formerly Cobra Legal Solutions, an alternative legal services provider. We discussed the company's rebranding effort, best practices for ensuring a seamless transition in changing corporate identities, and how its new name aligns with industry trends.

I spoke with David Gaskey, the Founding Shareholder at Carlson, Gaskey & Olds in Birmingham, Michigan, and the Co-Founder with Vasu Mahavishnu, the Chief Technology Officer, at Altumatim, an e-discovery and investigations software platform. We discussed the process of developing AI technology in a rapidly changing market, the expectations that practitioners have for e-discovery technology, and why data science is become so closely connected to the practice of law.

I spoke with Greg Coates and Kennan Samman, the VP for Generative AI and the Vice President for Global Product Sales, respectively, at Litera, a software company that provides document lifecycle, deal management, and firm intelligence solutions to the legal profession. We discussed how Litera is integrating AI into the company's portfolio of products, ways that AI helps lawyers provide more value to their clients, and the steps law firm leaders should take to prepare their firms for the increased usage of AI.

For this mixtape from Wednesday, May 17, 2023, at the 2023 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute, I had the privilege of speaking with Ed Sohn, SVP and Global Head of Capabilities at Factor, Jason Smith, Senior Principal for Strategy and Transformation at Conga, Jerry Levine, Chief Evangelist and General Counsel at ContractPodAi, Jerry Ting, Co-Founder and CEO at Evisort, Nathan Cemenska, Director of Legal Operations and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions, Oscar Vega, EVP for Global Sales & Marketing at KLDiscovery, and Roger Pilc, President of Legal Solutions at Epiq.

In this sixth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed ending Q2 on a high note, reallocating budgets, and evaluating emerging technology.

For this mixtape from Tuesday, May 16, 2023, on-site at the 2023 Corporate Legal Operations Consortium Global Institute, I had the privilege of speaking with John Patzakis, the Executive Chairman and Chief Legal Officer at X1, Kris Satkunas, the Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis CounselLink, Sean West, the Co-Founder of Hence Technologies, and Vishal Sunak, the Founder and CEO of LinkSquares.