Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Greg Garman, the co-founder of LAWCLERK, an online marketplace of freelance lawyers, and a founding partner with Garman Turner Gordon. We discussed the genesis of LAWCLERK, how Garman balances his LAWCLERK responsibilities with those of a practicing lawyer, the type of firms for which LAWCLERK’s freelancers are most appropriate, the projects that LAWCLERK’s freelancers can handle, the risks and advantages associated with hiring freelance attorneys over full-time associates, and how the freelance market for attorneys will impact the profession in 2019.

I spoke with Parkash Khatri and Cat Pray, the director of global discovery services and review manager, respectively, for Blackstone Discovery, an e-discovery solutions provider that covers the entire range of the EDRM. We discussed Blackstone’s focus on the pharmaceutical sector, how it manages document review teams, the litigation challenges that companies will face in 2019, ways they can overcome them, the application of predictive coding, and where e-discovery is headed.

I spoke with Vikram Savkar, the Vice President and General Manager of International and Higher Education Markets at Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory. We discussed how Wolters Kluwer works with law schools and students, why it created the Leading Edge Prize for Legal Education Innovation, how law schools are driving innovation to expand educational and career opportunities for students and how law schools can help their students prepare for life after graduation.

I spoke with Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, a leading practice management software platform at Legaltech 2019. We discussed the genesis of Clio, its tenth anniversary, the launch of Clio Grow, how companies can simultaneously manage growth while maintaining a unique culture, how expectations of legal technology have changed over the past decade, and the future of legal technology.

I spoke with Joseph Escobio, the Chief Information Officer for Klinedinst, a West Coast-based law firm, where he oversees all IT, e-discovery, and data services for the firm’s five offices. We discussed his role at Klinedinst, the IT challenges that law firms and legal professionals likely to face in 2019, how they differ from what they’ve seen in the past, ways that technology leaders within law firms can structure change, how law firms can align their efforts with their outside providers, and where legal IT is headed.

Thank you to the following individuals for sharing their perspectives with me on the third day of Legaltech 2019: Chris Bright, VP of Marketing, Zapproved Ian Campbell, President & CEO, iCONECT Corey Douglas, Director, Consilio Monica Enand, CEO, Zapproved Brad Harris, Distinguished Fellow of E-Discovery, Zapproved Linda Kish, Chief Marketing Officer, Level 2 Legal Solutions Tineke Mann, eBusiness Manager, The Information Management Group Joy Murao, Founder & CEO, Practice Aligned Resources Bill Piwonka, Chief Marketing Officer, Exterro Ajith Samuel, Chief Product Officer, Exterro Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, Executive Director, Buying Legal Council Kelly Struck, VP of Marketing, Consilio

I spoke with Ryan Steadman, the chief revenue officer for Zero, at Legaltech 2019 about building trust in the application of AI and machine learning to time capture, email management, and other areas.

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

I spoke with Rebecca Goodman-Stephens and Frank Vitale, the chief operating officer and chief marketing officer, respectively, for Berdon LLP, an accounting firm that provides technical and consulting services to law firms and other organizations, at Legaltech 2019 about Berdon Technology Services.

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