Reinventing Professionals
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.
Episodes

5 days ago
5 days ago
I spoke with Vincent Allen, partner at Carstens, Allen & Gourley, an IP-focused law firm that helps companies with patent, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, and intellectual property strategies. We discussed how current copyright laws address authorship and ownership of AI-created works, strategies content creators can use to protect their intellectual property when AI tools are used, and measures that can be taken to ensure that human creators are fairly compensated and protected.

7 days ago
7 days ago
I spoke with Adam Philipp, the founder of AEON Law, an intellectual property law firm. We discussed the benefits of fixed-price legal services, how a fixed-price model expedites the adoption of new technology, and best practices for law firms interested in pursuing and implementing innovation-focused initiatives.

Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
I spoke with Edward Chick, the Chief Revenue Officer at NopalCyber, a managed security service provider that offers outsourced cybersecurity support, seeking to democratize enterprise-level security for law firms and organizations in other sectors. We discussed best practices to help law firm leaders identify cyber threats, mistakes they are making with their cybersecurity protocols, how often they should test and update their cybersecurity procedures, and where to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance cybersecurity.

Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
I spoke with the following chief executive officers in a CEO Roundtable discussion about challenges and opportunities ahead of Legalweek 2025:
Ray Biederman, Proteus Discovery GroupChris Cartrett, AderantJames Ding, DraftWiseTom Dunlop, SummizeSirisha Gummaregula, QuisLexScott McFetters, CoreTechRenee Meisel, UnitedLexSarai Schubert, HanzoJoey Seeber, Level LegalTodd Smithline, Bonterms

Friday Mar 14, 2025
Friday Mar 14, 2025
I spoke with Amy Juers, the CEO of Edge Marketing, a marketing and PR agency serving the legal, accounting, and professional services industries. We discussed the benefits of leveraging artificial intelligence in public relations and marketing, how it enhances client service, and the best practices for AI implementation.

Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
I spoke with Jack Weinberger, the Co-Founder of Ajax, an AI company that helps lawyers manage their time. We discussed the need to secure data in AI timekeeping applications, the promise of capturing more time in legal services, and how legal timekeeping is evolving.

Thursday Mar 06, 2025
Thursday Mar 06, 2025
I spoke with William Dougherty, the Co-founder and CEO of Capacity, a work allocation solution designed to help law firms optimize their resources. We discussed how Capacity addresses the most common inefficiencies in law firm resourcing, the benefits of optimal work allocation to lawyers and their clients, and how the distribution of legal work is evolving in an AI era.

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
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.

Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
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.

Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
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.