Reinventing Professionals

Empowering Investigators with Technology and Open-Source Data

I spoke with Stuart Clarke, the CEO of Blackdot Solutions, a software company founded with a mission to enable investigative teams to leverage technology to combat terrorism, financial crime, and human trafficking. We discussed the trends driving the need for more sophisticated investigation tools, how regulators are influencing these trends, and ways that technology for investigations is evolving.

The Value of Financial Management for Legal Professionals

I spoke with Joe Ryan, the Managing Director and Head of the Law Firm Group for Citi Global Wealth at Work, which provides tailored financial, wealth, banking, and lending solutions. We discussed the value of working with a financial advisor with specialized knowledge of the legal industry and how the wealth management needs of lawyers differ from professionals in other industries.

Preparing for the Corporate Transparency Act

I spoke with Ross Aronowitz, the Vice President for the Law Firm Segment at CT Corporation, within the Financial and Corporate Compliance division of Wolters Kluwer. We discussed the Corporate Transparency Act, how law firms can help their clients prepare for this new law, and the company's Small Business & Corporations Beneficial Ownership Survey.

The Convergence of E-Discovery, Compliance, Data Privacy, and Cybersecurity

I spoke with Eric Robinson, the Vice President of Global Advisory Services and Strategic Client Solutions at KLDiscovery. We discussed the most commonly requested e-discovery advisory services, why e-discovery, compliance, data privacy, and cybersecurity are converging, the effect of AI on this alignment, and how legal professionals can use information governance as a strategy to lower their risks.

Becoming an Author While Practicing Full-Time

I spoke with Dera Nevin, a data lawyer, who has held positions that touch on e-discovery, cybersecurity, and information governance, at organizations like Blackstone, TDBank, and Proskauer Rose, and the author of The Journey's the Thing: Pandemic Essays. We discussed the stories in her book that are uniquely suited to lawyers and other professionals in the legal tech community, how she found the time to write a book while working full-time, and her plans for future books.

*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, for Charting Change in Legal Ep 13

In this 13th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the power of business intelligence in legal, the global impact of legal technology on the practice of law, and the projected use case cases for AI in 2024.

The Emerging Legal Tech That Law Firms and Law Departments Should Understand Beyond Generative AI

I spoke with Sean Monahan, a Senior Director in the Strategy & Transformation practice and lead of the Data Modernization specialist team at Harbor, and Justin Hectus, the CIO of KP Labs, a Harbor company focused on business process automation, contract intelligence, and advanced analytics. We discussed the emerging legal tech that law firms and law departments should understand beyond generative AI and where AI is having the greatest impact on the legal industry.

How Law Firms Can Leverage Their Existing Collaboration Platforms to Drive Innovation

I spoke with Ted Theodoropoulos, the Founder and CEO of Infodash, a legal collaboration platform built on SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams. We discussed the current state of law firm collaboration, how firms can leverage existing collaboration platforms to drive innovation, and the effect of generative AI on this process.

How the Role of the In-House Lawyer is Evolving

I spoke with Shai Mehani, the Co-Founder and CEO of In-House Connect, a nationwide community of over 50,000 in-house counsel. We discussed the growth of the network, how it differs from other organizations that serve the in-house bar, content that is most interesting to corporate counsel, and how the role of the in-house lawyer is evolving.

Preparing Law Students for an AI-Centric Legal Practice

I spoke with Lutz-Christian Wolff, the Dean of the faculty of law for the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the author of a new law review article published in the Spring 2023 issue of the Journal of Law and Technology at Texas called "The AI-Based Legal Paradise - A (Necessary!) Thought Experiment." We discussed How AI will affect the practice of law, the tipping point for lawyers to routinely incorporate AI into their work, and how legal decision-making will evolve.