Reinventing Professionals

The Job Market for Roles in E-Discovery, Information Governance, and Privacy

I spoke with Michael Potters, the CEO of the Glenmont Group, an executive search firm that works with law firms, corporate legal departments, and providers of legal services. We discussed the state of the job market for roles in e-discovery, information governance, privacy, the types of organizations that offer the best roles, and the influence of AI on the staffing needs in legal.

The Difference Between Crisis Communications and Public Relations

I spoke with Nathan Miller, the CEO and Founder of Miller Ink, a full-service strategic and crisis communications firm in Los Angeles. We discussed the difference between crisis communications and public relations, how lawyers and legal teams can diffuse a potential crisis, and what law firms should consider when hiring and managing a communications team.

Three Legal Tech Founders Share Their Perspectives on Raising Money in the Current Environment

I spoke with Katherine Allen, the CEO of Flo Recruit, Ross Guberman, the CEO of LawCatch, the developer of BriefCatch, and Jim Wagner, the CEO of The Contract Network. We discussed raising money for legal technology startups in the current environment, the challenges of doing so, advice for other leaders, and the road ahead.

The Relationship Between Task Management and Contract Lifecycle Management

I spoke with Vishal Sunak, the founder and CEO of LinkSquares, an AI-powered contract lifecycle management and legal task management solution. We discussed how in-house legal teams are expanding their use of CLM applications, the launch of the LinkSquares Cloud, and how task management relates to contract lifecycle management.

Streamlining the Preservation and Collection of ESI from Microsoft Teams in E-Discovery

I spoke with Peter Callaghan, the Chief Revenue Officer at Pagefreezer, a technology company that provides compliance and litigation support technology. We discussed how enterprise collaboration platforms, such as MS Teams, affect the way lawyers and legal professionals approach collecting and preserving electronically stored information, and the balance between AI-driven automation and human talent in e-discovery.

*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, for Charting Change in Legal Ep9

In this ninth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed ILTACON 2023, law firm leadership, litigation analytics, and practical AI.

Helping Legal Professionals Elevate Their Mental Health

I spoke with Sheila Robinson-Kiss, a therapist and mental health educator, who leads the Rebalancing America and Beyond Initiative, a consulting firm that focuses on mental health and wellness. We discussed best practices for lawyers, who want to maintain and elevate their mental health, mistakes leaders make in helping their team members manage the overwhelming aspects of their work, and how mental health and resilience are changing the workplace.

How Litigators Can Leverage Data to Gain a Competitive Advantage

I spoke with Jeff Jacobson, a litigation partner with Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath in New York, and Nicole Clark, the Co-Founder and CEO of Trellis, a state trial court research and analytics platform, which recently introduced its Law Firm Intelligence tool to offer insights on business and competitive intelligence for law firms. We discussed how litigators can leverage data and analytics to gain a competitive advantage, new opportunities law firms can create with detailed intelligence, and the insights Law Firm Intelligence can provide to support legal teams in their decision-making.

Whether Emerging AI Technology Will Increase a Legal Department’s Productivity

I spoke with Jim O’Hare, the Vice President of CLM Services at LegalEase Solutions. We discussed how legal teams are using artificial intelligence with CLM, ways that ChatGPT is augmenting how companies are using AI, and whether emerging AI technology will increase a legal department’s productivity.

The Risks of Using AI in Legal

I spoke with Ignat Postny, the Executive Director at TAG Consulting, a boutique consulting firm specializing in corporate governance, asset protection, and M&A projects for high-net-worth individuals and business owners. We discussed the challenges that legal professionals face in deploying new technology, the impact of legal process automation, the process of developing software for the legal profession, and the risks of using AI in legal.