Reinventing Professionals

Best Practices for Building a Strong Team of Lawyers and Legal Professionals to Enhance Law Firm Growth

I spoke with Howard Ankin, the Founder of Ankin Law, a personal injury and workers’ compensation law firm based in Chicago. We discussed the best practices for building a strong team of lawyers and legal professionals to enhance law firm growth, how technology can enhance client service, and how trial work will change in an AI-centric future.

Mixtape: 2025 Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal Conference

Thanks to these industry leaders for speaking with me for my 2025 Knowledge Management & Innovation for Legal (KM&I) conference mixtape:
Michelle Gleason, Regional Sales Manager at LexisNexis,  Conan Hines, Director of Practice Innovation at Fried Frank, Kevin Klein, Co-Founder at Legal Tech Connect, Katya Linossi, Co-Founder and CEO at Atlas by ClearPeople, Kyle Poe, VP of Legal Innovation and Strategy at Legora Daniel Porus, Chief Commercial Officer at Legatics, Maureen Schlade, Director of Key Accounts at LexisNexis, Ryan Steadman, Global Commercial Leader at Epiq Law Advisory, and Ben Wightwick, Chief Commercial Officer at Autologix.

Mixtape: 2025 Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting

 It was a privilege to interview these leaders for this mixtape from the 2025 Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting:
Ashley Miller, General Counsel, Financial Services, North America, and Head of Legal Operations, Americas, Capgemini
Anthony Bégon, Vice President, Legal, Trellix
Daniel Bonner, Director of Client Solutions, Level Legal
Gabe Gross, Head of eDiscovery, DiliTrust
Janice Ryan, Partner, Venable
Jeni Turner, Director, Go-to-Market Strategy and Client Engagement, Corporate Legal, LexisNexis
Jim McGrew, Chief Client Services Officer, Ogletree Deakins
Joshua Maley, CEO and Co-Founder, Theorem Legal
Kyle Konz, Shareholder, Brooks Kushman
Mark Nastasi, Founder and CEO, CobbleStone Software
Michael Babitsky, Head of Strategy and Operations, Corporate Legal, LexisNexis
Monica Harris, Senior Product Manager, American Arbitration Association

How KM and Legal Innovation are Shifting with the Emergence of Generative AI

I spoke with Oz Benamram, a leader in law firm knowledge management and innovation, and the Founder of SKILLS.law. We discussed the advisory services most in demand for law firms, how KM and legal innovation are shifting with the emergence of generative AI, the evolution of SKILLS.law, the likely impact of AI on legal, and the Michael Mills Memorial LegalTech Scholarship at Cornell Tech.

Midsize Law Firms are Balancing Potential and Pitfalls in Charting an Unpredictable Path Forward

I spoke with Olivia Mockel, the Chief Brand and Market Strategy Officer at SurePoint Technologies, Debbie Foster, the CEO of Affinity Consulting Group, and Laura Wenzel, the Global Marketing & Insights Director at iManage. The three companies are part of a consortium that supported a new market research report featuring the perspectives of midsize law firm leaders called "Midsize Law Firms Are Balancing Potential and Pitfalls in Charting an Unpredictable Path Forward." We discussed how chief financial officers, chief operating officers, chief information officers, and executive directors are approaching generative AI, data and financial intelligence, technology adoption, and training to help drive their firms into a new era of legal services.

The Most Common Financial Challenges Law Firms Face and How Leaders are Using Technology to Address Them

I spoke with Rick Hellers, the CEO of Scan Logic, the provider of BillSync and APSync, designed to simplify law firm finances. We discussed the most common financial challenges law firms face, how leaders are using technology to address them, best practices for ensuring prompt and full payment of legal invoices, and how the economy is affecting the financial health of law firms.

*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 48

In this 48th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed the value of practical conversations about AI pricing, promoting wellness at conferences, and empowering change.

How Investigations Have Changed in the Age of AI

I spoke with Greg Wildisen, the Co-Founder and Head of Technology at PanoramAI, a generative AI-powered platform specializing in relevancy review for litigation, investigations, and regulatory compliance, as well as cyber breach data mining and pre-breach data threat intelligence. We discussed how investigations have changed in the age of AI, its BCLP case study, and how the use of AI in legal is evolving.

The 2025 ACC Annual Meeting and How Corporate Legal Departments are Evolving

I spoke with Capri Miller and Matt Mahon, the Customer Partner and Vice President of Customer Experience, respectively, at Level Legal, a provider of managed services, about the Association of Corporate Counsel's 2025 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia and how corporate legal departments are evolving.

The Convergence of Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Legal Tech Investing

I spoke with Kevin Klein, Co-Founder of LegalTech Connect and Head of Content & Programming at the KM&I for Legal Conference, and Patrick DiDomenico, who founded InspireKM Consulting and KM&I, and is now Co-Founder at LegalTech Connect. We discussed the convergence of KM&I and LegalTech Connect, the evolution of law firm knowledge management and innovation, and how conversations about KM and AI will drive the legal profession forward.