Reinventing Professionals

The Most Exciting Opportunities AI is Creating for Lawyers

I spoke with Tom Martin, the founder and CEO of LawDroid, an Adjunct Professor teaching Generative AI and the Delivery of Legal Services at Suffolk Law School, and a co-founder of the American Legal Technology Awards. We discussed the most exciting opportunities AI is creating for lawyers, best practices for persuading AI skeptics, the ethical and practical guardrails lawyers should consider, and the objective of the American Legal Technology Awards.

Mixtape: Relativity Fest 2025

It was a privilege to speak with these leaders for this Relativity Fest 2025 mixtape:
 
Brett Chalmers, Website and Product Marketing Director, Opus 2.
Mathew Corfield, Surveillance Product Owner, Theta Lake.
Blake Ferger, Senior Consultant, Complete Discovery Source.
Shawn Gaines, Chief Marketing Officer, OnDean.
Frank Perrone, Founder and CEO, ReVia
Matt Rosenthal, Senior Vice President of Sales, Cimplifi.
Alex Sappington, Co-CEO, Page Vault.
Ben Sexton, Senior Vice President, Innovation and Strategy, JND Legal Administration.
Marcin Święty, Chief Security Officer, Relativity.
Alston Walker, Senior Discovery Consultant and Executive Client Services Liaison, HaystackID.
Freya Zhou, Co-Founder & COO, Fileread.

Avoiding the Pitfalls of Using AI in a Legal Practice

I spoke with Binit Agrawal, the Chief of Staff at Lucio, an India-based AI-native workspace for lawyers. We discussed the pitfalls of using AI in a legal practice, the mindset and skill set that junior lawyers should adopt, and how AI in the legal profession is evolving.

Where Lawyers Should Leverage Technology to Enhance Their Business Development

I spoke with Timothy Keith, the Founder and CEO of Propense.ai, which develops technology to empower cross-selling in professional services, including at law firms. We discussed how AI can help law firms improve cross-selling, the most common business development challenges they face, and where lawyers should leverage technology to enhance their business development.

How the Value of CLM Has Changed Since the Emergence of Generative AI

I spoke with Matt Patel, Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Malbek, an enterprise CLM company providing comprehensive contract management solutions for procurement, legal, sales, and other functions. We discussed who gains the most value from CLM, how its value has changed since the emergence of generative AI, and how it is evolving.

Techniques for Facilitating Innovation While Managing Risk

I spoke with Cecy Graf and T.J. Henry, the co-founders of Federate, which builds and manages back-office systems like billing, finance, and operations for small and mid-size law firms. We discussed strategic opportunities in back-office support for law firms, how law firms can drive operational efficiency, techniques for facilitating innovation while managing risk, and emerging trends that managing partners should prepare for.

How Law Firm Leaders Can Drive Growth and Profitability

I spoke with Rebecca Stidham, a tax partner and the Law Firm Services Team Leader at Withum, Smith+Brown, PC, an accounting and advisory firm that provides tax, assurance, accounting, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and wealth management services to law firms, among other sectors. We discussed how law firm leaders can drive growth and profitability, key areas for enhancing digital transformation, and best practices for keeping up with the rapid pace of legal technology development.

Future Opportunities for the Application of AI in Legal

I spoke with Nishat Mehta, the CEO of Lexitas, a provider of court reporting, records retrieval, process service, and legal talent solutions. We discussed how AI is impacting traditional legal services, what lawyers can do to prepare for the transition to a more AI-centric profession, the pitfalls attorneys must avoid, and future opportunities for the application of AI in legal.

How AI-driven Data Mapping and Labeling Tools are Changing the Way Companies Manage Their Data Risk

I spoke with Brandon Hollinder, the Vice President of eDiscovery and Cyber Solutions at Epiq, a provider of legal and business services. We discussed the proactive steps companies should take to strengthen their information governance, how AI-driven data mapping and labeling tools are changing the way companies understand and manage their data risk, and ways that AI is affecting cybersecurity.

*Special Episode* Featuring Caroline Hill, Editor-in-Chief of Legal IT Insider, on Charting Change in Legal Ep 47

In this 47th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed Legal IT Insider's 30th anniversary, reimagining billable work, anticipating disruption, and providing value.