Apps in Law

Watch the video! This episode is a little longer than usual but I take the time to talk with Tara Cheever, co-founder of LIT SOFTWARE, about how their apps have progressed over the years, how lawyers are using their apps today, and their brand new ExhibitsPad app!

Plus we dig into the question that so many folks have about the subscription-based LIT SUITE.

By the way, this podcast is NOT sponsored, I just enjoy giving app developers a platform where they can share their story, and you can learn more about the app.

Here’s a rundown of all the topics we cover:

02:15 – How did TrialPad get started? 07:51 – The “Truitt Trial Box” 11:42 – Trial Prep on TrialPad 13:24 – The Amazing Features of TranscriptPad 20:31 – Snapshots in TrialPad For The Win! 23:40 – Don’t Forget About DocReviewPad! 29:15 – The Transition to LIT SUITE and Subscriptions 43:01 – Seven Day Free Trial to LIT SUITE 44:27 – Updates and New Features in the LIT SUITE Apps 44:37 – Copying Files from Thumbdrives 50:32 – Adding Maps in TrialPad 51:52 – Presenter Notes in TrialPad 56:50 – Don’t Get Hung Up on the “Trial” Part of TrialPad 58:54 – Vertical Callouts in TrialPad 1:00:05 – Showing the Document Label in TrialPad 1:03:12 – Bookmarks Everywhere! 1:07:23 – LIT SOFTWARE YouTube Channel and Help Center 1:08:28 – The New ExhibitsPad App!

Apps and links mentioned in this podcast:

• TrialPad
• The Truitt Trial Box
• TranscriptPad
• Snapshots in TrialPad
• DocReviewPad
• The transition to the LIT SUITE subscription
• The new ExhibitsPad app!
• The LIT SOFTWARE YouTube Channel
• The LIT SOFTWARE Help Center

My guest today is Ryan Kalamaya who is the managing partner at the Kalamaya Goscha Law Firm based across the state of Colorado, with Ryan being the lucky one based in in the mountains of Aspen.

The Kalaymaya Goscha firm covers a wide breadth of matters including personal injury, criminal defense, wrongful death, car accidents, and even ski & snowboard accidents, (which is definitely a geographic specialty) but they have specific focus on family law and divorce incidents.

In fact, they’re known as the “tech divorce lawyers” and record a podcast focusing on a wide variety of issues related to divorce called Divorce at Altitude: A Podcast on Colorado Family Law.

In fact, I had the honor of being a guest Episode 14 of the Divorce at Altitude podcast where I discussed the “Benefits of eDiscovery for Divorce Lawyers” which you are welcome to listen to if that topic appeals to you.

Ryan provides details about all the tools that he and the firm uses to stay in contact while they work remotely, and stay on top the projects they’re working on.

Apps & services mentioned in this podcast:

• Microsoft Office 365 (Microsoft 365)
• Microsoft Teams
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Planner
• Microsoft To Do
• Free Microsoft Account
• Box
• Zapier
• Clio

Where you can find Ryan:

Kalamaya Goscha Law Firm Firm’s LinkedIn Profile

Divorce at Altitude PodcastWebsite Apple Podcasts

My guest today is Catherine Sanders Reach who is the Director of the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association. You may not recognize Catherine’s name immediately, but if you’ve sat through a technology-related CLE conference or session in the past 10 years, there is a very good chance you’ve benefitted from Catherine’s expertise and practical training.

I first connected with Catherine back in the early 2000’s when she was the Director of the Legal Technology Resource Center at the ABA. Then she moved to the Chicago Bar Association where we worked together several times.

Catherine has also served on several Planning Boards for the annual ABA TECHSHOW Conference, including my Board in 2015, and then she led her OWN Planning Board in 2020! (which was the last in-person event I attended before the world imploded, and it was a GREAT event!)

Some of the tips covered in the podcast:

• Always read the reviews!
• Treat your phone as an $800 disposable device!
• Don’t ignore OS or app updates!
• Know how to find your device!

Some of the apps covered in this podcast:

• Lookout for Android and iOS
• Device Care for Android
• SMS Backup and Restore for Android (free)
• SMS Backup and Restore for Android ($4.49)
• Your Phone from Microsoft for Windows 10

Where you can find Catherine:

• North Caroline Bar Association Center for Practice Management
• Catherine’s LinkedIn Profile

This is the second “Developer’s Edition” podcast and I’m excited to have on Kasim Te, the founder of Tekk Innovations LLC which develops a variety of legal reference apps, but their flagship app called LawStack.

By the way, this podcast is NOT sponsored, I just enjoy giving app developers a platform where they can share their story, and you can learn more about the app.

I’ve been a big fan of LawStack for many years because the app has first of all replaced a lot of legal books that I used to keep on my shelf like all good lawyers. But also because the app has generously been free, with several federal and state rules available for free, while others cost a small subscription (but much less than what we used to pay for supplements, etc.).

LawStack has been around for a little over 10 years and they’re still going strong!

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• LawStack
• Kasim Te’s LinkedIn Profile
• LawStack on Twitter
• LawStack on YouTube

My guest today is Jeremy Worley from The Injury & Disability Law Center located in Roswell, New Mexico. I’ve been looking forward to this recording for quite a while, as Jeremy has become a good friend after we first met many years ago at the Macs in Law Office conference known as MILOfest (now MacTrack Legal).

From that meeting, Jeremy and I have kept in touch over the years, working together when the opportunities arose, and generally just enjoying talking about some of the newest technologies and gadgets. Jeremy now runs his own firm, along with his brother, and I wanted to invite Jeremy on to the podcast.

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• Readwise.io and the Readwise app
• Airr.io and the Airr app
• Pocket and the Pocket app
• Instapaper and the Instapaper app
• Evernote and the Evernote app
• Notion and the Notion app
• Roam Research
• Amazon Kindle app
• Libby app
• Twitter app
• Otter.ai

The Injury & Disability Law Center in Roswell, New Mexico Jeremy’s Avvo Profile Jeremy’s LinkedIn Profile

My guest today is Clifford Schlecht who is a patent attorney at the Global Patent Group based in St. Louis, Missouri. The Global Patent Group is a team of IP professionals that have a specialized knowledge and experience in pharmaceuticals, bio-technology, and plant sciences.

One of the great privileges of hosting this podcast, is that I get to interact with folks who are kind enough to contact me with questions or inquiries about the podcast, and Clif is one of those contacts. Cliff reached out to tell me that he caught up on the Apps in Law podcast backlog while hanging Christmas lights in his backyard a couple of months ago … and of course, I naturally invited him to be on the podcast and talk about some of the apps and services he uses in his patent prosecution and IP transactional work.

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• TextExpander
• My video review of the TextExpander app
• Grammarly for Mac
• Grammarly add-in for Office 365
• Boomerang for Outlook

Cliff’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caschlecht/

My guest today is Bryan Sims from the Sims Law Firm in Naperville, Illinois, where I love the tag line on the website “leveraging technology to practice law more effectively!”

I’ve known Bryan for a long time and had the pleasure of speaking alongside him at Illinois State Bar events, the ABA TECHSHOW, and other seminars.

I know Bryan’s past experience is vast in his legal career, and he covers a wide swath of substantive areas in his practice, but I’ve always enjoyed geeking out with Bryan about the technology he utilizes in his practice.

Bryan’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryansims/

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• TranscriptPad
• Notability
• Locale App (Android)

See TranscriptPad in action in my two-part video review: Part 1 – Import, View, and Search Transcripts on Your iPad Part 2 – Select Text, Apply Annotations, Assign Issue Codes, Create Reports

Today we’re trying something I’ve been wanting to do for a while … I always enjoy talking with attorneys and legal professionals about how they use apps in their practice and daily workflows, but I also know several app developers in this space, and I wanted to hear their stories too!

So this is the “Developer’s Edition” podcast and my guest today is Bill Roach from ExhibitView Solutions. 

By the way, this podcast is NOT sponsored, Bill is just someone I wanted to talk with and invited to him share his story. I plan to invite other app developers on the podcast as well so stay tuned!

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Bill for many years now and followed his work at ExhibitView which offers the impressive ExhibitView Trial Presenter software. This is the software for PC that lets you create “callouts” from documents on-the-fly that you’re showing on a projector or TV screen. You can also highlight text and annotate the document you’re displaying. 

But Bill and his team also recognized the power of the iPad early on, and developed the iTrial app, which lets you do a lot of the same callouts and annotations from the iPad! In fact, I just released a video review of the iTrial app on my site www.appsinlaw.com.

Now many of you listening know there are other apps on the market that can do this, and we may talk to them at some point in another Developer’s Edition, but I wanted to invite Bill on the podcast to share his story…

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• ExhibitView Solutions LLC
• ExhibitView Trial Presenter Software (PC)
• iTrial app for the iPad
• Bill Roach's LinkedIn Profile
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• Rock-a-Billy Roach on Apple Music
• Song: “Shake a Little Love” by Rock-a-Billy Roach
• Song: “Hurry Up Hurry Up Santa Claus” by Al Jardine (original co-founder of the Beach Boys) and Bill Roach

My guest today is Charles “Chuck” Armbruster from the law firm of Armbruster, Dripps, Winterscheidt & Blotevogel, LLC located in Maryville, IL near St. Louis, Missouri which is a Personal Injury, Railroad Accident, Maritime Injury, Workers’ Compensation, and Wrongful Death law firm representing individual plaintiffs across the United States who suffer serious injuries due to negligence or corporate misconduct.

For over 25 years, Chuck has traveled across the country representing injured individuals in 21 different states. Chuck is also a Mac user, which I know because that’s where I saw a post from Chuck in the “Macs in Law Office” (MILO) Google Group. Someone had asked about an app for their iPad that could OCR already scanned PDF files and Chuck piped right in with some help and comments.

Apps & Services mentioned in this podcast:

• OCR Scanner ith LEADTOOLS SDK
• PDF Expert

My guest today is attorney Alan Fanger who has served the greater Boston area for over 30 years in will contests, probate & trust disputes, real estate & contractor disputes, and a variety of consumer issues.

I’ve run into Alan through several conferences and seminars, and have always been fascinated with his background as a legal sports analyst, and the way he uses video effectively.

In fact, Alan started a company called Empower Legal a few years ago that provides professional videos for lawyers and clients that need to be prepared for depositions, trials, and mediations.

In full disclosure, I’ve worked with Alan on this service and really enjoy what he’s doing at Empower Legal.