Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Cash Butler, the founder and CEO of ClariLegal, a legal vendor management and marketplace platform that minimizes the complexity of managing litigation vendor services. We discussed the genesis of ClariLegal, the benefits of legal vendor management, how ClariLegal’s software reflects the evolution of legal services, and the panel discussions he is moderating at the 2017 New York Masters Conference on July 25th.

I spoke with David Kempston, a Minnesota-based plaintiffs workers’ compensation lawyer with The Law Office of Thomas Mottaz, who has been practicing for almost 25 years. He is the author of “That’s Why They Call it Practicing Law,” which is about improving the attorney-client relationship. We discussed the author’s background, what prompted him to write That’s Why They Call it Practicing Law, why client service is essential in the current market, how lawyers can overcome social discomfort in their client interactions, and how the themes in the book reflect an evolution in the art of practicing law.

I spoke with Tariq Hafeez, the co-founder and president of LegalEase Solutions, a legal support firm for corporate legal teams and law firms. We discussed the genesis of LegalEase, the problems the company solves, the types of matters that law firms and corporate legal departments outsource, how the company differs from competing legal support firms, and where the practice of law is headed.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, an intellectual property docketing software company. Prior to pursuing this venture, he spent four years as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in New York. We discussed the evolution of Alt Legal from its initial mission upon which Madhani founded the company in 2013 and the power of a pivot, how the company’s customer base has expanded over the past four years, its recent collaboration with Wolters Kluwer, ways that Alt Legal’s technology applies across jurisdictions, and advice for hopeful legal tech entrepreneurs.