Reinventing Professionals

Reinventing Professionals

By Ari KaplanBusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
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Reinventing Professionals episodes

  • Elevating Your Productivity and Profitability by Heading to the Cloud
    I spoke with Dr. Rick Kabra, the CEO of CosmoLex, a cloud-based law practice management software tool that integrates time tracking, billing, and trust accounting into a single application. We discussed the recent release of CosmoLex for the cloud and the general advantages of cloud-based technology for solo and small firm lawyers, including mobility, technology management, and information security. Kabra highlighted the need to select tools that enhance productivity and profitability by allowing attorneys to focus more time on practicing law and generating business, rather than the administrative aspects of operating a firm.
    8 min
  • Re-engineering the Practice of Law
    I spoke with Mark Lassiter, a real estate attorney with the Lassiter Law Firm in Tempe, Arizona, who is also the founder of Lex Projex, a legal project management consultancy, and is now creating a closed legal community to enable attorneys in virtual law firms to provide collaborative services. We discussed his efforts to ‘re-engineer’ the practice of law and the delivery of legal services, the obstacles to promoting this transformation, and skills that legal professionals need to thrive in this new era.
    18 min
  • Balancing the Value of Data with its Inherent Risks
    I spoke with Eric Mandel and Chuck Ragan, National E-Discovery Counsel and Special Counsel, respectively for Zelle Hofmann Voelbel & Mason LLP about the group’s mission, the rising importance of discovery counsel at law firms, helping clients balance valuing their data with gauging the risks that it presents. We also discussed key trends related to information governance, data security, and privacy.
    7 min
  • Perspectives from LegalTech New York 2014

    I had the privilege of meeting with many of the most respected leaders in the legal technology community at LegalTech New York last week. Below are impressions from Carolyn Betts, Director of Marketing for Nuix, and John Shaughnessy, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Thomson

    11 min
  • The Three Leading IT Risks for Law Firms in 2014
    I spoke with Dave Kinsey, the President of Total Networks, an IT services company based in Phoenix, which serves as either the outsourced IT department or as a strategic partner to the in-house team for small to medium professional services firms in Arizona, with an emphasis on the legal industry. We discussed the genesis of Total Networks, key technology trends (including cloud computing and managed services), and the impact that privacy and compliance will have on the legal industry in 2014. Kinsey also identified the three leading IT risks that law firms are likely to face this year: (1) back-up challenges; (2) data retention; and, (3) information security.
    6 min
  • The Three Leading IT Risks for Law Firms in 2014
    I spoke with Dave Kinsey, the President of Total Networks, an IT services company based in Phoenix, which serves as either the outsourced IT department or as a strategic partner to the in-house team for small to medium professional services firms in Arizona, with an emphasis on the legal industry. We discussed the genesis of Total Networks, key technology trends (including cloud computing and managed services), and the impact that privacy and compliance will have on the legal industry in 2014. Kinsey also identified the three leading IT risks that law firms are likely to face this year: (1) back-up challenges; (2) data retention; and, (3) information security.
    6 min
  • Unifying Stakeholders Across the Corporate Law Department

    I spoke with Rajitha Boer, the Founder & Director of Yerra Solutions, a Basel, Switzerland-based boutique consulting firm for global law departments. We discussed the genesis of Yerra, the transparency challenges that corporate legal departments are facing, and Yerra’s inaugural in-house counsel conference in London called: “Empowering General Counsel to Lead and Succeed,” which featured speakers from AIG, Nestlé, Barclays, and various large international law firms.

    7 min
  • The Sunshine Solution for Promoting Technology Adoption
    I spoke with Jeff Guttman, the Director of Managed Review Operations for TechLaw Solutions, a full-scope e-discovery and managed review solutions provider. We discussed the changing nature of data, the importance of workflow processes, and the philosophical differences challenging predictive coding adoption. Guttman also addressed how legal teams can reconcile cost certainty and predictability with spend management and the need for reduction.
    9 min
  • The Great Pivot from Just-in-Case to Just-in-Need
    I spoke with Gary LeClair, the co-founder and Chairman of LeClairRyan, an AmLaw 200 firm with 22 offices nationwide; David Freinberg, the firm’s CEO; and, Dan Reed, the CEO of UnitedLex, a global legal services company, which focuses on litigation, contract management, and intellectual property. We discussed the recent collaboration between UnitedLex and LeClairRyan to create the firm’s new Legal Solutions Center, which represents a unique effort to acquire resources on what LeClair describes as “a just in need basis, rather than a just in case basis.” The initial focus of this new endeavor is e-discovery, but the firm’s management expects it to eventually expand to intellectual property, immigration, and transactional matters.
    15 min
  • Reinventing the CIO

    I spoke with Doug Caddell, the new chief information officer for kCura, the maker of Relativity, a web-based platform for the processing, review, analysis, and production of electronic data. Prior to joining kCura, Caddell served as the firmwide CIO at Foley & Lardner based in Chicago. We discussed his new position, the distinction between his role in a corporation vs. a law firm, kCura's new Relativity Binders iPad app, and what the rise of influential CIOs means for the future of legal technology development.

    11 min

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