Reinventing Professionals

Reinventing Professionals

By Ari KaplanBusinessEntrepreneurshipTechnology
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Reinventing Professionals episodes

  • The Local Advantage in a Global Market
    I spoke with Owen Burns, a senior consultant in legal technologies for Control Risks, a political, integrity, and security risks consultancy specializing in hostile and complex markets. Prior to joining Control Risks, he was a managing partner with Ricoh Americas Corporation. We discussed the company’s eTrium technology application, as well as its focus on corporate investigations, global consulting, managing integrity risk, and due diligence. Burns also addressed the advantages of being familiar with each local international market on the impact of a converging legal technology, risk, and data protection environment.
    6 min
  • The Local Advantage in a Global Market
    I spoke with Owen Burns, a senior consultant in legal technologies for Control Risks, a political, integrity, and security risks consultancy specializing in hostile and complex markets. Prior to joining Control Risks, he was a managing partner with Ricoh Americas Corporation. We discussed the company’s eTrium technology application, as well as its focus on corporate investigations, global consulting, managing integrity risk, and due diligence. Burns also addressed the advantages of being familiar with each local international market on the impact of a converging legal technology, risk, and data protection environment.
    6 min
  • The Local Advantage in a Global Market
    I spoke with Owen Burns, a senior consultant in legal technologies for Control Risks, a political, integrity, and security risks consultancy specializing in hostile and complex markets. Prior to joining Control Risks, he was a managing partner with Ricoh Americas Corporation. We discussed the company’s eTrium technology application, as well as its focus on corporate investigations, global consulting, managing integrity risk, and due diligence. Burns also addressed the advantages of being familiar with each local international market on the impact of a converging legal technology, risk, and data protection environment.
    6 min
  • Is Questio an Answer to E-Discovery Challenges?

    I spoke with Dave Deppe, the president of UnitedLex, a global legal services company, which focuses on litigation, contract management, and intellectual property. Prior to joining UnitedLex, he was a founding partner of Focus Legal Solutions, an electronic discovery boutique, which Mutual of Omaha acquired in December 2008. We discussed the release of Questio, the company's new consultant-led technology platform, how it differs from predictive coding, its development cycle, and what it reveals about the evolution of client interaction with digital tools.

    9 min
  • Wordsmithing Your Way to Success
    I spoke with Gary Kinder, a lawyer and the New York Times bestselling author of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea: The History and Discovery of the World’s Richest Shipwreck. Kinder is the founder and creator of WordRake, an editing software program that he reports is being used by thousands of law firms, universities, and organizations to help individuals write clearly and concisely. We discussed the genesis of WordRake, which he highlighted is “designed to get rid of words that convey no meaning.” He suggests that writers delete phrases like “in this case” and “the terms of the contract.” In addition, look for the words in or of and reduce words around them that force readers to slow down. In a legal market that values efficiency, writers need to make their points faster. Since everyone needs an editor, Kinder created WordRake to fill that void. He offers a variety of writing tips on his blog – WritetothePoint.com – and WordRake offers a 3-day free trial.
    16 min
  • Reinventing Litigation Support

    I spoke with Albert Buckwalter, the Director of Litigation Support for the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division in Washington, DC, and the editor-in-chief of Litigation Support Today, a magazine for litigation support professionals that has been published since 2007.

    13 min
  • Online Video Has Become the Tie Breaker for Professionals
    I spoke with Brian Albert, the founder and developer of TheLaw.tv, which is both a legal news and information website for consumers, as well as a producer of online videos for lawyers. TheLaw.tv has purportedly shot and distributed more than 100,000 videos over the last four years. By way of background, Albert is a lawyer and a broadcast journalist, who has interviewed Barack Obama, Alan Dershowitz, and Eric Schmidt, among many others. We discussed the genesis of TheLaw.tv and how video transforms the experience of those who visit websites of providers of professional services. He advised that online video creates trust, showcases legal aptitude, and improves conversion rates. It also helps lawyers convey knowledge, compassion, and personality.
    17 min
  • Implementing and Managing Change for Professional Services Firms
    I spoke with Vincent Bell, the former Director of Administration for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s New York office, who recently founded the Upstream Consulting Group to provide financial and operational support for law firms nationwide. We discussed the genesis and mission of Upstream Consulting, how the legal field has changed over the past three decades, and the evolving role of legal administrators, among other topics. Bell offers ideas for optimizing billing and collection, strategies for implementing operational modifications, and key advice for managing partners.
    7 min
  • Implementing and Managing Change for Professional Services Firms
    I spoke with Vincent Bell, the former Director of Administration for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s New York office, who recently founded the Upstream Consulting Group to provide financial and operational support for law firms nationwide. We discussed the genesis and mission of Upstream Consulting, how the legal field has changed over the past three decades, and the evolving role of legal administrators, among other topics. Bell offers ideas for optimizing billing and collection, strategies for implementing operational modifications, and key advice for managing partners.
    7 min

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