Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Anthony Davies, the Chief Revenue Officer and a Senior Partner at Forrest Solutions, an onsite outsourcing, flexible staffing, and alternative legal services provider. We discussed how law firms are preparing for a return to the office, how they are creating an ideal workplace experience, and ways that the workplace is evolving.

I spoke with Marc Zamsky and Marla Crawford, the CEO and general counsel, respectively, for Cimplifi, an integrated legal services provider that aligns e-discovery and contract analytics for corporate legal departments and law firms. We discussed Cimplifi’s new market research report, The Expanding Influence of Legal Operations: An Inside Look at AI, CLM, and Law Department Transformation, the trends driving change in corporate law departments, how CLM and AI are affecting in-house strategic initiatives, and the trajectory of digital transformation in legal.

I spoke with Alaa Pasha, the CEO of Maptician, an end-to-end solution for hybrid operations with a focus on law firms. We discussed what firms that are finding success in a hybrid workplace are doing to thrive, mistakes law firms are making in managing their teams and training their employees, and balancing a return to the office full-time and working in a hybrid manner.

I spoke with Rob Ameerun, the founder of the Lexpo conference, which is focused on promoting innovation and digital transformation throughout Europe. The 2023 edition will take place on June 12 and 13th in Amsterdam. We discussed how Lexpo differs from other conferences, this year's programs, and what the focus indicates about how the legal industry has changed.

In this fifth episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and Legal Industry Analyst Ari Kaplan of Ari Kaplan Advisors, discuss various conferences, including the ALA and CLOC, use cases for generative AI, and aligning process with technology.

I spoke with Nathan Cemenska, the Director of Legal Operations and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions. We discussed the current state of the legal profession, how AI and automation are going to impact the profession, best practices for engaging in digital transformation, and where legal teams are gaining the most value from technology.

I spoke with Jordana Confino, the founder of JC Coaching & Consulting, a company devoted to advancing the well-being of the legal profession.  She is also the Assistant Dean and an Adjunct Professor at Fordham Law School. We discussed why well-being matters in the legal profession, the impact of positive lawyering, how technology is affecting well-being, and the importance of creating a positive workplace culture.

I spoke with co-founders Yongmin Cho, CEO, and Angie Cho, regional director, for Intellectual Data, an e-discovery provider based in Seoul, Korea, supporting APAC-based conglomerates, among other global companies. We discussed the unique aspects of e-discovery in Asia, the most common e-discovery challenges that Korean companies specifically and Asian corporations in general face, and how artificial intelligence is affecting e-discovery.

I spoke with Steven Choi, the CEO of Traact Inc, a legal operations software company focused on automating entity management and compliance in corporate legal departments. We discussed the connection between entity management and law department efficiency, best practices for automating entity management, and how entity management is evolving.

I spoke with Matt Rasmussen, the Founder & CEO of ModeOne Technologies, a cloud-based software framework that enables remote data collection from smartphones. We spoke about preserving data on mobile devices, how to avoid the most common mistakes associated with collecting data from smartphones, and best practices for collecting files from mobile devices.