Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Raj Chandrasekar, the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Consilio, a provider of e-discovery, document review, flexible legal talent, and legal advisory and transformation services. We discussed the biggest disruptions in the legal industry, how legal teams can leverage AI to improve and accelerate their investigations, and the most critical decisions humans still need to make in an AI-driven workflow.

I spoke with Matt Mahon, the Vice President for Client Solutions at Level Legal, a concierge digital forensics, e-discovery, and managed review partner for law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed how AI is changing e-discovery, the value of tailoring the client experience, the most interesting challenges involving emojis, and Legalweek 2026.

In this 54th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed preparing for Legalweek 2026, reallocating legal work, and formalizing vibe coding.

I spoke with Sanjay Kamlani, the Founder and CEO of FairPlay. We discussed the emergence of AI-first law firms, how they differ from traditional law firms, and FairPlay's long-term vision.

I spoke with Josh Aaron, the CEO of Aiden Technologies, a company that delivers intelligent Windows endpoint automation and rapid recovery for law firms and other highly regulated organizations, which just launched AidenRescue. We discussed how AidenRescue helps law firms recover from ransomware or system attacks, the biggest endpoint management and recovery pain points in law firms, and how expectations for cybersecurity and endpoint recovery are evolving.

I spoke with Ville Kulmala, the Head of Technology Strategy and International Growth at BestSign, which delivers trusted e-signatures and legal AI for companies operating across borders. We discussed the patterns from the dot-com era and the financial crisis that are similar to the emergence of AI, how AI is changing business operations for multinational companies, and the trends legal industry leaders should track.

I spoke with Matthew Bady, a registered nurse and the founder of BoardWise, a SaaS platform that helps licensed professionals manage their board paperwork. We discussed how BoardWise fits within the broader legal tech and access-to-justice landscape, and ways that the platform is evolving as more licensed professionals turn to technology to navigate changes in administrative law.

I spoke with Sam Davidoff, the Founder and CEO of Align, a digital binder product for litigators. We discussed the genesis of Align, where non-AI legal technology tools fit into a law firm’s suite of applications, and how legal tech is transforming the practice of law.

In this 53rd episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed Groundhog Day, law firms embracing vibe coding, and corporate counsel perspectives on AI and innovation.

I spoke with Aku Sorainen, the Founder and Senior Partner at Sorainen, a law firm based in Estonia, with additional offices in Latvia and Lithuania. We discussed the importance of data in measuring the effects of innovation, how law firm leaders should prepare for the future of legal practice enhanced by AI, the firm’s development of Crespect, and the value of law firms spinning off their technology.