Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with John Robertson, the founder of Fortlog Services, a training company that focuses on helping organizations manage transitions: workplace change and upheaval, conflict, and stress, among other areas. We discussed how organizations should define wellness, ways they can optimize it, and best practices for addressing and resolving conflicts in the workplace.

I spoke with Maya Markovich, the executive in residence at Village Capital, and the executive director of the Justice Technology Association. We discussed the mission of the Justice Technology Association, the problems that justice tech aims to address, how her experience with NextLaw Labs has helped to shape her approach, and where justice tech is headed.

I spoke with Craig Carpenter and Dean Gonsowski, the CEO and CRO, respectively for Gimmal, a provider of software and services to streamline the discovery, migration, governance, and compliance of information. We discussed the genesis of Gimmal, the biggest information governance challenges that legal teams need to address, how companies should revise their records retention and document management plans, and the impact that technology is having on the way organizations approach their e-discovery matters.

I spoke with John Tredennick, the founder and CEO of Merlin Search Technologies, a developer of cloud-based search applications. We discussed the genesis of Merlin Search Technologies, how his experience as a large law firm partner and CEO of Catalyst has helped shape Merlin’s mission, the matters for which search technology is best suited, how legal technology is evolving beyond legal, and advice for legal tech entrepreneurs.

I spoke with Anthony Davies, the Chief Revenue Officer for Forrest Solutions, an onsite outsourcing, flexible staffing, and alternative legal services provider. We discussed how the move to a hybrid work model has impacted attorney retention, recruitment, and collaboration, the “rise of hospitality” in law firms, and the changing expectations of working in an office.

I spoke with Josh Herman, the vice president for marketing and public relations at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. We discussed what makes the hotel unique, how it shifted its focus during the pandemic, the best time to visit, and what business lessons leaders can learn from how the Fontainebleau Miami Beach has maintained its appeal over many years.

I spoke with members of the board of directors for The Masters Conference, including Rick Clark, its co-founder, and senior director of sales enablement and strategy with CloudNine, Monica Harris, product business manager of enterprise solutions at Cellebrite, and Marla Mohr, manager of client relations at ACEDS, We discussed the return of The Masters Conference, how its 2022 schedule honors the legacy of Robert Childress, who led the conference for many years, what distinguishes this series, and the skills that are necessary for legal professionals to thrive in a post-pandemic environment.

I spoke with Dean Whalen, the chief legal officer for Readback, an artificial intelligence-assisted court reporting platform. We discussed ways to build trust in AI, how states are adapting to changes in court reporting, and how court reporting will evolve.

I spoke with Scott Seidewitz, the CEO of BlissDivorce, a company that leverages dispute resolution technology to streamline divorce proceedings. We discussed how BlissDivorce differs from other online divorce platforms, why a consumer would choose to leverage technology over hiring an attorney, and how legal technology is evolving to support consumers.

I spoke with Stephanie Corey, the co-founder and general partner of UpLevel Ops, a legal strategy and operations consulting firm. She is also the co-founder of the Legal Innovators Network, a new association exclusively for senior legal operations professionals. We discussed the role of technology in driving innovation and efficiency in corporate legal departments, the Legal Innovators Network, and where the field of legal operations is headed.