Reinventing Professionals

I spoke with Bill O’Brien, the chief operating officer at Brainloop, a cloud-based document management, storage, and collaboration software company. We discussed Brainloop’s technology, with a specific focus on how it helps clients ensure compliance with ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations), the ramifications of not adhering to ITAR, and his predictions for the future of cybersecurity in the legal industry.

I spoke with Marty Smith, a founding director of MetaJure, an automated document management system. He is also the co-founder of Attenex, one of the first document review platforms that incorporated visualization, and a member of the ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services. We discussed the genesis of MetaJure, what makes it unique, how it integrates with existing document management systems, and the future of automated document management.

I spoke with Michael Tal, an attorney, who served for several years in the corporate and M&A departments of both Skadden, Arps and White & Case LLP, and the co-founder and co-CEO of BusyLamp, a provider of enterprise legal management solutions with offices in Frankfurt, Germany and New York City. We discussed the genesis of BusyLamp and its mission of bringing transparency into the billing cycle, the distinctions between how European and American companies manage their legal spend, and the impact of client influence on billing relationships, among others.

I spoke with Adam Licht, the Director of Business Development for the legal division at Intralinks, a secure collaboration technology platform supporting clients in various industries, including legal. We discussed how IntraLinks is solving key challenges that law firms and corporate law departments are facing, the company’s unique approach, the shifting emphasis on risk and compliance, and the future of secure collaboration, among other topics.

I spoke with Paige Hunt Wojcik, the vice president of business development and managed services for Discovia, a provider of e-discovery services for corporations and law firms. We discussed the evolution of managed services, its increasing popularity, essential criteria for selecting a managed services provider (e.g., technology, security, experience, etc), and the impact of the model on reducing overall legal spend, among other topics.

I spoke with AJ Shankar, the founder and CEO of Everlaw, a cloud-based review platform for e-discovery. We discussed the genesis of Everlaw, which he says is “as fast as Google and as easy to use as an Apple product,” its popularity with law firms handling complex litigation and class actions, and the impact of design and usability on e-discovery software, among other topics.

I spoke with Brian Powers, an attorney and the creator of PactSafe, a new cloud-based application launching today that allows companies and their lawyers to manage, track, deploy and enforce online legal agreements. We discussed the genesis of PactSafe, the benefits of managing online legal agreements in the cloud, including a reduction in legal spend, and the pitfalls of operating without such a tool.

I spoke with Jacob Morse, the vice president of marketing and product strategy at Brainspace, a machine learning platform focusing on e-discovery and knowledge management. We discussed the company’s approach to concept search, its philosophy on machine learning, the advantages of leveraging this technology, and the challenges associated with convincing lawyers to use it, among other topics.

I spoke with Craig Carpenter, the president and chief operating officer at Resolution1 Security, a software provider that enables continuous automated incident resolution for data breaches through real-time insight and analysis, as well as threat intelligence integration. He joined AccessData as Chief Marketing Officer in 2013 and assumed his current role in November of 2014 when the company divided its businesses. We discussed the genesis of Resolution1 Security, the industry challenges it is seeking to address, key mobility implications following high-profile data breaches, and technology trends for 2015, among other issues.

I spoke with Sarah Clark Kavanagh, the founder of Quatrove, a SaaS solution that helps manage team workflow and intelligence for a variety of organizations, including law firms worldwide. We discussed her interest in helping organizations make data-driven decisions, how the tool has been received in the marketplace, and how a product like Quatrove reflects the dynamic changes occurring in the legal community, among other topics.