Conversation Connections, Stand-Up Comedy, and Legal Tech Start-Ups

June 2nd, 2017 → 10:18 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Zach Abramowitz, the founder of ReplyAll, which he describes as a new way to create conversations online. Zach is also a speaker and writer on innovation, as well as a former stand-up comedian, producer at ESPN radio, and corporate lawyer. His columns and conversations on legal disruption appear in Above the Law, Bloomberg, and TechCrunch.

We discussed the genesis of ReplyAll, how it works, the challenges associated with creating a technology start-up, how stand-up comedy fueled his work, the connection between ReplyAll and legal tech, and available opportunities for disruption in the legal field.

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A View From the Board of Directors By an Investor in Legal Tech

May 16th, 2017 → 7:49 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Steven Sinofsky, a board partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he serves as an advisor to various companies, including as a board member of the e-discovery software provider, Everlaw.

We discussed why law-related software is so attractive right now, whether a VC firm calculates the valuation of an e-discovery company differently from a prospect in any other industry, how long it takes to evaluate a company for an investment, ways that a board member supports the strategy of a portfolio company, and what the appeal of legal technology says about where the market is headed.

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Identifying and Investing in Solutions for Law Firms and Legal Departments

April 7th, 2017 → 5:07 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with David Perla and Sanjay Kamlani, the co-founders of Pangea3, a leading legal industry outsourcing firm that Thomson Reuters acquired in 2010, who have recently established 1991 Group, an advisory business with an investment arm focused on legal, outsourcing/offshoring, and services that assist technology-focused companies.

We discussed the genesis of 1991 Group, why there is so much interest in supporting legal technology and services companies, promising areas in the field, what the 1991 Group team looks for in prospective investments, and where the legal industry is headed, among other topics.

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Transforming Contract Review and Analysis Technology

March 10th, 2017 → 9:45 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Ben Whetsell, a co-founder of Paper Software, the developer of Contract Tools for Windows and Turner for Mac, which are contract review and analysis tools.

We discussed the genesis of Paper Software, why legal professionals need contract review and analysis technology, and how the evolution of the way lawyers practice impacts the need for tools of this type.

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Collaborating to Reinvent Legal Project Management

March 3rd, 2017 → 3:00 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Phil Homburger, president of LawBase, a leading case and matter management system, and David Rueff, a shareholder and the legal project management officer at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, who oversees the development of the firm’s legal project management solution, BakerManage®, and is on the board of directors of the firm’s subsidiary, LegalShift, which is collaborating with LawBase to bring its technology to the broader market.

We discussed BakerManage® and the genesis of its development, the collaboration between Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC and LawBase, why project management has become so important for legal professionals, and what an initiative like this one symbolizes about the evolution of the legal industry, among other topics.

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From PDF to the Cloud, Empowering Technology Use in 2017

February 28th, 2017 → 11:47 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Dean Sappey, the President and co-founder of DocsCorp, a software company that develops a range of document productivity and security tools for law firms, including pdfDocs, compareDocs, contentCrawler, and cleanDocs.

We discussed the genesis of DocsCorp, how the use of digital files is impacting the legal profession, GDPR compliance and how that treatment of digital information is affecting data security and privacy, and upcoming software developments in the legal industry.

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Why Outside Counsel Should Provide Metrics to Their Clients

February 22nd, 2017 → 7:41 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Mark Noel, the Managing Director of Professional Services for Catalyst, a provider of litigation support software and services.

We discussed the webinar Catalyst hosted with Rees Morrison of Altman Weil, Inc. – Centralize, Simplify, Save – How to Leverage Technology to Decrease Outside Legal Spending – focused on the results of the consulting firm’s 2016 Chief Legal Officer Survey, how the report addresses the approach to metrics and cost reduction by corporate counsel, why outside counsel should provide that information to their clients, and ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning are helping to respond to the concerns of chief legal officers, among other topics.

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Industry Leaders Discuss Where the Legal Field is Headed in 2017

December 19th, 2016 → 5:56 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with a panel of industry leaders in a virtual roundtable about where the legal field is headed and asked for their advice on navigating prospective 2017 challenges. The participants include:

Laura Broomell, COO of Greene Espel, and president of the Association of Legal Administrators
Ray English, Assistant Dean for the Office of Career and Employment Services at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
Jordan Furlong, principal, Law21
Tony Gomes, SVP and General Counsel, Citrix Systems
Bill Henderson, Professor of Law, Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Kate Holmes, managing director, FTI Technology
Joshua Rothman, partner, Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

From cybersecurity and global policy uncertainty to changes in the selection of outside counsel and career services aligning with admissions, descriptions of a destabilizing market were tempered with a recognition of the opportunities ahead.

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Reinventing the Legal Profession Through Freelance Lawyering

November 11th, 2016 → 12:15 pm @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Lisa Solomon, the founder and CEO of Now Counsel Network, a curated network of freelance lawyers designed to help solo and small firm attorneys.

We discussed the genesis of Now Counsel Network, the benefits of working with freelance lawyers, what they do, and how freelance lawyering is impacting the legal profession.

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Employing Legal Tech Beyond Legal

September 29th, 2016 → 10:20 am @ Ari Kaplan

I spoke with Ian Campbell, the CEO of iCONECT, a multi-party document review platform.

We discussed how iCONECT is evolving, the ways that users are leveraging its technology beyond eDiscovery and legal matters, where that usage is most popular, and how broader usage of legal tech is impacting the future of the profession.

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