I spoke with Ray Biederman, a partner with Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman in Indianapolis and the co-founder and CEO of Proteus Discovery Group and DiscoveryMaster. We discussed whether attorneys with large firm backgrounds should take the leap and start their own firms, the trend of attorneys and law firms to develop related businesses, and the most common misconceptions or frustrations about e-discovery.
I spoke with Matt Fawcett, the general counsel of NetApp, a Fortune 500 cloud data services and data management company. We discussed the challenges of designing and implementing a new approach to delivering a company’s legal services, ways to build trusted networks virtually, his 10th anniversary as NetApp’s General Counsel, the importance of gratitude, and his advice for thriving in the current environment.
I spoke with Anjie Vichayanonda, the founder of Leg Up Legal, a mentoring program and platform for prospective law students.
We discussed the genesis of Leg Up Legal, the Virtual Legal Career Boot Camp, legal career challenges and opportunities, and whether you should enroll in law school this fall.
I spoke with Haley Altman, the global director of business development and strategy for Litera, a document lifecycle software provider. We discussed her transition from law firm partner to legal tech startup founder to senior executive at a software firm that acquired her company, Litera’s acquisition strategy, how the remote working environment has impacted the way Litera’s customers use its software, how the document lifecycle sector is evolving.
I spoke with Rich Robinson, the Director of Legal Operations & Litigation Support for Toyota Legal One, which is part of Toyota Motor North America. We discussed ways that career disruption has changed, how professionals can adapt to the current environment, overcoming the reluctance to pivot, and maximizing opportunities.
I spoke with Dana Denis-Smith, the founder and CEO of Obelisk Support, a UK-based company that provides flexible legal services worldwide. We discussed the genesis of Obelisk Support, how the company has adapted to the COVID-19 crisis, the skills that are necessary to thrive in the current environment, and her research focused on empowering female founders.
I spoke with Patrick DiDomenico, the chief innovation officer for Jackson Lewis, a large national labor and employment-focused law firm with more than 60 offices throughout the United States, and the author of Knowledge Management for Lawyers (American Bar Association, 2016). We discussed his mission at the firm, key challenges in the current crisis, best practices for law firms adapting to a completely remote working environment, and the role of legal technology in this transformation.
I spoke with Greg Garman, the co-founder of LAWCLERK, an online marketplace of freelance lawyers, and a founding partner with Garman Turner Gordon.
We discussed the genesis of LAWCLERK, how Garman balances his LAWCLERK responsibilities with those of a practicing lawyer, the type of firms for which LAWCLERK’s freelancers are most appropriate, the projects that LAWCLERK’s freelancers can handle, the risks and advantages associated with hiring freelance attorneys over full-time associates, and how the freelance market for attorneys will impact the profession in 2019.
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I spoke with Anthony Crowell, the dean and president of New York Law School, which recently launched a Business of Law Institute and released a market research report called – The Business of Law: A Market Research Study to Explore Opportunities for New York Law School Students – which helped to support the new initiative. [Disclosure: New York Law School engaged Ari Kaplan Advisors to produce this new report.]
We discussed the genesis of the Business of Law Institute, why it was important for the study to combine qualitative interviews, quantitative analytics, and student focus groups, the report’s key findings, its surprises, and how the law school’s new initiative reflects the trajectory of legal education and the profession.
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I spoke with David Cowen, the president and managing director of The Cowen Group, a staffing and recruiting firm focusing exclusively on the eDiscovery, litigation support, privacy, security, and information governance sectors. His firm also produces the Summit on Legal Innovation and Disruption in various cities across the U.S.
We discussed the genesis of the SOLID summit, why the legal industry so focused on innovation and disruption this year, how individuals can give themselves an advantage in an increasingly competitive job market, and how events like SOLID capture the evolution of the legal profession.
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