I spoke with Tom Dreyfus, the CEO and co-founder of Josef, an Australian legal automation platform. Prior to founding Josef, Tom worked as a litigator in Melbourne, Australia and clerked at the High Court of Australia. We discussed the genesis of Josef, why legal professionals should leverage automation, the benefits and risks of a distributed or ground-up approach to legal automation, and the future of legal work.
I spoke with Steve Tover, the founder of Anylaw, a free legal research platform. We discussed the genesis of Anylaw, how it differs from other legal research solutions, the company’s business model, and where the legal research sector is headed.
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 Josh Maley, the founder of Theorem, a platform designed to aggregate legal technology applications for law firms and corporate legal departments. We discussed the genesis of Theorem, how using it impacts how organizations manage their application suite, and advice for law firm and legal department leaders who are driving innovation.
I spoke with Marco Maggio, the vice president of Strategic Practices for the All Covered division of Konica Minolta. We discussed the key trends impacting the legal industry in 2020, those which are most important to your clients, why the predictability of outcomes has become so important, and whether legal innovation is at a tipping point.
I spoke with Chris Osborn, the co-founder of Reeltime Creative Learning Experiences, a national provider of continuing education and professional development programs. We discussed the genesis of Reeltime Creative Learning Experiences, the programs it offers, how the delivery of continuing legal education has changed, and how it will continue to evolve.
I spoke with Jerry Ting, the CEO and co-founder of Evisort, an AI-powered contract analysis system. We discussed the genesis of Evisort and its recent $15 million investment, advice for legal tech entrepreneurs seeking investors in 2020, how investors should evaluate early-stage, pre-revenue companies in legal, ways that hopeful entrepreneurs could carve out their niche, and where legal tech is headed.
I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal’s docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.
During Legalweek, I had the privilege of interviewing an array of legal industry leaders about issues ranging from machine learning and hybrid e-discovery to practical innovation and the business of law. This is a mixtape of their perspectives.
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