LegalTechLIVE
LegalTechLIVE is your front-row seat to the future of law and technology. Hosted by Nick Rishwain and Hana Zumout, this show features the innovators, tools, and ideas reshaping the legal industry, from SaaS breakthroughs to the rise of AI. Originally launched in 2015 as a live video show, LegalTechLIVE is back, and the timing couldn't be more perfect! Whether you're a legal professional, tech entrepreneur, or someone watching the legal industry transform in real time, these conversations are worth your attention. 🎙️ Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Allen Rodriguez President of Arizona ABS Law Firm Singular Law Group - LegalTechLIVE - Ep. 131
11/23/2021
Allen Rodriguez President of Arizona ABS Law Firm Singular Law Group - LegalTechLIVE - Ep. 131
We wrap up this season with a long-time friend of the show, Allen Rodriguez. is a legal product development strategist who has been serving the legal industry for over 20 years. Over the course of his career, Allen has built a reputation for creating innovative products as well as developing highly effective law firm business and marketing strategies. Allen is a valued speaker on the topics of law marketing, legal services product development, and future of law issues. He has provided consulting and marketing services for companies such as McKinsey & Co., Coleman Research Group, LexisNexis, and Littler. Before starting The Singular Law Group under the Arizona alternative business structure for , Allen founded law innovation agency ONE400 and was the Director of Attorney Services at LegalZoom. While there, his work contributed to a substantial portion of overall revenue at the company and helped LegalZoom move from a provider of “do-it-yourself” legal services to a comprehensive legal solutions provider, incorporating attorney-fulfilled work across all U.S. jurisdictions. Additionally, this was a special evening event on and Allen is a United States Army veteran. We were honored to have him join to tell us about the Singular Law Group on such a special day. For those considering building a law firm in Arizona, that allows for non-lawyer ownership, you're going to want to catch this replay. Allen doesn't only give us the vision of Singular Law Group, he also lays out the exact steps he went through to apply to the Arizona bar and the efforts it took to be approved to offer legal services under the ABS model. Thanks for spending time with us this season... we'll be back in the future! More about Allen Rodriguez & Singular Law Group: Allen Rodriguez on Twitter: . Allen Rodriguez on LinkeIn: The Singular Law Group: . ONE400: .
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The Effectiveness Project with Ivy Grey & Chris Cangero - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 130
11/18/2021
The Effectiveness Project with Ivy Grey & Chris Cangero - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 130
In a change of pace for our show, we do not cover a legaltech startup in this episode. Instead, we take a look at The Effectiveness Project, which is a legal technology collaboration through the Legal Technology Core Competencies Certification Coalition and a variety of legal technology vendors. The Effectiveness Project is an international working group of legal professionals, with support from LTC4, collaborating to establish best practices and baseline skills for creating effective legal documents. They are focusing, at present, on what is called Document Competency. The first release from The Effectiveness Project, is the Document Competency Best Practices Guide. This guide is free and can be downloaded right now. See the link below. The Best Practices Guide was created with the understanding that the legal document-creation process is highly individualized. As such, The Effectiveness Project sought to provide guidance that is specific, yet flexible. To meet that goal, the Best Practices Guide is divided into drafting stages so it can be used as a modular part of a workflow. Two participants in the collaboration are friends, and former guests, of LegalTechLIVE. They joined us to describe the goals and mission of The Effectiveness Project. Ivy Grey is the Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Wordrake. Ivy has been the driving force behind the effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of document creation through The Effectiveness Project. Chris Cangero is the Chief Executive Officer of DocStyle, LLC and another of the leading voices behind push for better document creation via The Effectiveness Project. Take a listen and download the Best Practices Guide. Connect with our guests and get involved!
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ODR with FairClaims Founder & CEO Stephen Kane - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 129
10/21/2021
ODR with FairClaims Founder & CEO Stephen Kane - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 129
FairClaims is an easy alternative to court. With nearly a decade of experience as a leading online dispute resolution provider, we've resolved thousands of disputes online. We believe everyone deserves a chance to be heard and are here to help. Here is how it works: 1) Tell us about your dispute. We will invite the other side to resolve it and assign a qualified and friendly Arbitrator. 2) You will upload evidence and have a live phone or video hearing where the Arbitrator will hear both sides of the story. 3) Your Arbitrator will issue a decision within 8 days of your hearing. This decision is legally binding and enforceable. Stephen Kane is a former practicing lawyer who has been working on this solution since before 2016. As an attorney, he saw how unfair the legal system can be for both individuals and businesses. As a result, he built a platform where parties can be heard, regardless of who they are. Learn more about this online dispute resolution ( ) platform for binding arbitrations. In the discussion, we cover a variety of issues, from fundraising, to founding, and beyond. Sit down and watch and enjoy another discussion with a founder. More about Stephen Kane & FairClaims: Stephen Kane on Twitter: . Stephen Kane on LinkedIn: . FairClaims on Twitter: . FairClaims website: . SHOW LESS
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Karen Renee Founder & CEO of eCourtReporters - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 128
10/15/2021
Karen Renee Founder & CEO of eCourtReporters - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 128
With award-winning technology, eCourtReporters gives attorneys and schedulers direct access to experienced, certified court reporters and legal videographers all across the country. Karen Renee owns Milwaukee Court Reporters and actively provides court reporting services. Graduated 2008 cum laude from Alfred State College, New York, associates degree. She was awarded Innovator of the Year from the State Bar of Wisconsin, Innovation Use of Technology from the National Court Reporters Association, and Bright New Idea award from the Governor's Business Plan Contest. Karen is a lifelong entrepreneur to say the least. In this episode, she tells a story about her introduction to the Uber app which inspired her idea to do the same thing with court reporting, as it has inspired a wide number of other technology innovations. There is a need for "gig" work and coordination. That's what eCourtReporters is offering to court reporters, legal videographers, and attorneys. A simple and effective way to coordinate freelance work. It is also helping court reporters, who are certified in more than one state, to accept work from all of the jurisdictions in which they're certified. More about Karen Renee and eCourtReporters: Karen Renee on LinkedIn: . Karen Renee on Twitter: . eCourtReporters on Twitter: . eCourtReporters website: . SHOW LESS
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Kristin and Talitha CoFounders of LawClerk - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 127
10/07/2021
Kristin and Talitha CoFounders of LawClerk - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 127
Whether you need occasional help from a freelance lawyer or a long term subscription associate, thousands of law firms rely on us to bill more hours and reduce overhead. LawClerk is where attorneys go to find virtual associates and freelance attorneys. For episode 127, and in continuation of our series, we are joined by Talitha Gray Kozlowski and Kristin Tyler, co-founders of LawClerk. Talitha and Kristin were associates and a large regional firm before they made the move to a boutique law firm in Las Vegas. Near the time they made the change from "BigLaw" to the boutique firm, they also started the development of their startup. Solution born from the problem they were facing now that they didn't have the massive number of associates and staff with which to turn to when things got busy, they began developing their own solution. A solution, meant to provide attorneys with greater control over their careers and help small and medium law firms find the expertise they required. Learn more about their journey and life from two practicing attorneys and company founders! More about Talitha, Kristin and LawClerk: Talitha Gray Kozlowski on LinkedIn: . Talitha Gray Kozlowski on Twitter: Kristin Tyler on LinkedIn: . Kristin Tyler on Twitter: . LawClerk on Twitter: . LawClerk website:
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Sophie Walker CEO of Just Transcription - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 126
09/30/2021
Sophie Walker CEO of Just Transcription - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 126
Our guest, Sophie Walker, is an experienced human rights practitioner, having previously spent five years as a US Attorney representing death row prisoners, and three years as a solicitor, before being called to the Bar in 2016. She completed a two-year legal fellowship at the not-for-profit Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama, representing death row prisoners in both state and federal courts. She also challenged the incarceration of terminally ill prisoners and was part of the team that successfully challenged sentencing of children to whole-life sentences at the US Supreme Court, Graham v Florida, 560 U.S.48. As you can see, Sophie has quite the history in . In Just Transcription, she's bringing her expertise to improving access to legal transcripts and reducing the cost and nightmare involved in obtaining transcripts for and their clients. Check out this interview with a passionate founder intent on improving access to legal records necessary for appeals and more. More about Sophie Walker & Just-Transcription: Sophie Walker on LinkedIn: . Just Transcription on Twitter: . Just Transcription website: . Just Access website: . SHOW LESS
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Jacqueline Schafer Founder & CEO of Clearbrief - LegalTechLVIE - Episode 125
09/23/2021
Jacqueline Schafer Founder & CEO of Clearbrief - LegalTechLVIE - Episode 125
Coming hot off of a $3.5M fundraising round, Jacqueline Schafer joined LegalTechLIVE to share her experience as a practicing lawyer turned founder. Here's a little background on the impressive pedigree of Jacqueline Schafer: Jacqueline began her career as a litigation associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, and spent much of career as an Assistant Attorney General in the Washington and Alaska Attorney General’s Offices, where she specialized in appellate practice and complex litigation. Before joining the startup world and founding Clearbrief, Jacqueline also served as Senior Director, Program Counsel for the national child welfare nonprofit Casey Family Programs, negotiating agreements with courts across the country and managing litigation and amicus efforts in impact litigation. Jacqueline was recognized by VentureBeat as one of four semi-finalists for the 2020 Women in AI Rising Star award for founding ClearBrief, as well as for her Dec 2020 law review article describing how AI and natural language processing (NLP) will transform courts and government social services. We won't tell you the story that changed how Jacqueline started to think about clarity and facts that led to the creation of Clearbrief... you'll want to catch that story in in the episode. Clearbrief allows you to know the record inside and out. The only tool that instantly finds and links to the best record documents (facts and evidence) to support each sentence in the brief, while you write! All while using . More about Jacqueline Schafer & Clearbrief: Jacqueline Schafer on LinkedIn: . Jacqueline Schafer on Twitter: . Clearbrief on Twitter: . Clearbrief website: .
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Erin Levine CEO and Founder of Hello Divorce - LegalTechLIVE - 124
09/09/2021
Erin Levine CEO and Founder of Hello Divorce - LegalTechLIVE - 124
We cannot pretend to be objective about this interview. Erin Levine has been a friend of the show for several years. She's previously been a co-host and has been a huge supporter for other women founders who have been on the show. In the episode Erin takes us from inception of Hello Divorce to her decision to fundraise (coming off a recent $2M raise). Her company has faced many difficulties including a patchwork of jurisdictional and local rules, the difficulties of reframing the idea of divorce and the approaches to wellness they've employed in a more holistic approach to the termination of the marital contract. Further, we dive into finding the right investors and moving from an small "all hands on deck" into a more refined operationalized and systematized company. A necessary change for a growing company. We do not want to ruin this candid conversation by over-describing the interaction. Get to know Erin and Hello Divorce. They're leading the way on direct-to-consumer legal assistance. More about Erin Levine & Hello Divorce: Erin Levine on Twitter: . Hello Divorce on Twitter: . Hello Divorce on Instagram: . Hello Divorce website: . SHOW LESS
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Felicitas and Iraida Co Founders of Immigration Startup Gethedocs.com - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 123
09/02/2021
Felicitas and Iraida Co Founders of Immigration Startup Gethedocs.com - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 123
If you've been following the news at all in the last 5 years, you're going to be inspired by this . Felicitas Ukert is the Founder & CEO. Iraida Herrera is the Founder and VP. They met at Cornell Law School in 2019 when they were both pursuing their LLM's. It was during that time in law school that Get The Docs was born. They were aware of the crisis at the US border for those migrating from Central America. As they researched the issue of , they discovered many people already in the US often need to obtain documentation from their country of origin. They set out to make it easier to obtain documents from countries of origin. In order to do so, they needed to have contact with lawyers on the ground in those countries. That's what they did. Expecting they would have huge demand from immigrants moving to the United States, they were surprised to learn that was only about 50% of their inquiries. In fact, they also had significant inquiries from those in the US who were moving outside the country. Also, they have those in countries outside the US who need to obtain documents from an entirely separate nation state. Having such a broad total addressable market is both a blessing and curse. As it is difficult to describe to potential market to investors. You cannot tell investors the entire world is your market. So, they describe some of their experience in refining the product, the software, and their pitch. Felicitas and Iraida are most definitely addressing an issue where can improve efficiency and help customers to rest at ease as the tracking of documents is outsourced to Get The Docs. Learn more about Felicitas, Iraida, and Gethedocs.com: Felicitas Ukert on LinkedIn: . Iraida Herrera on LinkedIn: Iraida Herrera on Twitter: Gethedocs on Twitter: . Gethedocs website: SHOW LESS
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Haley Altman LegalTech Founder & Global Head of Corporate Development at Litera - Episode 122
08/26/2021
Haley Altman LegalTech Founder & Global Head of Corporate Development at Litera - Episode 122
Haley Altman has had a notable legal and career. She's steadily moved forward from legal associate, to partner, to legaltech co-founder and CEO, and now sits as the Global Head of Corporate Development for the company that acquired her legal technology startup. In this episode, Haley shares her outstanding journey from legal practice into technology and entrepreneurship. Her experience should be shared with as many founders as possible. Two takeaways that stood out in the conversation. Haley described what her startup offered, with precision. Make sure to listen to that aspect of her interview and refine the description of your startup. The second great takeaway was how her previous company found a sweet spot on the pain point lawyers were having in managing transactions. Lawyers knew it was a problem that required a solution. The added benefit, was many investors had been on the other side of closing transactions and therefore understood the problem her company was solving. As such, it put Doxly in a good place for selling the software as well as finding funding. Lastly, we touched on the recent acquisition of Kira Systems by Litera. There appears to be a focus on Litera becoming the one-stop shopping experience for legal transactions via . More about Haley Altman & Litera: Haley Altman on LinkedIn: . Haley Altman on Twitter: . Litera Microsystems website: .
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Andy Wilson, CEO of eDiscovery Company Logikcull - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 121
08/05/2021
Andy Wilson, CEO of eDiscovery Company Logikcull - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 121
Andy Wilson knows a thing or two about . He's been operating in the legal technology space since 2004. Back when legal technology was eDiscovery and eDiscovery was legaltech. We were lucky to have him join the show because he has incredible experience in building a company, building the product, building the cloud, and then building a new version of his company in cloud-based service on AWS. Not only did he build a venture backed company, but he built a bootstrapped company for many years, which allowed them to build the cloud service, before becoming venture-backed. At the point they decided to seek outside capital, it was all about growing at a faster rate. It wasn't a decision made easily. Andy spends a lot of time describing the thought process he went through before accepting outside money and from who to accept that money. Bottom line, if you are a founder in the legal space, you're going to want to watch/listen to this episode because Andy shares some incredible knowledge and experience. More about Andy Wilson & Logikcull: Andy Wilson on Twitter: . Andy Wilson on LinkedIn: . Logikcull on Twitter: . Logikcull website: .
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Professional Development for Lawyers with DueCourse CEO Drew Amoroso - LegalTechLIVE - Ep. 120
07/29/2021
Professional Development for Lawyers with DueCourse CEO Drew Amoroso - LegalTechLIVE - Ep. 120
Drew Amoroso founded DueCourse to address a big problem he saw in the legal community: a lack of effective, modern development resources for lawyers. He believe's in the power of providing lawyers with the information they need to take control of their practice and career. He started his career as a senior associate at Reed Smith and was the immediate past president of the Barristers Club at the Bar Association of San Francisco. Drew is a visiting lecturer at UC Davis School of Law, the University of San Francisco, and Golden Gate University, where he teaches a Practice Ready Seminar designed to prepare law students to make the transition from students to practice-ready lawyers. As you will learn in this episode, Drew is a believer in health and fitness and upon leaving Reed Smith, he branded himself as a fitness lawyer. That is the way he carved out his individual practice area in the space he desired to practice. His underlying belief in wellness drove him to , training, and coaching for . After on-premises training, Due Course became a software-as-a-service tool connecting lawyers with coaches to help them achieve their personal and professional goals. Wellness is an ongoing problem in the legal industry, so anything that focuses on the wellness and personal growth is worth paying attention. More about Drew Amoroso & DueCourse App: Drew Amoroso on LinkedIn: . Drew Amoroso on Twitter: . DueCourse on Twitter: @DueCourse__. Due Course website: .
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Patrick Hall Co Founder of Law Firm and Data Science Co BNH.ai - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 119
07/09/2021
Patrick Hall Co Founder of Law Firm and Data Science Co BNH.ai - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 119
BNH.ai is a law firm and data science company serving enterprise organizations using applications in their business processes. BNH.ai helps the world’s largest and most innovative organizations ensure the privacy, security, fairness, and transparency of their AI and analytics. Our clients rely on us for concrete, highly technical advice to manage the risks of models that affect millions of people around the world. In this episode, we were joined by firm co-founder and resident data scientist, Patrick Hall. Patrick Hall is principal scientist at bnh.ai. Patrick also serves as a visiting professor in the Department of Decision Sciences at The George Washington University. He is a frequent writer, speaker and advisor on the responsible and transparent use of AI and ML technologies. In this episode we discuss a variety for AI use cases in which their firm has been involved. DC allows for non-lawyer ownership of law firms, which makes this firm really fascinating. It gives them a lot of flexibility to provide services as a full-service consultancy and law firm. The most poignant and probably highest profile topic we discussed is that of . Naturally, this is a topic that rears its ugly head in the and justice technology discussions and topics. The nice thing about hiring a law firm with a scientist as a co-founder is your company has a full staff available to guide you through issues to avoid algorithmic bias. More about Patrick Hall & bnh.ai: Patrick Hall on Twitter: . Patrick Hall on LinkedIn: . bnh.ai on Twitter: . bnh.ai website: .
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Anti-Money Laundering Technology with Callum Murray CEO of Amiqus - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 118
06/24/2021
Anti-Money Laundering Technology with Callum Murray CEO of Amiqus - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 118
The failure of his first business led him to the civil court process where he was inspired to fix problems within that space. Callum Murray is the founder and CEO of Amiqus.co, a company located in Scotland. Amiqus helps law firms to remotely verify and onboard staff and clients in minutes. In the UK, the rules on law firms and preventing money laundering are much more advanced than the US. As such, law firms have to conduct background checks or identity checks of staff and clients before accepting the engagement. That's where Amiqus get involved. They are a market leading compliance platform for legal, recruitment, public sector and financial services. The company offers pre-employment checks, AML compliance, identity checks, and enhanced background checks when necessary. They began their work with lawyers and law firms and partnered with Clio as Clio grew into the UK. During the pandemic, they pivoted to working with the NHS in order to keep working while law firms were mostly on hold. Callum shares some great suggestions for other founders and outlines the benefits of and rules and regulations. Some of which he expects will come into play in the US in the not-too-distant future. More about Callum Murray & Amiqus.co: Callum Murray on Twitter: . Callum Murray on LinkedIn: . Callum Murray in the Scotsman: . Amiqus on Twitter: . Amiqus website: .
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Mark Doble CEO of Legal Research Memos Startup Alexsei, Inc. - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 117
06/17/2021
Mark Doble CEO of Legal Research Memos Startup Alexsei, Inc. - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 117
Alexsei’s advanced platform delivers affordable and high-quality answers to legal questions in memo format. Alexsei's platform provides fast and reliable memos (memorandum of points and authorities). Their artificial intelligence is also supported by 6 full time lawyers conducting legal research so that there's a human element to confirm the data provided to customers. Mark Doble practiced law for a year before he decided was the way for him. His company has been in operation for nearly 4 years at the time of this interview. Founders really need to watch this interview because Mark provides some candid answers to overcoming obstacles and the mentality needed to do so. Especially with years of people telling you "your idea is a bad idea." Don't let us convince you you need to hear Mark's story. Just give it a listen. He's got some great insights for a startup founder. More about Mark Doble & Alexsei, Inc.: Mark Doble on LinkedIn: . Mark Doble on Twitter: . Alexsei on Twitter: . Alexsei website:
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Nicole Bradick Founder and CEO of Theory and Principle - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 116
06/10/2021
Nicole Bradick Founder and CEO of Theory and Principle - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 116
CEO and founder Nicole Bradick is a former litigator turned three-time legal technology entrepreneur. Nicole is the leading industry expert in legal technology product design and development. You can often find her doing talks on this topic (as well as belting out Britney Spears tunes at karaoke) on stages around the world. She has been the driving force behind some of the most ambitious digital products in the legal industry and is definitely not afraid to tell you if your product’s design is awful. You're going to want to watch this episode. Before this interview, we only knew Nicole Bradick a little. Although we'd heard incredible things over the years, we didn't get to see those amazing things in full until this interview. We are upset it took us so long to have her on the show. Nicole does an amazing job of telling founders why she chose to avoid funding on her business. She designed the business to operate and serve those she wanted to serve without being reliant or accountable to anyone else. Theory and Principle is the dev shop in the industry. No other dev shop comes to mind immediately. They serve the industry, legal technology companies and . More about Nicole Bradick & Theory and Principle: Nicole Bradick on LinkedIn: . Nicole Bradick on Twitter: . Theory and Principle on Twitter: . Theory and Principle website: . SHOW LESS
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Jason Boehmig Co-founder and CEO of Ironclad - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 115
06/03/2021
Jason Boehmig Co-founder and CEO of Ironclad - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 115
Jason Boehmig is CEO at Ironclad, the intelligent contract management system for in-house legal teams. Prior to Ironclad, Boehmig was a corporate attorney in the Startups and Venture Capital group at Silicon Valley firm Fenwick & West LLP, where he worked on early stage venture financings as well as complex corporate transactions for several well-known technology companies. If you've been paying attention to the space for any amount of time, you've heard about Ironclad. They are one of the most successful startups in the contracting and space. Their founder, Jason Boehmig, joined us for an evening to discuss his founder experience and the company's rocket ship growth. He even mentions that he's happy it looks like a rocket ship from the outside, but goes on to describe what the journey was like on the inside. In a very transparent interview, Jason even shares with us his views on the political discussions taking place in Silicon Valley and how he and his company are addressing these issues. We are grateful for the time he took and the candid discussion. Show hosted by Nick Rishwain. More about Jason Boehmig & Ironclad: Jason Boehmig on LinkedIn: . Jason Boehmig on Twitter: . Ironclad on Twitter: . Ironclad website: .
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Crypto Regulation Lawyer Hailey Lennon - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 114
05/20/2021
Crypto Regulation Lawyer Hailey Lennon - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 114
Hailey Lennon is a shareholder in Anderson Kill’s Technology, Media and Distributed Systems Group. She is based in California and affiliated with Anderson Kill’s Los Angeles office. Prior to joining Anderson Kill, Hailey was regulatory counsel at leading cryptocurrency platforms Coinbase and bitFlyer. At Coinbase, Hailey helped oversee regulatory relationships with the SEC, CFTC, OFAC and state regulators. Hailey Lennon is a powerhouse guest who is known for both her regulatory expertise and twitter shenanigans. It was her shenanigans that led us to her in the first place, but we hung around and discovered she's a brilliant lawyer with a breadth of knowledge and expertise. We think you'll find the same in this interview. Hailey even made time for us while she was taking meetings on the East Coast. During the interview she was "live from New York!" In this episode, she gives us a bit of a " regulation 101" course. Covering state regulations and the variety of federal regulations impacting projects. We even cover the phraseology of "sufficiently decentralized." As Hailey explains, she hasn't many projects that fall within that criteria from a regulatory point of view. Stay tuned as this tour de force guest has been asked to return in the future! More about Hailey Lennon: Hailey Lennon on Twitter: . Hailey Lennon on Anderson Kill website: . Law firm website: . SHOW LESS
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Armen Margarian CEO of Appearance Attorney Platform AppearMe - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 113
05/13/2021
Armen Margarian CEO of Appearance Attorney Platform AppearMe - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 113
Armen Margarian is a lawyer and serial entrepreneur with a track record for success. In need of appearance attorneys in his practice, he and his brother co-founded AppearMe, where other lawyers can find appearance attorneys in sixty seconds. Here are some of their offerings at AppearMe. - Find appearance attorneys within 60 seconds anywhere, anytime – even 10 minutes before the hearing. A nationwide network of over 10,000 attorneys at your fingertips. - Find a deposition attorney across the country within 60 seconds. AppearMe helps you save your valuable time and find solutions that are efficient and cost-effective. - Have a lot of work to get done? Use AppearMe to easily delegate some of your legal work to freelance so you can focus on more important matters. In this episode, we speak with Armen about AppearMe's rapid growth. In just over 3 years, they now have a staff of 28. They are solving a very specific issue experienced by lawyers all over the US. How to find someone to make an appearance when you cannot... It is an excellent conversation with a founder solving a legal solution with . More about Armen Margarian & AppearMe: Armen Margarian on LinkedIn: . Armen Margarian on Twitter: . AppearMe on Twitter: . AppearMe website: . SHOW LESS
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Michael Tam of Craft Ventures Discusses LegalTech Fundraising - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 112
05/06/2021
Michael Tam of Craft Ventures Discusses LegalTech Fundraising - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 112
Michael Tam has been specifically focused on venture investing since early in his career. It is the trajectory he chose. Here's a little background about our guest: Michael is a principal at Craft on the investment team, based in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Craft, he was an investor at Crosscut, where he led investments and participated on the boards of consumer and enterprise companies. As an operator, Michael managed Uber's business in Southern California markets and launched L., a direct to consumer brand acquired by Procter & Gamble. Michael began his career in venture at Bullpen Capital. Previously, he worked at BofA Merrill Lynch's tech investment banking group and began his career at PwC. In this episode we discuss the investment thesis of Michael Tam and Craft Ventures. B2B enterprise Saas is where their venture team focuses and specializes. Michael was asked to join the show as he led the round in former guest and startup Trellis.law (also a sponsor of the show). I made it clear we were interested in everything startup fundraising and we did not expect him to be a legaltech focused investor. However, as Michael discussed, he's probably looked at 8 to 10 legal technology companies in his experience. He provides us with some excellent early stage (seed and Series A) investment suggestions. Including, what concerns most of our founder-listeners: is booming and investments are flowing for . More About Michael Tam & Craft Ventures: Michael D. Tam on Twitter: . Michael D. Tam on LinkedIn: . Craft Ventures on Twitter: . Craft Ventures website: .
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Jack Newton CEO and Co Founder of Clio - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 110
04/15/2021
Jack Newton CEO and Co Founder of Clio - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 110
As the CEO and Co-founder of Clio and a pioneer in cloud-based legal technology, Jack Newton has spearheaded efforts to educate the legal community on the security, ethics, and privacy issues surrounding cloud computing, and has become a nationally recognized author and speaker on these topics. He co-founded and is President of the Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA), a consortium of leading cloud computing providers with a mandate to help accelerate the adoption of cloud computing in the legal industry, and is the author of The Client-Centered Law Firm, a bestseller that's helping law firms thrive in today's experience-driven era. Jack joined to provide his experience as a founder and CEO. The conversation covered an extensive amount of information for founders from early stage onwards. We covered the origin story of Clio, the two years of difficulties while they struggled to find funding during an economic recession. How getting the first million is far more difficult than getting $250 million in investment. Finally, we wrapped up with Jack's description of the latent legal market and the opportunities for more companies in the space. Tune in to check out the episode hosted by Nick Rishwain. More about Jack Newton & Clio.com: Jack Newton on Twitter: . Jack Newton on LinkedIn: . Clio on Twitter: . Clio website:
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Steven Fried Founder of Business Formation Startup OlyverApp - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 109
04/08/2021
Steven Fried Founder of Business Formation Startup OlyverApp - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 109
What does OlyverApp allow you to do? Start: Form corporations and LLCs, register trademarks, create website terms of service, get common business contracts. Manage: Maintain cap tables, appoint managers, notice and hold meetings, get registered in any state, file reports and returns. Grow: Provide potential investors with due diligence documents and records and 'wow' them with your management skills. Steven Fried is the founder, CEO and General Counsel of OlyverApp. He shares his experience over the last few years, from learning to code to hiring developers. Creating an application that has been serving customers from the very beginning and just recently opened to the public. It's a good story from a founder who discovered, making Nick Rishwain laugh, is the best way to be invited onto the show. It was from the fun Twitter interactions that the invite happened. More About Steven Fried & OlyverApp: Steven Fried on Twitter: . Steven Fried on LinkedIn: . OlyverApp website: .
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Federico Pomi and Daniel Rollingher of NFT Real Estate Startup Fabrica.land - LegalTechLIVE - 108
03/30/2021
Federico Pomi and Daniel Rollingher of NFT Real Estate Startup Fabrica.land - LegalTechLIVE - 108
We envision a new era where buying your house, refinancing your mortgage or running your real estate business will be powered by technology instead of paperwork and rubber stamps. As it happened in other industries, software will give us more freedom by unlocking full control and flexibility of what we own. This is what Federico Pomi, CEO of Fabrica, and Legal Counsel, Daniel Rollingher joined us to discuss. At present, they are focusing on transferring real property where title is held in a trust. The trust is then transferred via in the form of an . Currently, Fabrica is working on proving the concept... proving that property ownership can be successfully transacted in this fashion. Lawyers and communities need to pay attention. This can be done and is being done. Right now, it's being done with vacant land. But it is showing promise! This episode co-hosted by LexDAO member, James McCall for his first repeat appearance. More About Federico, Daniel & Fabrica: Federico Pomi on Twitter: . Daniel Rollingher on Twitter: . Fabrica on Twitter: . Fabrica website: . More about co-host James McCall: James McCall on Twitter: .
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Florentina & Jacob Field CoFounders of Litigation Productivity Startup Prelimine - LTL Episode 107
03/19/2021
Florentina & Jacob Field CoFounders of Litigation Productivity Startup Prelimine - LTL Episode 107
Prelimine has created a drafting and editing tool specifically for litigators! LitKit automates tasks that waste litigators’ time when drafting briefs and other legal documents so they can focus on substance rather than form. With Prelimine's LitKit, litigators can stop wasting time on redaction, citation, and formatting issues that are regular pain points for lawyers and paralegals, especially at crunch-time when that deadline is rapidly approaching. Another great aspect of this interview, is we finally got the episode where the tool was born out of necessity with the COVID-19 pandemic acting as the catalyst. After working from home in the middle of the pandemic, Jacob was able to see the headaches his litigator-wife, Florentina, was experiencing trying to format legal documents. He had a built in user to immediately test what he was developing! In this episode, recent guest Kristin Hodgins, joined us again as a co-host. Coming from her experience on the buy-side of , she had some really great questions and feedback for these founders. More about Florentina & Jacob Field: Florentina Field on Twitter: . Florentina Field on LinkedIn: . Jacob Field on LinkedIn: . Prelimine on Twitter: . Prelimine website: . More about Kristin Hodgins: Kristin Hodgins on Twitter: . Kristin Hodgins on LinkedIn: . SHOW LESS
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Basha Rubin and Mirra Levitt, Co-Founders of Priori - LegalTechLIVE Episode 106
03/09/2021
Basha Rubin and Mirra Levitt, Co-Founders of Priori - LegalTechLIVE Episode 106
Priori is the global legal marketplace for in-house teams. Submit an RFP and find the right attorney for your next legal project. A streamlined for in-house legal departments to locate engage outside counsel. Basha Rubin and Mirra Levitt are Yale Law grads who tell an outstanding founder story, from inception through negotiating fundraising terms while being driven to the hospital to give birth. This is an outstanding story with fantastic founders! They share some of the biggest obstacles they experienced from the beginning through their Series A investment. If you are struggling with your own , I think you'll find this interview both inspiring and the founders empathetic towards those who have tried and failed to build a successful startup. More about Basha Rubin, Mirra Levitt & Priori: Basha Rubin on Twitter: . Basha Rubin on LinkedIn: . Mirra Levitt on LinkedIn: . Priori on Twitter: . Priori website: .
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Chris Draper Managing Director of File Security Startup Trokt.com - LegaltechLIVE - Episode 105
02/25/2021
Chris Draper Managing Director of File Security Startup Trokt.com - LegaltechLIVE - Episode 105
Trokt stores Thumbprints of sensitive documents in its distributed network. A thumbprint is a hash number that determines a documents authenticity, at the time you applied the hash number. Demonstrating that a file’s Thumbprint is held in Trokt’s network proves – in nearly any court – that the file has not been modified in any way since the date and time it appeared in the Trokt network. Every file that can be instantly proven valid – or invalid – by Trokt reduces the need for costly forensic analyses. Storing file Thumbprints for rapid validation reduces the time and cost of compliance audits or incident response and forensics efforts. All Trokt file Thumbprinting processes occur on the machines that hold the sensitive files. No sensitive file is opened or held by Trokt. The only data that is sent to Trokt about a sensitive file is the irreversible file Thumbprint. Chris Draper is also a regular host on Clubhouse, where he has done a wonderful job of creating wide-ranging conversations on , justice, and access to issues. He's built quite the diverse community on Clubhouse discussing pressing issues where law and technology intersect in our world. More about Chris Draper & Trokt.com: Chris Draper on Twitter: . Chris Draper on LinkedIn: . Trokt.com website: . SHOW LESS
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Noah Waisberg of Kira Systems Author AI for Lawyers - LegalTechLIVE Episode 104
02/18/2021
Noah Waisberg of Kira Systems Author AI for Lawyers - LegalTechLIVE Episode 104
Noah Waisberg has been in the space as founder and CEO of Kira Systems for nearly a decade. In this episode, he shares with us how they overcame obstacles, grew the business from 2 people to more nearly 100 people before ever taking any venture capital. Additionally, he provides a great recap of the last 10 years of Kira Systems and the actions they took to bring into the contract analysis space. If you're a founder, much like our co-host Devshi Mehrotra, you're going to want to listen to this episode. There is a wide variety of struggles and success in the journey. Noah has clearly refined the experience and shared his knowledge! More about Noah Waisberg & Kira Systems: Noah Waisberg on Twitter: . Noah Waisberg on LinkedIn: . Kira Systems website: . Noah's book on Amazon: . More about Devshi Mehrotra: Devshi Mehrotra on Twitter: . JusticeText website: . SHOW LESS
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Legal Engineering & Decentralized Autonomous Organizations with LexDAO - LegalTechLIVE Episode 103
02/13/2021
Legal Engineering & Decentralized Autonomous Organizations with LexDAO - LegalTechLIVE Episode 103
What is LexDAO (The Decentralized Legal Engineering Guild)? LexDAO is a non-profit association of legal engineering professionals that brings the traditional legal settlement layer to code, and coded agreements to the masses. They believe that everyone deserves access to justice provided in a quick and efficient manner. If legal services were easier to use, verify, and enforce, we could live in a fairer world. technology offers solutions too many problems in the legal space. Their mission is to research, develop and evangelize first-class legal methods and blockchain protocols that secure rules and promises with code rather than trust. They do this by training LexDAO certified legal engineers and building LexDAO certified blockchain applications. We strive to balance new deterministic tools with the equitable considerations of law to better serve our clients, allies, and ultimately citizens. The perfect association for a discussion! More about LexDAO: LexDAO website: . LexDAO on Twitter: . LexDAO on Discord: . More about our LexDAO Guests: R. Ross Campbell on Twitter: . James McCall on Twitter: . Adam Kerpelman on Twitter: .
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Project Manager, Law Librarian, and Legal Technologist Kristin Hodgins - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 102
02/08/2021
Project Manager, Law Librarian, and Legal Technologist Kristin Hodgins - LegalTechLIVE - Episode 102
Kristin Hodgins leads organizational strategy, transformation and service design projects in the legal & justice sectors. She helps organizations and legal departments think about problems holistically and how they can more effectively and creatively leverage internal people, knowledge, data and technology to deliver more efficient, responsive and innovative services. Her domain is legal services, but her approach & background are multidisciplinary and draw on elements from organizational behavior, design, leadership studies, information science and data science. Kristin is an impressive woman of with an extensive journey as a buyer. In this episode, she provides some outstanding insights to those who are looking to sell to legal departments, , law firms, and government. Full disclosure, Kristin is a friend of the show. Nick and Kristin have been a part of a weekly meetup as a result of the pandemic. More about Kristin Hodgins: Kristin Hodgins on Twitter: . Kristin Hodgins on LinkedIn: .
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Digital Operations Platform Autologyx with Director, Jason Moyse - LegalTechLIVE Episode 101
02/02/2021
Digital Operations Platform Autologyx with Director, Jason Moyse - LegalTechLIVE Episode 101
Welcome back! After nearly a 3 month hiatus, we have returned and we're out of the gate with an in-depth discussion about digital operations platform Autologyx with their director Jason Moyse. Many in are familiar with Jason's experience and activity in the space. He's had quite the extensive career in and legaltech. Now, he's responsible for bringing Autologyx to North America with a focus on the legal vertical. Autologyx is a no-code Digital Operations Platform Automate any process across your organization with a single, connected environment. As Jason describes in this episode, Autologyx is the perfect solution for those processes that still require a human element. This is not a fully-automated system. Listen to this episode if you're into and looking to level up your processes while making significant savings. More about Jason Moyse: Jason Moyse on LinkedIn: . Jason Moyse on Twitter: . More about Autologyx: Website: . Autologyx on Twitter: . SHOW LESS
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