Episodes

Episode 7: Atrium’s Augie Rakow & Max Cantor on Technology First Law Firms
March 29, 2018

Episode 7: Atrium’s Augie Rakow & Max Cantor on Technology First Law Firms

In Episode 7 we talked to Augie Rakow and Max Cantor of the legal tech startup, Atrium. Augie is one of Atrium’s founders and Max heads up Atrium’s artificial intelligence efforts. Atrium is actually two companies: Atrium LLP...
Episiode 6: Casey Flaherty on Tech Competency, Legal Ops and Client Driven Change
Feb. 21, 2018

Episiode 6: Casey Flaherty on Tech Competency, Legal Ops and Client Driven Change

For Episode 6, we sat down with D. Casey Flaherty at the Legal Tech conference in New York City. Casey talked about a few things: how many lawyers struggle to master everyday technology, his experience as corporate counsel an...
Episode 5: Ken Grady on Lean Thinking and Law
Feb. 8, 2018

Episode 5: Ken Grady on Lean Thinking and Law

In Episode 5 we talk to Ken Grady about lean thinking and the practice of law. Ken explains that the main goal of lean thinking is to eliminate waste from business processes and that legal work is rife with waste. He also poi...
Episode 4: Dennis Garcia on Legal Department Automation, Cybersecurity and Lawyers Use of the Cloud
Jan. 24, 2018

Episode 4: Dennis Garcia on Legal Department Automation, Cybersecurity and Lawyers Use of the Cloud

In this episode we talk to Microsoft Assistant General Counsel Dennis Garcia about legal department automation, the benefits of cloud computing and steps law firms can take to shore up cybersecurity. Dennis also discusses law...
Episode 3: Kent Zimmermann on Alternative Legal Service Providers
Jan. 10, 2018

Episode 3: Kent Zimmermann on Alternative Legal Service Providers

In this episode, we speak with Kent Zimmermann about the rise of alternative legal service providers--companies that help clients and attorneys accomplish legal related work such as document review for electronic discovery, o...
Episode 2: Zach Smolinski & Christian Auty on Blockchain
Dec. 6, 2017

Episode 2: Zach Smolinski & Christian Auty on Blockchain

In Episode 2 we discuss blockchain technology and its impact on the practice of law with two Chicago lawyers Zach Smolinski and Christian Auty. Zach is with Ziliak Law and Christian with the Much Shelist firm. Both counsel cl...
Jim Doppke on MRPC 1.1
Nov. 19, 2017

Jim Doppke on MRPC 1.1

In our inaugural episode, legal ethics attorney discusses changes to the Rules of Professional Conduct (ethics rules for lawyers) addressing the impact of technology on modern legal practice. In 2012 the American Bar Association amended (a...