In this episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, hear from Nick Pryorm, Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Freeths, as he discusses what’s like to be a knowledge attorney and how these legal professionals can change the conversation around legal technology.

In this fifth episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, Tony Baskin, Senior Discovery Consultant for Perkins Coie, is our guest. Baskin has a long history of working in legal technology, including a stint with DISCO, and knows what it’s like to convince attorneys why they need to adopt new platforms and tools that allow them to work smarter. Just Hearsay hosts Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, and Katie DeBord, Vice President of Product Strategy at DISCO, also discuss with Baskin how technologies like e-discovery evolved from its earliest days and why developments like these still matter to the legal industry.

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Zmrhal and DeBord spoke about career development and what led them on the road to legal technology. Other guests in the series include Casey Flaherty of LexFusion and Jen Lenander of CSL Behring.

In this fourth episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, Jen Lenander, Global Head of Legal Operations for CSL Behring, is our guest. Lenander has a long history of working at the intersection of legal, technology and innovation to help law firms and lawyers work smarter, not harder. Just Hearsay hosts Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, and Katie DeBord, Vice President of Product Strategy at DISCO, discuss what it’s like to get the LegalOps process under control, how to create end-to-end solutions with technology such as contract lifecycle management, and what it takes to get lawyers to change the mind about the tech they use.

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Zmrhal and DeBord spoke about career development and what led them on the road to legal technology. In the third episode, Zmrhal spoke to Casey Flaherty of LexFusion about the importance of community and collaboration in the legal tech space.

In this third episode of DISCO’s Just Hearsay podcast series, legal industry innovator Casey Flaherty is our guest. Casey is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of LexFusion, a go-to-market collective of leading innovation companies. Just Hearsay hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at DISCO, and Kristin Zmrhal, DISCO Vice President of Product Strategy, speak to Casey on the importance of community and collaboration to legal innovation, and share insights for any team wanting to fully embrace technology to deliver better legal outcomes. 

Just Hearsay is a podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In the first two episodes, Shimek and Zmrhal were joined by Katie DeBord, former Global Chief Innovation Officer at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. They discussed how their careers led them to legal technology, and how advanced technologies are altering the legal landscape.

The proliferation of technology, from cloud computing to mobile devices to advances in AI, is changing the legal profession in profound ways. At the same time, clients are asking more pointed questions about what technologies are being used to create better legal outcomes efficiently. 

In this second episode of DISCO's Just Hearsay podcast series, hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at DISCO, and Kristin Zmrhal, Vice President of Product Strategy, speak to Katie DeBord, who recently joined DISCO after working as the Chief Innovation Officer at BCLP, about how technology is altering the legal profession.

DeBord shares her insights into how technology affects the relationship between attorneys and their clients, how technology solutions are selected and onboarded, and how legal tech professionals can leverage their role as trusted advisors.

Just Hearsay is a new podcast series sponsored by DISCO. In Part 1, Shimek, Zmrhal and DeBord discuss how their careers led them to legal technology.

When it comes to forging a career in the legal industry, technology might not seem the obvious path. Over the last several years, however, tech has come to play an increasingly important role for attorneys as well as for their clients.

In turn, a legal tech career is not only seen as essential to the business of law but one that can provide significant opportunities for those willing to travel that path.

In this first episode of Disco's Just Hearsay podcast series, hosts Andrew Shimek, Chief Revenue Office at Disco, and Kristin Zmrhal, Vice President of Product, talk in-depth with Katie DeBord, who recently joined Disco as Vice President of Product Strategy, about how all their careers eventually led them to legal technology and how the reliance on technology in the legal space has changed over the years.

Just Hearsay is a new podcast series sponsored by Disco. In the second episode, Shimek, Zmrhal and DeBord return to discuss what specific technologies are changing the legal landscape.

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, sponsored by Mitratech and hosted on Corporate Counsel in partnership with Law.com, we’ll hear highlights from the April 28 presentation, Legal Reimagined: Rethinking Your Technology Approach.

Throughout the last two to three years, the climate has forced an accelerated adoption of digital transformation across in-house legal departments. As a result, many organizations have rushed their technology investment decisions and have ended up with technology stacks consisting of multiple point solutions that don’t always work or fit together.

During this episode, Brian McGovern, Executive Director of CLC Solutions at Mitratech; Elizabeth "Liz" Lugones, Legal Operations Senior Advisor at UpLevelOps; and Wafik Guirgis, Senior Managing Director, Legal Operations, at FTI Consulting, discuss recent research developed by ALM and Mitratech that show how the COVID-19 pandemic has actually increased the speed at which organizations have adopted legal operations technology. Some of the topics covered include:

• An understanding of the benefits of consolidating your technology stack.
• An idea of how others are taking steps to simplify or consolidate siloed systems.
• Insight into what others in the industry are prioritizing when reviewing their technology.

The webcast can be found in its entirety on demand at https://www.law.com/2022/03/08/legal-reimagined-rethinking-your-technology-approach/

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, sponsored by Nuance Communications and hosted on Law.com, we’ll hear highlights from the April 28th presentation titled, The Modern Legal Practice: Remain Competitive, Secure New Clients and Attract the Best Talent. 

Today, the modern law firm looks different than it used to. Yet, the pace of change in the legal sector can be slower than other industries. Indeed, the past year has shown how important it is to stay up to date with industry changes and technological advancements, but it has not always been an easy job to implement these.

The speakers in this session — Janet Sullivan, eDiscovery Counsel & Global Director of Practice Technology at White & Case; David Dummer, Global Litigation Lead at Sidley Austin; Eric La Scola, Manager, Solutions Marketing at Nuance Communications; and Bill Geyer, Regional Account Manager at Nuance Communications — discuss how technology, such as speech recognition, can help firms improve their internal processes, how to build bridges and collaborate with clients by differentiating through efficiency and innovation, new workflows and techniques to remain competitive, and much more.

The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.law.com/2021/03/26/the-modern-legal-practice-remain-competitive-secure-new-clients-and-attract-the-best-talent/

Janet Sullivan | eDiscovery Counsel & Global Director of Practice Technology | White & Case

In her current role as eDiscovery Counsel & Global Director of Practice Technology at White & Case, Ms. Sullivan is leading litigation practice technology innovation for the firm, and finding new ways to leverage cutting edge technologies to better serve firm clients. She also serves as legal advisor on issues related to firm clients’ preservation, identification, collection, and use of data in litigation matters and investigations. Ms. Sullivan has significant experience in facilitating communications between business, legal and technology teams. In addition, Ms. Sullivan is responsible for transforming the firm’s in-house eDiscovery operational model which focuses on the tactical implementation of industry leading technology to achieve cost savings and strategic advantage.

Ms. Sullivan has over twenty years of experience as a trial attorney and over a decade of internal and client facing technical consulting in eDiscovery. She is a past Chair of the New Jersey State Bar Association Product Liability and Toxic Tort Section, a former Special Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, and a former Adjunct Professor of Legal Reasoning and Writing at New York Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Washington D.C.

David Dummer | Global Litigation Lead | Sidley Austin

David Dummer is the Global Litigation Lead for Sidley Austin’s Knowledge Management team. Sidley’s KM team aims to find relevant information and provide access to it, when and where the firm needs it in a way that improves client service and firm performance. We focus on the capture, organization and re-use of information related to our people and their experience, the work we have done, and other information useful to the practice of law.

Before joining the KM team, David practiced complex commercial litigation for almost 20 years and focused on the representation of companies, boards of directors, and private equity funds in business litigation and internal investigations.

Outside of work, David is the father of 2 boys who turn 5 and 7 this summer and enjoys being active in the Dallas community. He is a Board member of USA Film Festival, and for the past two years has been the co-chair of KidFilm, the nation’s longest running children’s film festival. Originally from Kentucky, David attended Tulane University and Duke University School of Law. He clerked for the United States District Judge Thomas B. Russell (retired) before joining private practice.

Eric La Scola | Manager, Solutions Marketing | Nuance Communications

Eric La Scola is the Manager of Solutions Marketing for the Dragon Professional team at Nuance. In this role, he drives the marketing strategy and develops the product positioning and messaging that distinguish Dragon voice recognition solutions in document-intensive sectors such as the legal, law enforcement, finance, and enterprise sectors. Before joining Nuance, Eric held key B2B technology sales and marketing positions, bringing computing solutions to market that solved mission-critical business problems, improved organizational processes, and mitigated risk for enterprise, creative and technical, and educational technology users. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Boston College.

Bill Geyer | Regional Account Manager | Nuance Communications

Bill Geyer is an experienced sales executive focused on leveraging cloud-based speech recognition solutions to accelerate turnaround times & lower costs of Time-Sensitive, Revenue Critical and Compliance-Required documentation within the Legal Services industry.

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, sponsored by LexisNexis and hosted on Law.com, we’ll hear highlights from the May 27th presentation titled, How Firms, State and Local Government Attorneys Can Conquer Top Challenges. 

There’s a new legal landscape for government attorneys and the law firms that work alongside them. State attorneys general are approaching their work in new ways, spearheading litigation in targeted areas like data privacy and public health. And in the private practice world, there’s a complementary trend – a number of law firms are creating or building up their state AG practices in response.

The speakers in this episode include Karl Racine, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia; Natalie Ludaway, Partner at Crowell & Moring; Betsy Miller, Partner at Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll; Lisa Helem, Editor in Chief of The National Law Journal; Cheryl Miller, Senior Writer at The National Law Journal; and Teresa Harmon, Vice President, SLG at LexisNexis.

The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.law.com/2020/04/14/how-firms-state-and-local-government-attorneys-can-conquer-top-challenges/

Karl A. Racine • Attorney General  • Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia 

Attorney General Racine draws on over 25 years of legal and leadership experience in his work on behalf of District residents. Over the course of his career, he has worked at the D.C. Public Defender Service, where he represented District residents who could not afford a lawyer, served as Associate White House Counsel to President Bill Clinton, and worked on criminal cases and complex civil litigation at private firms. While in private practice, he was elected managing partner of his firm, Venable LLP, and became the first African-American managing partner of a top-100 American law firm.

Natalie O. Ludaway • Partner  • Crowell & Moring LLP

Natalie O. Ludaway is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of its State Attorneys General Enforcement & Investigations and Advertising & Media groups. With both government and private practice experience, Natalie approaches matters with a true appreciation for the complexities of the regulatory, enforcement, and litigation spaces. She counsels and represents clients in connection with investigations, enforcement matters, and litigation. Natalie also provides unique representation for clients engaged in matters with the government of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Council.

Betsy Miller • Partner  • Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Betsy A. Miller is a partner at Cohen Milstein and co-chairs the firm’s Public Client practice. Miller represents state attorneys general and municipalities in investigations and litigation involving consumer fraud. Previous roles for Miller include serving as the chief of staff and senior counsel to the D.C. attorney general and as counsel on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Miller is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law.

Lisa Helem • Editor-in-Chief  • The National Law Journal | Legal Times 

Lisa Helem is the editor-in-chief of The National Law Journal. In this role, she oversees content and strategy for the publication, which covers the U.S. Supreme Court, litigation, federal agencies and key players in the legal profession. She also oversees publication of the NLJ’s monthly magazine, contributed columns and special reports—which include the NLJ 500 and the D.C. Litigation Departments of the Year. Lisa also writes about law firm leadership, key D.C. lawyers and diversity. Earlier in her career, Lisa, a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, practiced commercial litigation at an AmLaw 100 firm and wrote for outlets including Newsweek and People magazines.

Cheryl Miller • Senior Writer  • The National Law Journal

Cheryl Miller, based in Sacramento, covers the California legislature, the state judiciary and state and local agencies, including the attorney general’s office. She also reports on emerging industries, such as state-legal cannabis. She authors the weekly cannabis newsletter Higher Law.

Teresa Harmon • Vice President, SLG • LexisNexis 

Teresa Harmon is Vice President of the State & Local Government business for LexisNexis North American Research Solutions. In this role, she serves practicing attorneys and government professionals in state & local government agencies. In this space, she is responsible for Market Strategy, Marketing, Customer Satisfaction, and Sales for legal research and practical guidance products.

Previously, Teresa led product and go-to-market strategy for law schools and law firm markets (with 50 attorneys or more).

Teresa joined LexisNexis in Dayton, OH in 2008 after obtaining her MBA from the University of Chicago. She also has a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Michigan.

Highlights from the April 29 webcast titled “Implications of Not Centralizing Your Corporate Record.” This event was sponsored by Diligent Entities and featured the company’s Terry Falk, Senior Governance Advisor, and Neil Barlow, Global Sales Director.

The full on-demand presentation can be found at https://www.law.com/2020/03/16/how-maintaining-and-centralizing-your-entity-data-helps-ensure-compliance/

In this episode of the Expert Perspectives podcast, sponsored by Planet Depos and hosted on Law.com, we’ll hear highlights from the March 26th presentation titled, Recession and Crisis Preparation: How New Technologies Can Help Law Firms Streamline Operations. 

Is a recession on the horizon? While the probability of a near recession can never be 100% predicted, it is smart to prepare. In fact, any global crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic, underscores the need to devise a strategy before it happens, rather than in the midst of a crisis. Is your firm adequately prepared? The speakers in this presentation -- Chad Peterman, Partner at Paul Hastings; Robert Burger, Chief Operating Officer at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox; as well as Billy DiMonte, Founder & Managing Partner at Planet Depos -- address how law firms can streamline operations and integrate new technologies, such as in the area of depositions, to brace for a global crisis.

The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.law.com/2020/02/05/recession-preparing-how-new-deposition-technologies-can-help-law-firms-streamline-operations/

Chad J. Peterman | Partner | Paul Hastings

Chad Peterman is a partner in the Intellectual Property practice at Paul Hastings and based in the firm’s New York office. Mr. Peterman is a skilled trial attorney with a practice that focuses on patent and antitrust litigation with an emphasis on the electrical engineering and pharmaceutical arts. He has been involved in all phases of litigation from pre-suit investigation/strategy through appeal. Mr. Peterman has represented major software, telecommunications, semiconductor, and medical equipment companies in patent litigations.

He has also represented major pharmaceutical companies in complex ANDA litigations, antitrust litigations, arbitrations, and mediations. In addition to litigation, Mr. Peterman also represents companies in intellectual property transactional matters, including rendering patent opinions and negotiating a variety of intellectual property agreements.

Robert K. Burger | Chief Operating Officer | Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox

Robert K. Burger, the chief operating officer Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, helped to build the firm into one of the top intellectual property firms in the world. He serves on the five-member Executive Committee of this IP power house known for its sophisticated work on behalf of a robust roster of clients, including Fortune 500 companies, innovators, and entrepreneurs.

Since Rob joined Sterne Kessler as executive director and chief operating officer in 2006, the firm has doubled its ranks from 70 to 140 attorneys. This growth stems from Rob’s leadership in advancing the firm’s strategic and financial objectives, while ensuring that its operations effectively and efficiently support the building of successful practices. Rob played a crucial role in identifying sectors that were poised for growth, including biotechnology and electronics. He also prepared the firm to expand its patent office litigation capabilities in a fiercely competitive market.

In addition to his responsibilities at Sterne Kessler, he serves as an Executive Committee member of the board of directors for the National Brain Tumor Society, he chairs the Council for Impactful Relationships for C-Level Executives for Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and is a member of the Thomson Reuters Elite Global Client Advisory Board. He also served on the Pitney Bowes Customer Advisory Board.

Rob earned a BA from Miami University, an MA from American University and an MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Billy DiMonte | Founder & Managing Partner | Planet Depos

Billy DiMonte is the Founder & Managing Partner of Planet Depos, an international court reporting firm headquartered in Washington DC. Billy has been in the court reporting space for over two decades and has watched the industry adapt and grow with the emergence of deposition technology. His passion for exceptional customer service is something that keeps him up at night and motivates him to be a better leader.

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, sponsored by Microsoft and hosted on Law.com, we’ll hear highlights from the January 23rd presentation titled, Navigating Data Protection & Risk in the Cloud Era Using Intelligent Technology Solutions.

Digital transformation has led to an explosion of data that grows exponentially every day, resulting in a complex digital environment that poses new risks. Adding to that complexity are new regulations and standards that are constantly emerging and evolving. The unfortunate reality is, there are new risks companies face including hacking, data leaking, security breaches, and more.

Mara Arenson, Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance Attorney; Adam Cohen, Managing Director at Topside Group; and Raman Kalyan, Director of Product Marketing at Microsoft, explore strategies in dealing with challenges faced by legal and compliance professionals, the importance of securing service provider transparency in communicating about potential security compromises and service provider obligations with respect to response, and more.

The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.law.com/2020/01/07/navigating-data-protection-and-risk-in-the-cloud-era-using-intelligent-technology-solutions/

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, sponsored by Planet Depos and hosted on Law.com, we’ll look at highlights from the December 5th presentation titled “Trends in Discovery and Depositions.” This event featured William E. Thomson, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; Tai-Heng Cheng, partner and global co-head of the international arbitration practice at Sidley Austin; and Billy DiMonte, founder and managing partner of Planet Depos.

The full on-demand webcast can be found here: https://www.law.com/2019/10/23/trends-in-discovery-and-depositions-how-to-cut-costs-and-save-time/

William E. Thomson | Partner | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher

William E. Thomson is a litigation partner in the Los Angeles office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and a member of the firm’s Appellate and Constitutional Law and Securities Litigation. Mr. Thomson’s practice focuses on federal and state appellate and Supreme Court litigation, and on strategic analysis and briefing in high-stakes cases in trial courts around the country.

He has broad experience before both trial and appellate courts in a wide variety of high-profile cases, including civil RICO, mass tort, foreign judgment recognition actions, voting rights and First Amendment litigation, product liability, and class actions.

Tai-Heng Cheng | Partner and Global Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice | Sidley

Tai-Heng Cheng is a preeminent arbitration practitioner whom clients across industries turn to for sound strategic advice in managing risk, and successfully addressing and solving a myriad of complex business issues. He has earned a reputation for being a stellar advocate, having won 9-figure awards for clients both in commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, and successfully carried out worldwide enforcement campaigns to collect judgements and awards.

With 20 years of experience, he is also a trusted advisor to companies and boards. He uses the full range of legal tools to create leverage in disputes, investigations and government enforcement matters. His clients span many industries including, energy and infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, real estate, manufacturing and financial services.

Billy DiMonte | Founder & Managing Partner | Planet Depos

Billy DiMonte is the Founder & Managing Partner of Planet Depos, an international court reporting firm headquartered in Washington DC. Billy has been in the court reporting space for over two decades and has watched the industry adapt and grow with the emergence of deposition technology. His passion for exceptional customer service is something that keeps him up at night and motivates him to be a better leader.