With tools like Harvey and Paxton shortening the time it takes to execute legal work, billing by the hour doesn’t make sense, financially or ethically. The consequence is a decline in associates at law firms and the loss of priceless time with loved ones. Mathew saw an opportunity to increase attorneys’ revenue, close the access-to-justice gap, and drive systemic change.

Practi is not an AI service, but a company that exists because of AI. It provides an easy-to-build subscription-based billing infrastructure to solo and small law firms. The set-up alone takes less than 10 minutes, and it’s free! The billable-hour model doesn’t suit an AI-forward legal industry, but the subscription model fits right in.

Hear Mathew’s arguments for a subscription-based billing system, his founder story, and how he created a marketing ecosystem in this “name-drop” episode.

More on Mathew Kerbis:

• Mathew Kerbis on LinkedIn

• Subscription Attorney Website

• Subscription Attorney LinkedIn

• Practi Website

• Practi LinkedIn

• Legal AI Live Substack

• Legal AI Live LinkedIn

• Law Subscribed Substack

• Law Subscribed LinkedIn

“The only people who really use crypto for crime are… people who don’t realize it can be traced back to them…, or people that don’t care.”

Now that we have your attention, you can probably guess what this episode is all about (no, it’s not crime). Cryptocurrency and the blockchain industry have existed for decades, and you might have bought some yourself. We’ve brought you insider knowledge of how digital assets are handled at the federal level. Meet Jonathan Schmalfeld, Director of Policy at The Digital Chamber.

Jonathan spent a decade as a practicing attorney at law firms like Polsinelli and Husch Blackwell, specializing in trade secret litigation. As he was buying and selling Bitcoin and Ethereum (regretably, too soon), he broke into the digital asset space while working on trademark and consumer protection cases involving NFTs. What was a personal interest turned into his full-time job. Today, Jonathan works for The Digital Chamber, the United States oldest and largest blockchain advocacy organization. He works with government officials to sign bills into law (such as the GENIUS Act) and to make digital assets more accessible to the public. For Jonathan, there has never been a better time to be in the room where financial regulations are made.

Watch or listen to the episode to learn about changes in the digital asset industry, common misconceptions, blockchain advantages for Americans, and how Jonathan informs Congress about digital assets.

More about Jonathan Schmalfeld:

• Jonathan Schmalfeld on LinkedIn

• The Digital Chamber Website

• The Digital Chamber on LinkedIn

During her corporate investigator days, Lindsay and her colleagues would facetiously commiserate over managing mountains of evidence and having the time to draft reports. At times, she found herself needing that one email, interview, or other piece of evidence that actually mattered, and wondered why there wasn’t a better way to do the job she loved. After coming across research on LinkedIn noting that founders of high-growth unicorns are 45-years-old on average, she courageously pursued the entrepreneurial grind that always lingered in the background.

TensorCase is an AI-powered platform supporting investigators with evidence management, data analysis, and report drafting. With built-in investigator-specific terminology and context, TensorCase is essentially “Lindsay’s brain,” a silly yet true way of saying that it’s a tool for investigators, made by an investigator.

Find out more about Lindsay’s career pivot, the problems TensorCase solves, and the highs and lows of founding a startup in this episode.

More about Lindsay Kim Chung:

• Lindsay Kim Chung on LinkedIn

• TensorCase Website

• TensorCase on LinkedIn

Discovery is the pre-trial phase of a lawsuit in which parties exchange information about the witnesses and evidence to be presented in court. At times, discovery can turn into a long-standing battle. As a litigator, Nathan was so frustrated with opposing counsel weaponizing discovery to bleed clients dry, a.k.a. “lawfare,” that he built Briefpoint to automate the discovery document drafting process, save fellow litigators time, and bring justice to clients.

In the beginning, Nathan simultaneously built Briefpoint and learned the business by selling technology to attorneys at Ironclad. He studied venture capital acronyms for investor meetings, cold-called attorneys from the California Bar website to establish his consumer base, and made vaporware programs for market research. He and his top salesman managed to close $20,000 deals hours before payroll was due to keep Briefpoint’s lights on! Now, Briefpoint serves 1,500+ law firms nationwide. Nathan’s journey is a survival story filled with quick wit, slight sarcasm, and insightful entrepreneurial advice.

Watch the rest of the episode to deep dive into the four real moats of legal tech, how generic AI companies like Anthropic compete with their own legal tech consumers, and lessons learned from starting a business.

More about Nathan Walter:

• Nathan Walter on LinkedIn

• Briefpoint Website

• Briefpoint on LinkedIn

After a five-year hiatus, the LegalTechLIVE podcast is BACK! From company acquisitions and emerging players to the rise of AI integration, the changes in legal technology are unfolding rapidly. We’re here for these conversations and believe in sharing the wealth of knowledge.

It might seem random that Nick asked me to co-host LegalTechLIVE, but if you didn’t listen to Episode 132, here’s a recap:

Outside of being cousins, we worked together at Experts.com. We also launched a partnership with Experts.com during my time at WordRake. With my background in Digital Audience Strategy, I have roughly 7 years of marketing experience in legal tech. Being a young professional in the industry without a law school education adds a fresh perspective to the podcast. The questions I’ll ask startup founders and legal tech professionals will differ from Nick’s, which we hope will set us apart from our beloved legal tech podcast comrades. Whether we’re new to legal tech or have been in the game for a while, there’s a lot we don’t know. Reviving and rebranding the podcast with an energetic, friendly, and inquisitive feel helps us all learn from the people shaping it.

Speaking of rebranding, you may have noticed some changes. Given my addition to the podcast and minimal design changes sine 2015, a makeover was needed. Nick and I wanted to incorporate a masculine and feminine aura through the color scheme while maintaining a technology-focused aesthetic, with many hues of blue and contrasting colors to grab your attention. While the design has changed, the tone remains the same: casual, cheerful, and curious. The legal industry is stereotypically stoic and boring, and it deserves some levity with lighthearted, relevant conversations!

Stay tuned for our upcoming episodes, and welcome back to LegalTechLIVE!

Watch, listen, and subscribe to LegalTechLIVE and stay tuned for our next episode!

Connect with your hosts:

• Nick Rishwain on LinkedIn

• Nick Rishwain on X

• Hana Zumout on LinkedIn

Over the course of his career, Allen has built a reputation for creating innovative #legalservices 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 #lawfirms, 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 #VeteransDay 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: https://twitter.com/allen_rodriguez. Allen Rodriguez on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenrodr... The Singular Law Group: https://singular.law/. ONE400: https://one400.com/.

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!

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 #accesstojustice 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 ( #ODR ) 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 #legaltech founder.

More about Stephen Kane & FairClaims: Stephen Kane on Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephenlkane. Stephen Kane on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenlkane. FairClaims on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fair_Claims. FairClaims website: https://www.fairclaims.com/.

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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-ren.... Karen Renee on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eCourtReporter. eCourtReporters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/eCourtReporters. eCourtReporters website: https://www.ecourtreporters.com/.

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 #legaltech 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 #startup life from two practicing attorneys and company founders!

More about Talitha, Kristin and LawClerk: Talitha Gray Kozlowski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/talitha-g.... Talitha Gray Kozlowski on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalithaBGray Kristin Tyler on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-t.... Kristin Tyler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KristinTyler. LawClerk on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lawclerklegal. LawClerk website: https://www.lawclerk.legal/

More about Sophie Walker & Just-Transcription: Sophie Walker on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-wa.... Just Transcription on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpeechToJustice. Just Transcription website: https://www.just-access.org/just-tran.... Just Access website: https://www.just-access.org/.

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 #NLP.

More about Jacqueline Schafer & Clearbrief: Jacqueline Schafer on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiesch.... Jacqueline Schafer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jackiegschafer. Clearbrief on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Clearbriefai. Clearbrief website: https://clearbrief.com/. #startups

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" #legaltech #startup into a more refined operationalized and systematized company. A necessary change for a growing #justicetech 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: https://twitter.com/hello_divorce. Hello Divorce on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellodivorce. Hello Divorce on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellodivorce. Hello Divorce website: https://hellodivorce.com/.

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 #immigration, 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 #legaltech 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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felicitas.... Iraida Herrera on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iraiherrera/ Iraida Herrera on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iraiherrera Gethedocs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gethedocs. Gethedocs website: https://www.gethedocs.com

In this episode, Haley shares her outstanding journey from legal practice into technology and entrepreneurship. Her experience should be shared with as many #startup 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 #LiteraTransact.

More about Haley Altman & Litera: Haley Altman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haley-alt.... Haley Altman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Haley_Altman. Litera Microsystems website: https://www.litera.com/.

More about Andy Wilson & Logikcull: Andy Wilson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/idedupe. Andy Wilson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andylogik. Logikcull on Twitter: https://twitter.com/logikcull. Logikcull website: https://www.logikcull.com/.

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 #professionaldevelopment, training, and coaching for #lawyers.

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. #legaltech

More about Drew Amoroso & DueCourse App: Drew Amoroso on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewamoroso/. Drew Amoroso on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewamoroso. DueCourse on Twitter: @DueCourse__. DueCourse website: https://www.duecourseapp.com/

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 #algorithmicbias. Naturally, this is a topic that rears its ugly head in the #legaltech 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: https://twitter.com/jpatrickhall. Patrick Hall on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpatrickh.... bnh.ai on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bnh_ai. bnh.ai website: https://www.bnh.ai/.

Callum Murray is the founder and CEO of Amiqus.co, a #legaltech 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 #AML and #KYC 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: https://twitter.com/callumurray1. Callum Murray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/callum-mu.... Callum Murray in the Scotsman: https://www.scotsman.com/business/how.... Amiqus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amiqus. Amiqus website: https://amiqus.co/.