Episodes

Dec. 18, 2024

Best of 2024: Can AltFee Kill the Billable Hour and Bring Transparency to Legal Billing? (Scott & Digby Leigh)

In this Best of 2024 episode, we revisit our conversation with Scott and Digby Leigh, founders of AltFee—a legal tech startup tackling one of the industry’s biggest challenges: the billable hour.
Dec. 11, 2024

Best of 2024: Investing in Legal Tech and the Ingredients of a Successful Start-Up (Zach Posner, The LegalTech Fund)

In this Best of 2024 episode, we revisit our conversation with Zach Posner, co-founder of the LegalTech Fund, an investment fund focused on supporting innovative legal technology companies.
Dec. 4, 2024

Best of 2024: Using Agile Project Management to Streamline Legal Workflows (John Grant, The Agile Attorney)

In one of the most popular episodes of 2024, John Grant talks about how legal teams can adopt Agile and Kanban project management methodologies to optimize workflows, correct bottlenecks and increase client satisfaction.
Nov. 20, 2024

Beyond Billable Hours: Flatiron's Conrad Everhard on a Fixed-Fee and Tech Based Approach to M&A

Conrad Everhard, founder of Flatiron Law Group discusses his career trajectory from Big Law to Flatiron, a firm providing a more cost effective legal work for mergers and acquisitions.
Nov. 6, 2024

An Inside Look at How Atlassian Uses Its Own Tools to Power Legal Workflows and Encourages Thoughtful Adoption of AI (Stan Shepard, General Counsel)

Stan Shepard, General Counsel of Atlassian, shares insights into how Atlassian's legal department leverages the company's productivity software products and AI for maximum efficiency.
Oct. 23, 2024

100-Day Dispute Resolution: New Era ADR is Changing the Game (Rich Lee, CEO)

New Era ADR CEO Rich Lee makes a return appearance to Technically Legal to talk about the company’s cutting-edge platform revolutionizing dispute resolution.
Oct. 9, 2024

Transforming Mobile Device Forensics: A Conversation with ModeOne CEO Matthew Rasmussen

ModeOne Founder and CEO Matthew Rasmussen discusses how he built a company that is innovating mobile device data collection for legal professionals and making the process faster, easier, and defensible.
Sept. 25, 2024

From Law Firm to Legal Tech Entrepreneur: Why ClaimData’s Jason Heinze Gave Up Legal Practice to Create an App

Disability lawyer turned legal entrepreneur Jason Heinze talks about the founding of ClaimData, an app that helps disability claimants record information about their pain and injuries.
Sept. 11, 2024

From Bail Hearings to Blockchain Believer and Advocate: DeFi Education Fund’s Amanda Tuminelli (CLO)

Amanda Tuminelli, Chief Legal Officer for the DeFI Education Fund, discusses her crypto journey and her work with the organization. The DEF is a research and advocacy group dedicated to explaining the advantages of Decentra…
Aug. 28, 2024

AffiniPay's Evolution: From Payment Platform to Practice Management Software and Beyond (Dru Armstrong, CEO)

AffiniPay CEO Dru Armstrong talks about her journey to the C-Suite and the company's move into product offerings outside of fintech like law practice management software.
Aug. 14, 2024

Connecting Main Street to Wall Street: How Data Driven Financial Regulation and Emerging Tech Like Crypto Can Help Bridge the Gap (Lucas Moskowitz - GC, Robinhood)

Robinhood General Counsel Lucas Moskowitz discusses the mission to democratize investing, the need for data driven financial regulation and the potential and impact of crypto on the finance industry.
July 31, 2024

AI's Impact on Patent Law: Faster Searches, Smarter Analysis, Better Client Outcomes (Matthew Veale, PatSnap)

A conversation with Matthew Veale, a European Patent Attorney and UPC Representative at Patsnap, about the future of patent searches and law in an AI world.
July 17, 2024

Revolutionizing Dispute Resolution: AAA's Acquisition of ODR.com & The Future of AI-Powered Arbitration

Bridget McCormack and Colin Rule discuss the American Arbitration Association's acquisition of ODR.com and the strategic partnership between AAA and ODR.com to revolutionize dispute resolution.
July 4, 2024

Innovation as a Team Sport: The Importance of Collaboration in Legal Teams (Dr. Heidi Gardner - Harvard Law / School of Business) (REPLAY)

Dr. Heidi Gardner of the Harvard Business and Law Schools visited the podcast in 2023 to talk about about her book Smarter Collaboration and the importance of collaboration in legal teams and in all organizations generally.
June 20, 2024

Unmasking Deepfakes & Proving Authenticity in Legal Matters: The Tech Behind Forensic Video Analysis (Brandon Epstein - Medex)

Chief Forensic Officer Brandon Epstein joins the Technically Legal Podcast to discuss Medex-- an app used to examine digital video files to establish provenance, detect tampering and identify modifications.
June 6, 2024

Deal Data Demystified: How Litera’s Foundation Dragon Uses AI and Law Firm Data to Arm Lawyers in Contract Negotiations (Haley Altman)

Litera’s Haley Altman discusses Foundation Dragon–an app powered by artificial intelligence that helps legal professionals advise clients based on market insights drawn from their law firm’s existing data.
May 23, 2024

Why Entertainment Lawyer Chris Edgar Founded Filmtracts: Legal Tech for Indie Film Contracts

Attorney Chris Edgar talks about founding Filmtracts- a DIY platform indie film makers can use to create entertainment based contracts for their projects.
May 9, 2024

Affordable Legal Help: How a Non-Profit Law Firm is Answering the Call (Kamron Graham, Executive Director, The Commons Law Center)

Kamron Graham, Executive Director of the Commons Law Center, talks about the not for profit law firm’s efforts to provide affordable legal assistance to people that make too much to qualify for legal aid, but don’t make enou…
April 25, 2024

Investing in Legal Tech and the Ingredients of a Successful Start-Up (Zach Posner, The LegalTech Fund)

Zach Posner discusses the LegalTech Fund, an investment fund he helped start that focuses on legal tech businesses. He also offers insight on what it takes to build a successful start up.
April 11, 2024

If Data is the New Currency, Where Does Law and Regulation Fit In? (Michael Clark - Head of Digital Transformation & Futurist, Mastercard)

A conversation with Michael Clark about his upcoming book "Data Revolution, The New Currency of You" and what he believes will be a new paradigm in data ownership–that we will actually own our own data and benefit from its v…
March 28, 2024

Colin Levy Discusses His New Book The Legal Tech Ecosystem & the Skills Needed to Succeed in Legal Tech

In this episode Colin Levy shares insights from his new book, his journey into legal tech, and his role at contract lifecycle management company, Malbek as Head of Legal and Chief Evangelist.
March 14, 2024

Professor Tonya Evans (Penn State Dickinson Law) Demystifies Crypto and Debunks Blockchain Myths

Professor Tonya Evans of Penn State Dickinson Law School visits Technically Legal to talk about her book Digital Money Demystified. The book is an excellent starting point for anyone wanting to learn more about cryptocurrenc…
Feb. 29, 2024

Will This Legal Tech Startup Kill the Billable Hour and Bring Transparency to Legal Billing? (Scott & Digby Leigh - AltFee)

Scott and Digby Leigh talk about their new legal tech startup, AltFee--an app legal professionals can use to break free of hourly pricing and move to alternative fee arrangements by using the app to help scope and price lega…
Feb. 15, 2024

How a Start-Up’s Legal Bills Led to Spellbook, an AI Co-Pilot for Transactional Lawyers (Scott Stevenson – Co-Founder)

This episode is a conversation with Spellbook co-founder Scott Stevenson about intersection of technology and creativity. Spellbook is a AI contract co-pilot for transactional lawyers that plugs into Microsoft Word.