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Olga V. Mack is VP / CEO of Parley Pro at LexisNexis.     Three points to summarize you and your work in legal tech. I am an award-winning general counsel, operations professional, startup advisor, public speaker, adjunct professor, and entrepreneur. I co-founded SunLaw, an organization dedicated to preparing women in-house attorneys to become general counsels and legal leaders, and …

Dyane O’Leary is the Associate Professor of Legal Writing; Director Legal Innovation & Technology Concentration at Suffolk University Law School. Three points to summarize you and your work in legal tech. I work to integrate technology competence skills into the law school curriculum and introduce all students to the ways innovative new aspects of law practice will impact their future …

Debbie Reynolds is CEO & Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC. Find her on Twitter @DebbieDataDiva.   Three points to summarize you and your work in legal tech. Be curious about technology, look to any technology innovations and how they can apply to and impact legal tech, be a mentor. I was doing digital transformation as part …

Your clients are the heart of your business. If you’re a small firm or solo practitioner, your waking hours are spent focusing on winning for them. With only 24 hours in the day, there’s little time left to spend on time tracking, billing, and chasing after slow-paying clients. Regardless of practice area, these are three of the biggest headaches facing …

Attorneys come to lead providers like 4LegalLeads.com with a simple objective in mind, to find new clients online. That’s the priority, and understandably so. Online advertising and lead generation is a highly complex skill that most law firms don’t have the time or bandwidth to master. So, legal leads give them the ability to outsource the mammoth, expert task of sourcing online leads to an …

Today’s tech-savvy clients expect online payment options—especially the ability to pay by credit card. And this expectation is the default for all companies they do business with, including hiring a lawyer. According to the U.S. Federal Reserve, the use of credit cards grew 392%, while checks declined by 66%, between 2000 and 2018. Accepting online payments not only provides more …

The Principles of eDiscovery Platform Development As data volume and complexity continues to increase and budget and time pressures are more critical than ever, legal teams demand eDiscovery technology that will reduce costs, speed time to facts and increase quality of review. The key to achieving the objectives of cost reduction, speed to facts and increased quality is to enable …

Attracting new clients to your law firm can be daunting, and the competition among firms (especially in high-traffic cities) can be brutal. You need to market your firm to help stand out from the pack, but that does not come with risks. In a recent CallRail study, 95% of attorneys agreed that because marketing is a non-billable expense, the spending …

In today’s hyper-convenient and connected world, clients can shop for a near-limitless selection of items—from anywhere, anytime. They can consume a diverse range of content in a few quick clicks. And they can communicate with service providers through channels of their choice. This expectation of ease is no different for the legal industry, especially when it comes to making payments. …

Bringing automation to your firm can save time and money. But where do you begin? And how do you ensure the automation process doesn’t sacrifice your ability to provide a client-centered experience? Below we’ve outlined the best practices when it comes to investing in the automation process. Why automate law firm processes? Lawyers can automate a significant portion of their …