On the Road with Legal Talk Network

Bad decision making is a very human problem, but that doesn’t mean we can't override our natural tendencies and make successful choices. Host Stephanie Everett taps into Nika Kabiri’s insights on science-based decision strategies. They discuss Nika’s work at Clio and run through helpful decision making tactics for both your personal and professional life.  Stephanie Everett leads the Lawyerist community and Lawyerist Lab. Nika Kabiri is Senior Director of Decision Science at Clio.

Tips abound for both seasoned and beginner legal bloggers! Tune in for Teresa Matich, Iffy Ibekwe, and Kevin O’Keefe’s discussion on how blogging can help attorneys broaden their reach and promote firm growth. They share advice for understanding your audience, dispel common myths about writing, and give practical tips on crafting engaging, useful blog posts for readers.  Teresa Matich is senior content strategist at Clio.  Iffy Ibekwe is a trust wealth advisor at Arvest Wealth Management. Kevin O’Keefe is the founder and CEO of LexBlog, a pioneer company that helps lawyers with online marketing and blogs.

Data contributed by tens of thousands of legal professionals has given us new insights into the workings of today’s law firms. Laurence Colletti talks with Joshua Lenon and Rio Peterson of Clio to learn more about the findings of the 2022 Legal Trends Report. They discuss how trends have changed between their pre- and post- pandemic data and examine how current events (i.e. a potential recession, changing work styles, hiring trends, etc.) are affecting law firm operations across all areas of the profession. Joshua Lenon is Lawyer in Residence & Data Protection Officer at Clio. Rio Peterson is Senior Affinity Partnerships Manager at Clio.

Why start your own law firm? –Freedom, a creative business model, providing a unique client experience… and the list goes on! Sharing highlights from their panel discussion, Austin Pantaleo, Lindsey Egan, and Joe Gibson talk through vital lessons learned while starting up their law firms and give their top strategies for success as a solo attorney. Austin Pantaleo is manager of Demand Generation at Clio. Lindsey E. Egan is the founder of Egan Law Center in Manchester-by-the-Sea on the north shore of Massachusetts.  Joe Gibson is founder and managing attorney of the Employment Law Center of Maryland.

To move away from the death penalty as a country, the public needs be able to see inside the process and understand its effects. Sister Helen Prejean has dedicated much of her life to ministering to those affected by the death penalty, from death row inmates to guards to families of murder victims, and has worked to help the public and the church change their thinking on this issue. Michael Semanchik talks with Sister Helen about her keynote address at the conference and the importance of sharing personal stories to unveil the injustice of capital punishment. Host Michael Semanchik is the managing attorney for the California Innocence Project. Sister Helen Prejean is known around the world for her tireless work advocating against the death penalty. She has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church's vigorous opposition to all executions.

Hurdles in our legal system have long been responsible for perpetuating the justice gap, but new research and experimentation seem to be leading to much-needed change. From TECHSHOW 2022, Laurence Colletti talks with Lori Gonzalez and Damien Riehl about their talk at the conference on improving legal service delivery through regulatory reform.  Lori Gonzalez is founder and CEO of RayNa Corporation.  Damien Riehl is vice president of litigation workflow and analytics content at Fastcase.

Your law firm is a business, so it's in your best interest to treat it like one. That means – focus on developing your marketing strategy. Gyi Tsakalakis chats with Conrad Saam and Jeana Goosman about targeting the right market with the right process to grow your law firm.  Gyi Tsakalakis is founder of AttorneySync and co-host of Lunch Hour Legal Marketing. Conrad Saam is founder of Mockingbird Marketing and co-host of Lunch Hour Legal Marketing.  Jeana Goosmann is the founder, CEO and managing partner of the Goosmann Law Firm.

Host John Strohmeyer is joined by two of this year’s four 60 in 60 presenters, Gyi Tsakalakis and Jeannine Lambert to discuss what they’re bringing to the hour-long session on the latest hot tech, Gyi’s hug/handshake/fistbump dilemma, and Jeannine’s awkward post-isolation conference moments.  John Strohmeyer is an international tax and estate planning attorney and host of the Five Star Counsel Podcast.  Gyi Tsakalakis is a former lawyer and founder of AttorneySync. Jeannine Abukhater Lambert is the executive director of Centers & Programming at Northern Kentucky University Chase College of Law. 

As the pandemic necessitated major tech innovations in the legal system, courts had to work hard to facilitate the continuance of justice. Host Joe Patrice chats with Judge Scott Schlegel about the process of moving to virtual proceedings, how they’re doing now, and what tech was most helpful along the way. Joe Patrice is an editor at Above the Law.  Judge Scott Schlegel presides over a progressive and innovative criminal court in the 24th Judicial District located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Administrative tasks seem like a time suck to many lawyers, but technology can help fix that! John Strohmeyer welcomes Ivy Grey and Jon Tobin to talk about their TECHSHOW session on using tech to make administrative work easy and efficient. They discuss the balance between automation and the human element in your law firm and how to ensure a positive client experience.    John Strohmeyer is an international tax and estate planning attorney and host of the Five Star Counsel Podcast.  Ivy Grey is vice president of Strategy and Business Development for WordRake, the creator of American Legal Style for PerfectIt, and an advisor to Intelligent Editing Ltd.  Jon Tobin is founder and partner at Counsel for Creators LLC.