Ranked #1
John Suh sees LegalZoom's job as fixing a 'failed' legal system
John Suh sees LegalZoom's job as fixing a 'failed' legal system
"We didn't start out to be disruptive," says John Suh, LegalZoom's chief executive officer. "We were set up to fix a pro... Read more
19 Apr 2016
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15mins
Ranked #2
E-discovery expert Craig Ball: Tech is no harder to learn than driving
E-discovery expert Craig Ball: Tech is no harder to learn than driving
Craig Ball likes to say he got into law to stay out of prison. The Austin, Texas-based attorney, professor and electroni... Read more
9 Nov 2016
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14mins
Ranked #3
Lisa Solomon found the time was right for her career in online legal research
Lisa Solomon found the time was right for her career in online legal research
Plenty of lawyers hate to do legal research: It can be tedious and time-consuming, and one mistake can tank an entire ca... Read more
10 May 2017
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9mins
Ranked #4
Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests
Criminal justice experts hope tech can more easily help people expunge prior convictions and arrests
In the United States, an estimated 70 million people have a criminal record. Being tagged with this scarlet letter can a... Read more
16 Oct 2019
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29mins
Ranked #5
Legal tech's future is in lawyers' mindset, Randi Mayes says
Legal tech's future is in lawyers' mindset, Randi Mayes says
When you ask Randi Mayes about the future of technology in law firms, she says its growth will stem from attorneys’ beha... Read more
14 Dec 2016
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13mins
Ranked #6
Jeff Carr continues his fight against billable hours
Jeff Carr continues his fight against billable hours
Jeff Carr has been on a 40-year path of improving lawyer efficiency and effectiveness. "There's an old saying that if yo... Read more
13 Mar 2019
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31mins
Ranked #7
Entrepreneur Amy Porter’s theme is finding what lawyers need
Entrepreneur Amy Porter’s theme is finding what lawyers need
When Amy Porter founded the online payment platform AffiniPay, she drew on her experience as a college athlete—cheerlead... Read more
18 Jul 2018
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14mins
Ranked #8
Robert Litt has been out front on online threats for decades
Robert Litt has been out front on online threats for decades
Robert Litt has confronted cybersecurity and encryption issues for two presidential administrations. With Russian interf... Read more
10 Jan 2018
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29mins
Ranked #9
Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency
Deborah Rhode is at war with complacency
Stanford Law School Professor Deborah Rhode is the enemy of complacency. This Legal Rebels Trailblazer is one of the mos... Read more
20 Jul 2016
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18mins
Ranked #10
Justia’s Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free
Justia’s Stacy Stern finds real profit in making things free
Stacy Stern is in charge of revenues, among her other roles at a successful for-profit company, but she tends to talk mo... Read more
12 Apr 2017
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23mins
Ranked #11
Robert Ambrogi’s blog points lawyers to tech’s opportunities
Robert Ambrogi’s blog points lawyers to tech’s opportunities
Legal journalist and blogger Bob Ambrogi recounts his unorthodox path towards legal journalism, as well as where he sees... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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15mins
Ranked #12
Paul Lippe’s ‘new normal’ was always about innovation
Paul Lippe’s ‘new normal’ was always about innovation
For years, Paul Lippe has been a leader in helping corporate law departments adopt the approaches used in the best and m... Read more
14 Jun 2017
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28mins
Ranked #13
Young lawyers can be technophobes too
Young lawyers can be technophobes too
Many lawyers are reluctant to new adopt legal technology, says Monica Goyal, who developed platforms including My Legal ... Read more
12 Dec 2018
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18mins
Ranked #14
Legal writing pro is helping teach AI to draft contracts
Legal writing pro is helping teach AI to draft contracts
Ken Adams has brought his contract expertise to LegalSifter, a Pittsburgh artificial intelligence startup. The 2009 Lega... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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17mins
Ranked #15
Susskind sees ‘rosy future’ for law—if it embraces technology
Susskind sees ‘rosy future’ for law—if it embraces technology
For more than three decades, Richard Susskind has been one of the profession’s most prolific voices in support of implem... Read more
12 Jul 2017
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11mins
Ranked #16
Bruce MacEwen diagnoses and prescribes for law practice ills
Bruce MacEwen diagnoses and prescribes for law practice ills
Bruce MacEwen is both a doctor and an epidemiologist in the world of BigLaw firms. A Legal Rebels Trailblazer, the Adam ... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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33mins
Ranked #17
From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail
From paper to digital documents, Judge Andrew Peck traveled (and set) the discovery trail
As electronic data became more prevalent in the 1990s, Judge Andrew Peck, an ABA Journal Legal Rebels Trailblazer, wrote... Read more
16 May 2018
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20mins
Ranked #18
Legal services innovator moves on to app development
Legal services innovator moves on to app development
It’s too easy for attorneys to be aware that something isn’t perfect in their practices and accept the situation instead... Read more
15 Aug 2018
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10mins
Ranked #19
What's your brand? Max Miller has some thoughts
What's your brand? Max Miller has some thoughts
It's good to be seen as a "thought leader," but don't call yourself that in marketing materials, says lawyer, professor ... Read more
17 Jul 2019
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26mins
Ranked #20
Longtime legal tech leader Richard Granat finds a new challenge
Longtime legal tech leader Richard Granat finds a new challenge
Richard Granat–the creator of MyLawyer.com, SmartLegalForms and the People’s Law Library of Maryland–has joined Intraspe... Read more
14 Mar 2018
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23mins