Tag: legal leadership

#3HORSES, #BakersDozen, #BULLETPOINTS, #FearlessLaw, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #TheScoop, #TopOfMInd, Legal Content, Legal Tech, Market Commentary | 0 |

Webinar Feature: Where There’s Smoke… Conducting Effective Internal Investigations

by Admin | Aug 30, 2018 | #eDiscovery, Legal Content, Webinar | 0 |

Join our CCBJ webinar Where There’s Smoke… Conducting Effective Internal...

#TopOfMind: “Storm Rising” in the Modern Legal Industry – presented by High Performance Counsel

by Admin | Sep 20, 2018 | #3HORSES, #BakersDozen, #BULLETPOINTS, #FearlessLaw, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #TheScoop, #TopOfMInd, Legal Content, Legal Tech, Market Commentary | 0 |

The legal industry is in play. Let that sit with you for a moment. For several years since early...

Building Your Company’s Next Great Business Line – Expert Insights from Mark Yacano of MLA Global

by Admin | Aug 16, 2018 | #ContractManagement, #Featured Legal Industry News, #TheScoop, Legal Content | 0 |

Taking on the challenge of building a new business for your existing employer is both exciting and intimidating. This post is the first in a series of articles designed to offer advice to those bold intrapreneurs who take the plunge – by Mark Yacano of MLA Global.

Critical Legal Leadership Skills: How to Be a Connector – by Sonya Olds Som

by Admin | Aug 16, 2018 | #Featured Legal Industry News, #HumanCapital, #TheScoop, Legal Content | 0 |

As something of a legal industry “Connector,” given my role as a partner with Major, Lindsey...

On #BakersDozen: David A Greetham of RICOH In Interview for High Performance Counsel

by Admin | Aug 14, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #HumanCapital, #Ricoh, #TheScoop, Legal Leadership | 0 |

A renowned expert in the field, David Greetham is the Vice President of eDiscovery at Ricoh USA, Inc., where he is responsible for Intelligent eDiscovery services. He is also a champion of people and the development of individual potential. He speaks to a love of mentoring his team by encouraging them to become even better than they think they can be, and by helping them by removing barriers that stand in their way. Here he tackles the (now) infamous #BakersDozen interview on High Performance Counsel. We think you’ll enjoy what he has to share.

REFLECTIONS – Sharing Our Intrapreneurial Journey Through The Evolving Legal Eco-System – by Mark Yacano

by Admin | Aug 12, 2018 | #FearlessLaw, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #TheScoop, Legal Content | 0 |

Says Mark Yacano: “With the release of our Smart-Look Analytics Contract Review and Smart-Start Contract Assessment service offerings, this felt like the right time to re-release a three-part series I did on the Intrapreneurial Journey.”

Legal Innovator: David Kinnear Helps Industry Leaders Prepare for the Future of Law

by Admin | Aug 9, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #LegalInnovation, #TheScoop, #WhatThePuck | 0 |

To kick off Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions’ new Legal Innovator blog series – showcasing how industry leaders and experts are moving the business of law forward – we turned the tables on David Kinnear, publisher and chief conversationalist with High Performance Counsel who spends most of his time talking to the leading thinkers and practitioners in the industry.

On #BakersDozen: The Hon. Mr. Justice Graeme Mew In Interview With High Performance Counsel

by Admin | Jun 21, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #BULLETPOINTS, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #TheScoop, General Counsel | 0 |

On #BakersDozen High Performance Counsel interviews the Honourable Mr Justice Graeme Mew who was appointed to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in December 2013. He sits on the senior trial court in Canada’s largest province, exercising civil, criminal and family jurisdiction – and also on the boards of the Ontario Superior Court Judges Association and the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada.

On #BakersDozen: Roger O’Sullivan, General Counsel of Cogstate In Interview with High Performance Counsel

by Admin | May 25, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Features, #TheScoop | 0 |

Mr. O’Sullivan has extensive experience as legal counsel for the healthcare and life sciences industries, bringing broad, frontline experience establishing strategic alliances and structuring and negotiating complex commercial/corporate transactions.

Sonya Olds Som, Partner at Major, Lindsey & Africa, Honored as Executive of the Year by the National Bar Association General Counsel Invitational

by Admin | May 18, 2018 | #Featured Legal Industry News, #TheScoop, Diversity & Inclusion, Press Release | 0 |

Sonya Olds Som, a partner with legal search firm Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA), has been honored as “Executive of the Year” by the National Bar Association General Counsel Invitational (NBA GCI) at its third annual conference in New York City.

On #BakersDozen: Doug Ellenoff of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP In Interview with High Performance Counsel

by Admin | May 15, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #FearlessLaw, #Features, #TheScoop, Legal Leadership | 0 |

Doug Ellenoff is a partner in the NYC-based 80 lawyer firm of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (EGS), which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. He is also Chairman of iDisclose, which is a legal technology company. On #BakersDozen, he speaks truth to the changing face of law, the opportunities and challenges that technology represents for modern practitoners and the possibilities for meaningful innovation.

On #BakersDozen: Laura Maechtlen, Partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP In Interview For The #BakersDozen

by Admin | May 10, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #FearlessLaw, #Features, #Litigation, #LitigationFunding, #TheScoop | 0 |

My first career was in music — violin performance. During my junior year of college, I began researching next steps in my educational journey and realized that auditions for a masters or PhD in music would be ridiculously competitive, and that my career path in music would remain that way.

ON #FEARLESSLAW: PEARSON GC & CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER BJARNE TELLMANN

by Zac Hale | May 6, 2018 | #FearlessLaw, #Features, #LegalInnovation, #LegalOps, #TheScoop, General Counsel, Legal Leadership | 0 |

Bjarne P. Tellmann is Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Pearson and a member of its Executive team. A FTSE 40 company with 36,000 employees in over 70 countries, Pearson provides a range of education products and services to institutions, governments and individual learners. Here he talks to High Performance Counsel as part of our exclusive #FearlessLaw series.

On #BakersDozen: Steph Corey, Co-Founder Of UpLevel Ops

by Admin | May 6, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Features, #FoundersDozen, #LegalOps, #TheScoop, #UplevelOps | 0 |

For anyone following the growth of the Legal Operations (#LegalOps) discipline in modern law (and if not, why not) Steph Corey is one of its brightest shining lights. Fresh thinking, great energy – she speaks to where the industry is heading. Here, she takes on the infamous #BakersDozen.

On #BakersDozen: Ken Grady In Interview with High Performance Counsel

by Admin | May 1, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #TheScoop | 0 |

Ken Grady is one of the finest minds in the modern legal industry and we love sharing his #BakersDozen interview.
We particularly enjoy the practicality of his perspective and his mindset: “acknowledge success, but focus on reality.” We find this to be acutely relevant and timely as the legal industry seeks to define its future self. Those in the sector – or contemplating it professionally – could do no better than to read what Ken has to say.

On #BakersDozen: Jennifer Silverman In Interview with High Performance Counsel

by Admin | May 1, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #Features, Legal Content | 0 |

I head the Intellectual Property practice at Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, a mid-sized general practice firm in NYC.

ON #BAKERSDOZEN: JENNIFER JOHNSON OF RICOH IN INTERVIEW WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL

by Admin | Jan 25, 2018 | #BakersDozen, #eDiscovery, #TheScoop, Legal Content | 0 |

On #BakersDozen, we interview one of the legal industry’s gifted leaders, Jennifer Johnson. The legal industry is in good hands knowing that inspiring professionals like Jennifer are at the helm. To identify the uniquely powerful role of people and the criticality of great leadership in a rush-around, tech-fueled world takes genius. To make it happen every day takes excellence.

High Performance Counsel Presents Its Inaugural #Bakers18 In Association With ACEDS

by Admin | Jan 4, 2018 | #ACEDS, #Aceds, #bakers18, #BakersDozen, #BULLETPOINTS, #Clio, #Featured Legal Industry News, #Features, #Foxwordy, #Mplace, #TheScoop, #UplevelOps, Legal Content | 0 |

2018 will be a landmark year in the legal industry so we assembled a crack team, the best of the best, the creme de la creme – the #Bakers18 – to share their thoughts on how this year plays out. It’s a bit like Ocean’s Eleven. Only much, much better. Happy new year from all of us at High Performance Counsel.

FastCase CEO Ed Walters Discusses Modern #LegalLeadership

by Zac Hale | Oct 26, 2017 | #FearlessLaw, #MainstreamLaw, Legal Content, Legal Leadership, Legal Tech | 0 |

It’s important to have vision and to have a conviction about how to change the course of events for the better in a big way.

MPlace: Don’t Under-Estimate #Millennials. 5 Timely Tips to Win Over the Next Generation #Legal Workforce

by Admin | Oct 18, 2017 | #FearlessLaw, #HumanCapital, #Mplace, #TheScoop, Legal Content | 0 |

The millennial generation represents a significant opportunity – or difficulty – for those organizations in and servicing the law and legal services sector. The key to success is understanding the drivers influencing this generation and having a clear strategy for engaging it successfully. Caleb King, a co-Founder of Mplace, unpacks the issues and speaks truth to the role of technology in harnessing this talented generation.

Exploring Non-Traditional Attorney Positions. How Bob Boland Became the Athletic Integrity Officer at Penn State University

by Admin | Oct 6, 2017 | #HumanCapital, #LegalRecruitment, #TheScoop, Legal Content, Legal Leadership | 0 |

Many attorneys express a desire for non-traditional positions utilizing their legal training and experience, without practicing law on a day to day basis.

Filipe Revez Neves, Head of Legal & Compliance at McDonald´s Portugal Speaks With HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL

by Admin | Sep 19, 2017 | #BakersDozen, #TheScoop, General Counsel | 0 |

Filipe is the Head of Legal & Compliance at McDonald´s Portugal, and is responsible for all legal affairs.

BEST OF THE BEST ON #FEARLESSLAW: SUCCESSFUL CLOC CO-FOUNDER & GENERAL PARTNER OF UPLEVEL OPS, STEPH COREY

by Zac Hale | Aug 23, 2017 | #ContractManagement, #FearlessLaw, #LegalInnovation, #LegalOps, #TheScoop, Market Commentary | 0 |

Steph Corey is the kind of bright, smart, energetic individual who makes stuff happen – and she’s definitely “one to watch” in the Legal Ops space. She is the General Partner and Co-Founder of UpLevel Ops, LLC, a multi-service Legal Operations consulting firm, and co-founder of CLOC, Corporate Legal Operations Consortium. We’re delighted to share her thoughts and insights here on #FearlessLaw.

Farming And Law – Worthy Professions Responding To The Unforgiving Voice Of Innovation.

by David Kinnear | Aug 12, 2017 | #BULLETPOINTS, #LegalInnovation | 0 |

“A moment – poised atop the vast field in the dark. Barely in our seats as the vast array pulls us steeply downward. Our powerful spaceship hovered, engine hungry – then plunged deep into the dark – only pierced by the sharp arc lights – and that was plenty. This is not the farming of my childhood. It is better, far better. And the same will be true of law.”

Bold Leadership In A New Word of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

by David Kinnear | Aug 2, 2017 | #AI, #BULLETPOINTS, #LegalInnovation, Legal Content, Legal Leadership | 0 |

AI is here – and it’s here to stay. This has far-reaching implications for the legal industry. But a renewed focus on leadership – and leadership development – will help us all get along with the robots just fine.

8of9 CEO MARY KOPCZYNSKI TAKES ON THE #FEARLESSLAW LEGAL LEADERSHIP INTERVIEW

by Zac Hale | Jul 27, 2017 | #FearlessLaw, #LegalOps, General Counsel, Legal Leadership | 0 |

Mary Kopczynski, J.D./Ph.D. is CEO and Founder of 8of9 – a RegTech company focused on simplifying the complex world of financial regulation. Mary is recognized as one of the country’s leading financial regulatory consultants, having advised some of the world’s largest financial institutions navigating through the technical requirements of complex global regulations such as Dodd Frank, FATCA, Basel, EMIR, AIFMD, Margin Rules and more. Here she tackles questions on cybersecurity, legal innovation and much more for #FearlessLaw.

TOP HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY CEO RUSS RUDISH TALKS LEADERSHIP – AND WHAT IT TAKES TO SUCCEED

by Zac Hale | Jul 25, 2017 | #LegalInnovation, #TheCornerOffice, Disruptive Forces, Legal Content, Legal Leadership, Market Commentary | 0 |

To speak with Russ Rudish is to tap into one of the richest and most experienced sources of knowledge, intellect and experience in the modern healthcare industry – and to engage one of its sharpest business minds. And to observe the level of technical and digital growth in healthcare, we can’t help wonder if law is any different in its potential for vast change. We managed to get some time with Russ to share his views on leadership – and what it takes to succeed in a highly-competitive industry – here.

WHO MISSES “FUN” BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE NIGHTS THEN? NO, REALLY.

by David Kinnear | Jul 7, 2017 | #BULLETPOINTS | 0 |

I walked by the still-shuttered Blockbuster storefront space the other day – the one we...

GAZE INTO MY CRYSTAL BALL. BEHOLD THE FUTURE… HOW’S YOURS LOOKING?

by David Kinnear | Jun 22, 2017 | #BULLETPOINTS | 0 |

We may not have a crystal ball we can gaze into to tell the future – but all of us can learn from some of the brightest minds in legal innovation who are thinking about it a lot. To contemplate a lifelong career with a blindfold on makes no sense. It never made sense but it makes less sense today than ever before in the legal sector. To know what’s coming allows you to plan for it and embrace the change – not get left behind by it. Starting this week – an exclusive series of articles in conjunction with our friends and colleagues at Law Made. You won’t want to miss this.

GREAT TEAMS INSPIRE GREAT OUTCOMES – RALPH SCHONENBACH’S #FEARLESSLAW INTERVIEW FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE COUNSEL

by Zac Hale | May 25, 2017 | #FearlessLaw, #HumanCapital, #LegalInnovation, Legal Leadership | 0 |

Successful CEO and now B2B startup Founder of Envoy, Ralph Schonenbach tackles #FearlessLaw. On his most satisfying feeling as a leader in both consulting and now in tech? “When everyone in the organization is excited about the vision of the firm – this is extremely rewarding. Taking big risks to follow a dream and getting positive feedback from the market is exhilarating.” You can read his further thoughts here.

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