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I talked with an IP attorney about how he started & grew his law firm. Episode Highlights 01:01 - How to build a successful IP law firm. 02:17 - Favorite fall activity: apple picking. 05:50 - Journey into trademark law amidst economic downturns. 12:26 - The pivotal role of vision boards and focus. 15:20 - Leveraging technology like Alt Legal for firm management. 18:09 - Hiring talent globally with virtual structures. 24:26 - Exciting client roster with pop culture links. 27:01 - Marketing with pop culture references. 29:40 - Reflecting on childhood interests shaping career. Episode Resources Connect with Jared Correia jared@redcavelegal.com https://redcavelegal.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia https://twitter.com/RedCaveLegal www.linkedin.com/in/jaredcorreia/ Connect with Scott Sisun scott@sisunlaw.com https://www.sisunlaw.com/ 

Welcome to today's episode of AI Lawyer Talking Tech! On today's show, we'll be diving into the latest developments in the legal tech industry. From PwC's partnership with ContractPod Technologies Ltd to China's new draft AI law, we'll explore how artificial intelligence, automation, and innovation are reshaping the legal landscape. We'll also discuss Google's algorithm update, a lawsuit filed by the DOJ against Apple, and the expansion of Alt Legal's team with non-traditional recruits. Additionally, we'll touch on topics such as the use of technology in the mining sector, blockchain's impact on trademark and brand protection, and a major breakthrough in solar panel production. Stay tuned as we recognize influential women in legal tech, provide tips for managing cross-border data transfer, and offer advice for law firms on generating demand and winning new business. This promises to be a packed and informative episode! PwC in Alliance with ContractPodAI to Launch Legal GenAI Platform Leah for Contracts22 Mar 2024Legal Tech BlogAI Doing the Stuff You Refuse to Do22 Mar 2024Zach Abramowitz is Legally DisruptedHow to Start Using A.I.22 Mar 2024JD SupraGoogle's First 2024 Algorithm Update: Quality Content Still Rules for Law Firms22 Mar 2024JD SupraUS Government Sues Apple for Allegedly ‘Shapeshifting' Rules Targeting Crypto Apps22 Mar 2024Crypto News FlashAlt Legal expands the team22 Mar 2024Yorkshire Evening PostChina's New Draft AI Law Prioritizes Industry Development22 Mar 2024Forbes.comBlockchain & Trademarks: Can Brand Protection Be Revolutionized?22 Mar 2024TheCoinRepublic.comU.S. Department of Justice vs. Apple: Cupertino Giant Might Be Forced to Defend its Business For Upcoming Years22 Mar 2024Tech TimesCyber Heist of Over $145 Million in Ether Laundered Following Heco Bridge Exploit22 Mar 2024CryptopolitanILTA Honors Five Influential Women of Legal Tech22 Mar 2024LawSites7 Tips for Managing Cross-Border Data Transfers22 Mar 2024Information WeekContent Ideas to Boost Demand Generation for Law Firms22 Mar 2024JD SupraAdvice from legal sector experts on how to win new business for your law firm22 Mar 2024Legal FuturesWould It Even Be Constitutional to Pause AI?22 Mar 2024American Enterprise InstituteAmid Congressional Subpoenas and Lawsuits, Harvard Searches for New General Counsel22 Mar 2024Harvard CrimsonDOJ's Antitrust Suit Against Apple Draws Support from Spotify, Deezer22 Mar 2024Tech TimesLook to the EU for internet regulation22 Mar 2024Michigan DailyStudy Reveals AI's Potential in Enhancing Legal Aid Access21 Mar 2024JDJournalOpenAI adds Netflix and Google veteran to growing roster of legal staff21 Mar 2024ExBulletin17-19 April 2024 Events ABA Science & Technology Law Section21 Mar 2024Foley & Lardner LLPAI Reporter - March 202421 Mar 2024JD SupraThe Future for Alternative Legal Service Providers is Strong21 Mar 2024AxiomLaw.comNavigating the Future: Medicare Advantage Plan Rules on the Use of Artificial Intelligence22 Mar 2024Venable LLPQ&A: Hinshaw General Counsel Steve Puiszis Discusses the Firm's New Generative AI Policy and the Importance of Ethical "Guardrails"22 Mar 2024Hinshaw & Culbertson LLPAI regulation introduced in Europe – setting the way forward for the rest of the world or slowing down the adoption of new tech?22 Mar 2024Dorsey & Whitney LLPClient Alert: Compliance With State and Federal Laws Regarding Personally Identifiable Information Following a Data Breach (PII)22 Mar 2024Quinn Emanuel Trial LawyersSEC Targets Investment Firms Over “AI-Washing” Claims⟶21 Mar 2024Fried FrankUnited States Looks Towards its First Cross-Border Data Transfer Regime with New Executive Order21 Mar 2024BeneschPresident Biden Issues Executive Order Restricting Bulk Transfers of Sensitive Personal and US Government-Related Data21 Mar 2024K&L Gates

In this episode, we speak to Anna Ashford, Head of ALT Legal – a law firm that strives to bring a modern and accessible approach to SMEs & founder-led businesses. Anna speaks to us about the necessity of good legal support and the importance of understanding the bigger picture in the world of law. We also talk flexible working, the need for more investment in female founders, and how we bring equality to the industry.

The development of new technologies has quickened the pace of living in every corner of the world. As a result, it is impossible to prevent lawyers from becoming interested in technology. However, if attorneys want to provide the highest level of service to their clients while simultaneously simplifying their work lives, they need to improve their technology skills. This week, we are joined by Lindsey Corbin to discuss how she applies technology in her professional life and how it has contributed to her success. Lindsey is the Chief Executive Officer of Delegate.legal. It is a leading provider of virtual paralegal services that can easily incorporate itself into existing law firms and businesses. Delegate.legal has more than 25 years of combined experience in the field of trademarks. It works with attorneys to develop its trademark practices by providing outsourced paralegal offerings, coaching, and consultation on practice development and additional products. Delegate.legal also works with attorneys to build different products. In addition, those who require other administrative services can also take advantage of Lindsey and her team's provision of virtual assistants. Join Lindsey and me as we talk about the following three questions and more! What are three security measures solos and small firms should keep in mind when working with virtual paralegals? What is a tech stack and what three ways attorneys can set up some basic tech stack? What are three ways attorneys can use technology to make sure their virtual staff are all on the same page at work? In our conversation, we cover: [01:15] Tech Setup - Lindsey discusses her current technological setup and her relationship with Microsoft and Apple products. [06:31] Security Measures - Lindsey shares three security measures that small firms should keep when working with virtual paralegals. Furthermore, she mentions her favorite antivirus software and why she likes it. [09:51] VPN – Lindsey provides a thorough explanation of how she makes use of VPN. [14:00] Tech Stack – Lindsey explains what a tech stack consists of and three ways attorneys can set up simple tech stacks. [17:40] Email - Lindsey discusses her email preferences for business, including whether she prefers Google Mail, Outlook, or owning her own domain. [19:12] Practice Management Software – Lindsey talks about her favorite practice management software. [20:35] Calls – Lindsey expresses her view on using a cell phone and Google Voice for business-related matters. [22:44] Cybersecurity Insurance – Lindsey provides her perspective on why an attorney needs cybersecurity insurance. [24:52] Laptop – When asked about her preferred second monitor to utilize while traveling, Lindsey raves about how much she adores her laptop. [26:14] Third-Party Docketing Software - Lindsey describes the third-party docketing software she utilizes. [27:22] Tools for Virtual Work – Lindsey explores three ways attorneys may utilize technology to guarantee their virtual workforce is on the same page, evaluating Slack, Trello, and Microsoft Teams and explaining why she enjoys each. [31:34] Shifts – We dive into the shifts in the legal business due to the pandemic's democratization effect and how innovation in the legal services arena provides help and its efficacy. [36:48] Transfer of Information Issues - Being a Windows user, Lindsey discusses the difficulties she encounters in transferring data to her Mac-using team and how she overcomes them. Resources: Connect with Lindsey: LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lindsey-corbin/ Website: delegate.legal/ Equipment Mentioned in the Podcast Dell Vostro Desktop: dell.com/en-us/work/shop/scc/sr/desktops-n-workstations/vostro-desktops Microsoft Surface Pro: microsoft.com/en-us/surface/devices/surface-pro-models iPhone 12: apple.com/iphone-12/key-features Apple Watch: apple.com/watch iPad: apple.com/ipad Cannon Inkjet Printers: asia.canon/en/consumer/products/search?category=printing&subCategory=inkjet-printers Epson Scanners: epson.com/For-Home/Scanners/c/h2 Software & Services Mentioned in the Podcast Windows 11: microsoft.com/en-us/windows LastPass: www.lastpass.com McAfee Anti-virus: www.mcafee.com Clio Practice Management: www.clio.com Gravity Legal: gravity-legal.com Lawpay: www.lawpay.com Slack: slack.com Trello: trello.com Alt Legal: www.altlegal.com WebTMS: www.webtms.com

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, the developer of a cloud-based IP docketing software platform that helps legal professionals prepare and manage their IP filings. We discussed how legal technology companies can adapt to a changing legal climate, growth opportunities, the appeal of automating legal tasks, Alt Legal's acquisition of Towergate, and the launch of the International Intellectual Property Standards Organization.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, the developer of a cloud-based IP docketing software platform that helps legal professionals prepare and manage their IP filings. We discussed how legal technology companies can adapt to a changing legal climate, growth opportunities, the appeal of automating legal tasks, Alt Legal's acquisition of Towergate, and the launch of the International Intellectual Property Standards Organization.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company that provides trademark docketing software. We discussed the challenges that Alt Legal helps trademark professionals address, its 2021 Alt Legal Connect virtual conference, what attendees can expect, and how events are evolving.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company that provides trademark docketing software. We discussed the challenges that Alt Legal helps trademark professionals address, its 2021 Alt Legal Connect virtual conference, what attendees can expect, and how events are evolving.

There is an element of serendipity in the story of Nehal Madhani and his company Alt Legal. Even though he had been an insolvency lawyer who had never practiced trademark law, an early attempt at entrepreneurship — and at registering his own trademarks — showed him the need for better software to automate trademark applications. After creating and launching that product, he heard from his customers that their greater need was software to track the thousands of trademarks they’d already filed. Pivoting to address that need, he launched Alt Legal.  Eight years later, and without ever taking significant outside investment, Madhani has grown Alt Legal into a leading platform for trademark docketing in the U.S. and Canada. More recently, he announced a partnership with a global trademark data company that will expand Alt Legal’s trademark docketing automation to every jurisdiction in the world.  On this episode of LawNext, Madhani joins host Bob Ambrogi to share his journey from insolvency lawyer to successful legal tech founder, as well as to discuss the mission of his company and his vision for its future.  Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out.  Paradigm, home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther, Bill4Time, and MerusCase, and e-payments platform Headnote. Law Insider, producer of the show Contract Teardown, where they analyze the contracts that others are talking about.  A reminder that we are on Patreon. Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal's docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal’s docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal’s docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal’s docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a company whose cloud-based IP docketing software helps legal professionals prepare and manage hundreds of thousands of IP filings and deadlines daily. We discussed the expansion of Alt Legal’s docketing business, its upcoming trademark law conference called Alt Legal Connect, the keynote presentation by Jack Newton, the co-founder and CEO of Clio, and how Alt Legal Connect and other events are influencing the distribution and development of legal technology.

In one of a series of special reports recorded live at the recent Clio Cloud Conference, LawNext host Bob Ambrogi is joined by Nehal Madhani, an attorney and the founder and CEO of the cloud-based IP filing software Alt Legal. Before starting Alt Legal, Madhani practiced as an attorney at Kirkland & Ellis. He is a Python/Django developer and serves on the board of Django-NYC, a nonprofit organization with nearly 2,500 software developers as members. He is also a CodeX fellow at Stanford Law School. Madhani speaks and writes regularly about the intersection of legal practice and technology. He has also co-authored several publications about the challenges of applying antitrust law to online business models, which have appeared in the Huffington Post and in the Journal of Management and Information Systems. He was selected for the 2016 Fastcase 50 – an award that “recognizes 50 of the smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law.”

For years, businesses have been using automation to free their staff from repetitive tasks—and are reaping the benefits for their bottom lines. Now, with the help of technology, law firms too can automate processes and focus on delivering an incredible experience to their clients. However, many law firms have been slow to adopt automation: According to ILTA’s 2018 technology survey, 46% of firms still aren’t using any system to help themselves automate business processes. Nehal Madhani of Alt Legal and Jordan Couch of Palace Law break down some of the misconceptions around automation in law firms. They also explain how automation works, and provide tips for automating processes in your own practice. With the power of technology, it’s easier than you think to automate repetitive tasks and get more out of your day.

In our first installment, we sat down with Hannah Samendinger, the General Counsel and Product Manager at Alt Legal, the creators of trademark and patent docketing software. Hannah discussed with us her unique perspective on traditional law firm practice and what she looks for when she’s dealing with outside law firms as the GC of a small legal tech company.   Episode Resources https://www.altlegal.com https://blog.altlegal.com   Episode Highlights Hannah’s role as General Council at Alt Legal. The one thing law firms don’t understand about managing an in-house budget. What the best law firms do consistently. Favorite legal tech tools.

Nehal Madhani is an attorney and the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a software company that helps legal professionals to prepare and manage IP filings and deadlines daily. Today, we're talking about using meetups to get more leads. In this episode, we also talk about: • Why did Nehal start his first Meetup • How starting a meetup impacted his new business • How Nehal convinced attorneys to join his meetup • What Nehal will do differently if he were to start a meetup today • How to create a community of value

If you are not already aware, ALPS proudly partners with Clio, the easy-to-use cloud-based law practice management software company with over 150,000 subscribing lawyers.  ALPS policyholders enjoy a 10% lifetime discount on their Clio subscription. We are also lucky to work with Clio to better understand where legal tech is heading and how we can leverage these advancements as they relate to risk management. ALPS Risk Manager Mark Bassingthwaighte connected with Clio's Content Strategist Teresa Matich and Lawyer-in-Residence Joshua Lenon to elaborate on Teresa's recent blog, 10 Predictions for the Next 10 Years of Legal Tech. The predictions were gathered via Clio Advocates, an online community of legal professionals, legal tech visionaries, and Clio team members. The discussion unearthed some of their most interesting findings. Joshua also weighed in on why lawyers should innovate their practices to avoid risk rather than maintaining the status quo out of fear of the unknown. Joshua also discussed how Clio is helping the legal community innovate intelligently through its million dollar development fund. ALPS In Brief, The ALPS Risk Management Podcast, is hosted by ALPS Risk Manager, Mark Bassingthwaighte. Transcript: MARK: Welcome to another episode of ALPS in Brief, the ALPS risk management podcast. We're coming to you from the ALPS home office in the historic Florence building in beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. I'm Mark Bassingthwaighte, the ALPS risk manager, and I have the pleasure of sitting down today with Teresa Matich and Joshua Lenon, both with Clio, a company that delivers cloud-based practice management technologies to lawyers worldwide. Teresa, Joshua, welcome. It's a pleasure. Before we jump into the conversation we're about to have, can you just take a few brief moments and tell our listeners a little bit about yourselves? TERESA: Sure. I'm Teresa Matich. I'm a content strategist at Clio, and I manage the Clio blog, where we write about legal technology and the business of law for law firms of all types. JOSHUA: I'm Joshua Lenon. I'm the lawyer in residence at Clio. I provide legal scholarship and subject matter expertise to our teams throughout Clio, including Teresa's great blog. MARK: That is a good blog, I'll give you that. I enjoy it, and that's really what sort of prompted this podcast idea. It's been a little while, a week or so here, but you came up with the top ten legal predictions for the next 10 years, and that was just one of your blog posts. I thought that was very, very interesting. Normally when you see these predictions for what's going to happen, it's some lawyer sitting down or some tech person sitting down, but this really came out of the advocate community, as I understand it. Can you tell us a little bit about the Clio advocates community, talk about how the predictions were collected, and just tell us a little bit about the process? TERESA: Sure. We wanted to look at predictions for legal tech over the next 10 years, because it's actually Clio's 10th anniversary this year. 10 years ago, Jack and Ryan set out to build Clio and today Clio is the most powerful and popular cloud-based practice management platform available with 150,000 users in 90 countries. A big part of Clio's success has been the people who use Clio, so we thought it would be fitting to ask them what their predictions are for the next 10 years. As you mentioned, the post came out of a discussion in Clio's advocates community, which is the official Clio community where customers can go to discuss legal topics, share their expertise, get advice, and just engage with each other and build that community. Anyone who wants to join can learn more. You can join at advocates.com/join/advocates. There was discussion going on. We asked what their predictions were for the next 10 years, and we picked some of the most popular ones for this blog post. MARK: Nice. When you look at this, in terms of popular ... What surprised you the most about what you found? TERESA: There were a few things. The one thing that surprised me in the discussion was how many people predicted that paperless law firms were going to be a big thing in the next 10 years. MARK: Mm-hmm (affirmative). TERESA: Paperless is a big thing for a lot of law firms now, and I guess I was surprised to see so many law firms seeing that trend continuing and seeing law firms not just be mostly paperless but entirely paperless in the next 10 years. The second thing, along similar lines, is one person's prediction that traditional offices would disappear entirely, and that jurisdictional issues would go away, and lawyers would work across state lines with lawyers in other jurisdictions. Whether you got a mobile practice or you're working from home or you're using a shared workspace, that trend is only going to continue, which does make a little bit of sense. MARK: Yeah. TERESA: Office overhead is expensive, and then the third thing was Jordan Couch's prediction that lawyers will practice more like doctors, which was a really interesting way to frame it. In his view, artificial intelligence and automation will not threaten the jobs of lawyers by passing off more routine tasks to apps and services and other legal professionals. Lawyers, like surgeons, are going to be able to focus more on their craft and more on practicing law, which is what most of them want to do in the first place. If you've got a platform like Clio where you can log time with just a few clicks, communicate with your clients securely, and look at reports and data to see how your firm can improve, you're going to much better off than if you're trying to do those things all on your own without the right tool. MARK: It's interesting, and I agree with some of these predictions, just in terms of our own experience, and I do a lot of consulting over the years with apps and just in terms of visiting with firms around the country, but we are seeing more and more, in terms of just supporting what the advocates are saying, lawyers are moving into the, if you will, virtual space or virtual practice space. I see more telecommuting. I do see an increased pace of movement to the cloud, in terms of dropping off the paper, kind of, side here with all of that. It's been fun. It's interesting. I'm the risk guy, as you're well aware, and work with the malpractice insurance carrier. This is our world. Thinking about the advocate community, the kinds of things you're seeing and learning, what do you think we should be educating our policyholders about? Do you have any thoughts on that one? JOSHUA: I do think risk always is a factor when it comes to running any type of business, not just a law firm, but lawyers actually have a phenomenal resource that they're under-utilizing when it comes to managing, measuring, and preparing for risk, and that is their professional liability insurers. Too many lawyers don't innovate because they think their liability insurer will say no, when in fact, what liability insurers in my experience look for is a bit of collaboration, a little two-way communication, such that they can prepare alongside the law firms for these upcoming changes. Lawyers who want to innovate should, but they should be reaching out to their liability insurers and making sure that everybody's on the same page moving forward. In fact, they can probably get some great advice from their insurers on what's worked for other firms, and better approaches towards managing that risk if there is a factor in their expense. MARK: Again, I agree. I'm getting more and more these calls and emails coming in, talking about, "Is it safe to be in the cloud? I'd kind of like to go here, but we're afraid that you as our insurer will say, 'Oh, no. That's too risky.'" My response is, I don't think you guys can get to the cloud fast enough. Part of my challenge is, in trying to educate, say, when you think about moving to the cloud, we need to ... It's not the cloud, if you will, it's how we interact with the cloud, and so there's an opportunity for me to do some training and educating in terms of how to use it more responsibly. As I've looked at your site and we have a partnership here in terms of Clio and ALPS, and our insurance, do get some discounts in working with you folks, and so we're well aware of what you do. I've been very interested in your million dollar Clio development fund. Can you tell our listeners a bit more about what this fund is about? How do you envision this helping current and future Clio subscribers, and maybe tell us a little bit about what's already being funded? JOSHUA: Thanks, Mark. The developer fund is an experiment, but one that we're very excited about. We know that there's no one way to practice law. In fact, our advocates community, the feedback loops that we have via our support team, all tell us of lawyers having, sometimes, very highly specialized needs when it comes to their technology. While Clio is a great platform and highly customizable, it doesn't have, necessarily, every tool for every niche practice out there. We've been very fortunate to leverage cloud technology to create a platform where law firms can pick their favorite tools to meet their needs and specifications, and plug them into Clio, such that information syncs back and forth, it reduces transcription error, it increases responsiveness, and generally prevents a lot of the different types of complaints that we see coming towards lawyers when it comes to juggling a whole bunch of different data silos separately. When it comes to the developer fund, we know that it's very difficult for tools that target niche practices or niche functions within those practices, to really get up and running fast enough to be sustainable, so our developer fund is one way of us taking our success and investing in these third party tools, such that they're creating these highly specialized components that law firms can plug in. For example, if you are an immigration firm and really need a strong workflow for soliciting family information or business information and populating those government forms quickly on behalf of your clients, we have several tools that now plug into Clio and just do that for you. Clio will handle your time and billing, your secure communications with those clients, but this plugin tool will handle the forms for you, and between the two, you have an entire immigration practice basically in the palm of your hand on your mobile phone. If you are an IP attorney, you can plug in a tool like Alt Legal and that will handle your patent documenting for you, which is, again, a highly specialized workflow that Clio would love to build, but it only represents a portion of the 150,000 lawyers that we service, so we have to pick and choose, but we can devote things like our developer fund to get massive scale and massive functionality for lawyers around the world with a cooperative environment. MARK: What I hear, and what I really like about this, is, again, talking with our insureds over the past five to eight years as they look at this possibility of moving into the cloud. There've been all kinds of roadblocks that I hear, and what you're saying is, we're now in front of this. We are removing the roadblocks so that we can make the transition for this, particularly what I ... In terms of a lot of our insureds, the solo, small firm lawyers, make this transition to the cloud very smooth and make them far more productive. I just think this is a fantastic approach. Very exciting things happening. That's just fantastic. We're about running out of time, here. To wrap up, can I have each of you just share a final thought in terms of encouraging, why is it important for legal professionals to at least understand, if not move forward and embrace technology at the level of the like of which Clio offers, that kind of thing? What are your thoughts, final closing thought? TERESA: Sure. First, I would say that knowing the benefits and risks of technology is fast-becoming a necessity, not a nice-to-have. 31 states have already adopted comment eight on the ABA's model rule for professional conduct, rule 1.1, and that states that law firms must stay abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with technology. If you're not using technology to serve your clients better or if you're not aware of the risks that come with technology, it's really important to get educated. The Clio blog covers these topics regularly and you can subscribe to that at clio.com/blog. We put out a regular digest with articles. The second thing I would say is that technology can do a lot to help you practice more efficiently and help your clients better and focus more on the practice of the law. As Jordan said, lawyers who leverage technology are going to have more of an opportunity to focus on what they got into law to do in the first place. JOSHUA: I think that it's only going to get better from here. That's one of the exciting things about legal technology, is I think we're at an inflection point, where better and better tools will come into the hands of lawyers, giving better and better service to their clients, and getting in on the ground floor of that is a market opportunity for the law firms out there. MARK: Yeah, yeah. You know, may I just throw one other question at you, based on a conversation I had actually a little bit earlier this morning with another one of our insureds. I would just be curious in terms of the thoughts of either of you on this one. I'm going to restate it, but, this comes up quite a bit in my world. Mark, I'm thinking about looking at a cloud product, whether it's just file storage to a full practice management solution, such as Clio, but my concern is, if I start to let go of my data, I'm concerned about the security of all of that. I am now out of control. What would your response be to someone that says, "I'm just having a little trouble letting go." Can you speak to just data security overall in a solution like Clio versus just keeping everything local? JOSHUA: You got it. First of all, dollar per dollar, you get more security moving to a reputable cloud provider than you can ever provide inside of your office, things like 24/7 supervision of the technology are things that Clio provides that a lawyer just can't do in a smaller boutique firm. There's, unfortunately, just not enough dollars to cover that type of security coverage, so moving to the cloud is a great way to get more for your money, but you do have to pick a reputable provider. One way to find out if somebody's a reputable provider, is to look at their transparency when it comes to their security preparations, their willingness to answer your questions, and, quite frankly, their reputation amongst a lot of your peers. Clio, for example, has a public report on our status for how long we've been up, for the last ... I think it goes back an entire year now, the current report, and for the last three months, for example, I can tell you that Clio has been down a total of three minutes over those three months. That's the type of transparency we provide. We also provide third party security audits that are done on either and hourly or daily basis, depending on which of the three reports you look at. Those are available to the public as well, so you can always see how we're doing and whether or not we're leading the market in security, or lagging behind. Our goal is to always be leading. MARK: Yeah, yeah. JOSHUA: Yeah, and because of that, then you can take a look and see, not only are we being transparent, but then, what's our reputational effect? Our partnership with ALPS, for example, is one metric that a firm could look at to see that, not only are we being transparent, but we're also being vetted by people who are knowledgeable in the business, and that deem us to be a good bet. MARK: I appreciate you sharing that, Joshua. I do think it's important for our listeners to hear directly, if you will, from the horse's mouth, the answer to the question, so thank you for taking the time for that, and boy, I couldn't agree more with you. It's the same message I try to preach, but again, sometimes hearing it from the provider themselves, for themselves, is an important thing. That's about all the time we have today. Teresa, Joshua, thank you very much. It's been a pleasure, and for our listeners, I hope you found something of value and interest today out of this conversation. If, in future, you have any ideas for topics or questions or concerns you'd like to see addressed in one of these podcasts, please don't hesitate to reach out to me at mbass@alpsnet.com. Thanks again, thanks for listening. Have a good one, folks. Bye bye.   Joshua Lenon is an attorney admitted to the New York Bar.  He studied law at St. Louis University School of Law, obtaining a Juris Doctorate and a Certificate in International and Comparative Law. Joshua has since helped legal practitioners improve their services, working for Thomson Reuters' publishing departments in both the United States and Canada. Joshua currently serves as Lawyer-in-Residence for Clio, providing legal scholarship and research skills to the leading cloud-based practice management platform from Vancouver, Canada. He's been a guest lecturer for movements like legal hacking and legal technology at schools like MIT, Suffolk Law, and Vanderbilt, as well as before organizations like ReinventLaw and the ABA Law Practice Futures Initiative.   Teresa Matich manages the Clio Blog, where she writes about legal technology and the business of law for legal professionals at firms of all sizes. She has previously worked as a reporter in the financial sector, and prior to that, she worked as an office clerk at a Vancouver real estate law firm.  

Podcast Shownotes In episode 18 of the Legal Marketing 2.0 podcast we chat with Jennifer Ellis about using the WordPress platform to build a website for your law firm – from solos to large firms. Jennifer literally wrote the book on WordPress for Lawyers: WordPress in One Hour for Lawyers: How to Create a Website for Your Law Firm (ABA). Jennifer has had an unusual career in the legal profession going from continuing legal education (CLE) professional to practicing lawyer to marketing expert and, in addition to our conversation about WordPress, she shares some “Alt Legal” career tips, so make sure to check out the interview. Here are some of the highlights: What is WordPress and why should lawyers use it? WordPress is a database-drive software that allows you easily publish a website. It’s free and easy to use and update, and lets you quickly design the site, add images, pages, blog posts, and so on. You can create a site using wordpress.com (not recommended) or wordpress.org (recommended). You’ll need to subscribe to a web hosting service for the latter, which you can install with the click of a button. TIP: WordPress is great for solos, small firms, and legal tech companies, but it’s also powerful enough for large law firm websites. You can build a WordPress website without knowing any coding. Just find a theme you like, change a few settings, and you’re good to go. That said, a little HTML knowledge never hurts, especially if you want to customize your site. WordPress Plugins Plugins primarily alters the backend of a website but can make a difference in the front end – what visitors see and how they experience your site. They expand the functionality. Top recommended plugin is Yoast SEO. Akismet is another recommended plugin which controls spam comments on your site. TIP: It’s critically important that you get your plugins from reputable sources and keep them up to date to keep your website secure. Although WordPress comes with basic SEO and design functionality out of the box you need to understand the basics of SEO. Check out Moz blog (and our posts, podcasts, and videos on search engine optimization) to get up to speed. About our guest: Jennifer Ellis is a Pennsylvania legal ethics attorney who is not currently practicing law. Instead, she assists law firms and other businesses to maintain a competitive online presence. She also educates attorneys so they can make certain that their online conduct is ethically appropriate. Previously she practiced law with and managed the online presence of Lowenthal & Abrams, a medium-sized personal injury firm. Jennifer enjoys educating the public on the law by answering questions on sites such as Quora and Avvo, as well as on her own website through her “Ask Jennifer” blog.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, an intellectual property docketing software company. Prior to pursuing this venture, he spent four years as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in New York. We discussed the evolution of Alt Legal from its initial mission upon which Madhani founded the company in 2013 and the power of a pivot, how the company's customer base has expanded over the past four years, its recent collaboration with Wolters Kluwer, ways that Alt Legal's technology applies across jurisdictions, and advice for hopeful legal tech entrepreneurs.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, an intellectual property docketing software company. Prior to pursuing this venture, he spent four years as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in New York. We discussed the evolution of Alt Legal from its initial mission upon which Madhani founded the company in 2013 and the power of a pivot, how the company’s customer base has expanded over the past four years, its recent collaboration with Wolters Kluwer, ways that Alt Legal’s technology applies across jurisdictions, and advice for hopeful legal tech entrepreneurs.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, an intellectual property docketing software company. Prior to pursuing this venture, he spent four years as an associate with Kirkland & Ellis in New York. We discussed the evolution of Alt Legal from its initial mission upon which Madhani founded the company in 2013 and the power of a pivot, how the company’s customer base has expanded over the past four years, its recent collaboration with Wolters Kluwer, ways that Alt Legal’s technology applies across jurisdictions, and advice for hopeful legal tech entrepreneurs.

Natalie Bennett is a partner in the Washington office of McDermott Will & Emery.   She focuses her practice on intellectual property with an emphasis on infringement litigation. An experienced trial lawyer she has litigated intellectual property disputes through trial to final judgment. Natalie Bennett Bio We talk with Natalie about building on the opportunities in front of you About staying motivated and excited about client work We discuss the value of business development ‘at bats’ Controlling costs and the pressures being faced by today’s in-house counsel Advice to work by – Those who stay will be champions This episode is sponsored by Alt Legal:

Today’s Boutiques Offer Quality and Value This is the first episode of our ‘Boutique’ series. Today’s guest advises clients on protecting, enforcing and leveraging their intellectual property, the Founder of WR Samuels Law, Bill Samuels. Bill Samuels Bio Listen in as Bill and Nicole talk about: – Seeing what people need and providing it to them – Being a resource – Client’s niche specific needs driving expansion – Never stop building relationships – Following-up Episode Mentions: ALT Legal and TradeMarkNow This episode is sponsored by ALT Legal:

When marketing your products at a convention or industry event it can be difficult to adequately promote your brand within the allotted presentation time. In this report from On The Road, host Monica Bay talks with Allegory founder and CEO Alma Asay, Alt Legal founder and CEO Nehal Madhani, and eBrevia CEO Ned Gannon about the Alt Legal Innovation Awards, what it was like presenting their products in under three minutes, and their advice to other entrepreneurs looking to refine how they market their products. Alma Asay has a history in complex commercial litigations, primarily in the fields of media, entertainment and technology and is the founder and CEO of Allegory, a litigation management application that automates everyday tasks for lawyers. Nehal Madhani is an attorney and the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software trusted by Am Law 200 firms, boutique firms, and in-house legal departments to prepare and manage thousands of IP filings every day. Ned Gannon has a history in corporate law and as founder and CEO of Audible Auto, a startup company developing infotainment technology at the intersection of smartphones and vehicles. Ned is now CEO of eBrevia, which uses artificial intelligence to extract data from contracts.

Summary Welcome to the fourteenth episode of the Evolve Law Podcast! Today, our host, Mary Juetten, sits down with Nehal Madhani, the CEO and founder of ALT Legal. He explains how his company makes it easier for law firms and companies to create and manage trade property filings. His software tools automatically update IP filing statuses, calculate deadlines, collect IP information, and create new IP filings. Tune in to find out more about his up and coming company!  For the latest topics, trends and tech in the legal industry, subscribe to Evolve Law Podcast: A Catalyst for Legal Innovation. Listen as legal experts and leaders share insights about the legal industry. For more information, questions, or suggestions about our podcast feel free to email us at info@evolvelawnow.com!   Show Notes 0:00 Intro 0:17 Introducing Nehal Madhani from Alt Legal 1:00 How Did You Discover This Legal Tech Problem? 1:50 How Long Has Y0ur Product Been in the Market? 3:28 Do You Have Any Feedback or Case Studies from Lawyers? 4:17 Do You Have Any Metrics that You Can Share? 5:26 Outro

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software tool to prepare and manage global IP filings. He will be presenting at the Clio Cloud Conference on the role of APIs and how Clio can be leveraged as a platform from the perspective of an attorney and a programmer. We discussed the genesis and evolution of Alt Legal, its influence in the legal market, the competitive landscape for tools of this type, and key predictions, among other topics. In addition, given his experience as a former attorney with a big firm who left the practice to start a software company after teaching himself to code, he shared some advice for lawyers interested in striking out on their own beyond the practice of law.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software tool to prepare and manage global IP filings. He will be presenting at the Clio Cloud Conference on the role of APIs and how Clio can be leveraged as a platform from the perspective of an attorney and a programmer. We discussed the genesis and evolution of Alt Legal, its influence in the legal market, the competitive landscape for tools of this type, and key predictions, among other topics. In addition, given his experience as a former attorney with a big firm who left the practice to start a software company after teaching himself to code, he shared some advice for lawyers interested in striking out on their own beyond the practice of law.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software tool to prepare and manage global IP filings. He will be presenting at the Clio Cloud Conference on the role of APIs and how Clio can be leveraged as a platform from the perspective of an attorney and a programmer. We discussed the genesis and evolution of Alt Legal, its influence in the legal market, the competitive landscape for tools of this type, and key predictions, among other topics. In addition, given his experience as a former attorney with a big firm who left the practice to start a software company after teaching himself to code, he shared some advice for lawyers interested in striking out on their own beyond the practice of law.

I spoke with Nehal Madhani, the founder and CEO of Alt Legal, a cloud-based software tool to prepare and manage global IP filings. He will be presenting at the Clio Cloud Conference on the role of APIs and how Clio can be leveraged as a platform from the perspective of an attorney and a programmer. We discussed the genesis and evolution of Alt Legal, its influence in the legal market, the competitive landscape for tools of this type, and key predictions, among other topics. In addition, given his experience as a former attorney with a big firm who left the practice to start a software company after teaching himself to code, he shared some advice for lawyers interested in striking out on their own beyond the practice of law.