Podcast appearances and mentions of david cambria

In this episode, our guests Brad Blickstein, David Cambria, and returning guest Keith Maziarek join host Ab to discuss the findings from the 3rd Legal Pricing and Project Management (LPMM) Survey Report. They delve into the key challenges and trends shaping the legal industry, touching upon innovation, technology, client expectations, and the future of legal service delivery. Tune in to explore the data and analysis from the report, as these experts share their perspectives on the current state and future of legal operations.Key discussion points: [00:02:16] The current state of law firm investments in innovation and technology [00:10:45] Contradictions between client expectations and rewarded behaviors [00:18:50] Challenges faced by law firm and legal department executives in adopting process and collaboration improvements [00:27:12] The real threat to law firm success and how to address it [00:34:23] The impact of economic downturns on the legal industry and the potential for future transformation Don't miss this in-depth conversation that offers valuable insights for legal professionals interested in legal tech, legal project management, and legal service delivery.A more in-depth commentary is available on FringeLegal.com

David Cambria is known as the “godfather of legal operations,” a moniker he earned in-house at giants Aon and ADM, and the name has followed him ever since. He is unique in that he has also held roles at the world's largest law firm as chief services officer, and is currently at one of the Big Four accounting firms as managing director of legal operations, overseeing “modern legal.” David is someone who has been a leader on every side of the value equation. In today's conversation, we learn how his experiences have coalesced into his current view on the profession and the legal marketplace. Listen in to discover: - Specific challenges David encountered along the way, and how he gained acceptance for the concept of legal operations within massive organizations. - How in-house legal leaders should sort the options in an increasingly diverse marketplace. - What is meant by “modern legal,” and how he hopes to achieve it.

Virtually overnight, COVID-19 changed the landscape for law firms and how they serve clients. While some firms were caught unprepared – struggling to adapt to a remote work environment and lacking the technologies and procedures to ensure seamless client service and team performance – other firms made the pivot quickly. What gave these successful firms the edge?  In this episode, which was recorded as a live video webinar on May 7, 2020, we speak with the heads of innovation at four major U.S. law firms about how they responded to the pandemic and its impact on their firms. The panelists are:  David Cambria, Chief Services Officer, Baker McKenzie. Linda Novosel, Chief Innovation and Value Officer, Blank Rome, LLP. Meredith Williams-Range, Chief Knowledge and Client Value Officer, Shearman & Sterling, LLP. Adam Ruttenberg, Senior Partner and Chairman of the Technology Committee, Cooley, LLP. Joining as co-moderator for the discussion was Josh Becker, head of Legal Analytics at LexisNexis.  Special thanks to Valerie Chan, founder and principal of Plat4orm PR, for helping to organize the panel.  NEW: Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com. We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Thank you to our sponsor, MyCase, and to John E. Grant and Agile Professionals LLC for being a lead Patreon supporter of our show.

David Cambria, Global Director of Legal Operations at Baker McKenzie in the firm’s Chicago office, has led significant transformational changes in the way corporate legal departments and law firms conduct business. A true innovator, he has successfully bridged the gap between law and business, and is at the forefront of developing the processes, programs and resource organizations that help law departments work more effectively and in alignment with their business goals. With a focus on developing best in class law, compliance and government relations operations, David has led remarkable transformations for some of the largest operations in the world. A firm believer in developing the next generation of leaders through consistent engagement, mentorship and expectations, he enjoys seeing the results of his training practices in performance and outcomes, and thrives on doing what he feels is at the core success of his career – guiding transformation, growth and turnaround projects. David is a published author and award-winning industry leader and speaker. What you’ll learn in this episode: Why law firms have only recently begun thinking about future-proofing their business. How to reduce the problem of “transactional friction” between a firm and its clients. Why lawyers should consider strengthening their math skills to better understand their firm’s data points and the power this gives them. Why legal operations efforts are scalable, effective and increasingly necessary for firms of every size. Trends in legal operations. Additional resources: Website: https://www.bakermckenzie.com/en LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/david-cambria/ Twitter: @david_cambria

In January, the world’s largest law firm, Baker McKenzie, announced that it had hired two leading thinkers on legal innovation, Jae Um and D. Casey Flaherty, to help the firm “enhance and reimagine the delivery of legal services to global clients.” They join a team led by David Cambria, who last year left Fortune 50 company Archer Daniels Midland to become the firm’s global director of legal operations. On this episode of LawNext, Um and Flaherty join host Bob Ambrogi to discuss their new roles and share their thoughts on innovation at Baker McKenzie and in the delivery of legal services.   Um, who joined Baker McKenzie as director of pricing strategy, has more than 12 years of cross-functional experience in legal business. Most recently, she was founder and executive director of Six Parsecs, a company that applied research rigor, business analytics and storytelling to help legal businesses achieve success. Before that, she was at the law firm Seyfarth Shaw, where she was director of strategic planning and analysis and, earlier, director of special projects. She is a regular contributor to the publication Legal Evolution. Flaherty, who joined Baker McKenzie as director of legal project management, first rose to prominence while corporate counsel at Kia Motors for creating the Legal Tech Audit, a competency-based learning platform focused on the core technology tools of legal practice, and later the Service Delivery Review, using metrics and benchmarking to drive structured dialogue and continuous improvement between law departments and outside counsel. Based on these concepts, he founded Procertas, providing technology training and benchmarking to law firms, law schools, and other organizations. NEW: We are now on Patreon! Subscribe to our page to be able to access show transcripts, or to submit a question for our guests. Comment on this show: Record a voice comment on your mobile phone and send it to info@lawnext.com.

In the next in this series of poolside chats from the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Noah Waisberg, CEO of Kira Systems, joins Zach in the Cabana. Also making cameos - David Cambria, Casey Flaherty and Nicole Arbiv.

Hear from long-time legal ops leader David Cambria about his current role at ADM, a publicly-traded commodity trading corporation, his advice for law firms about what it takes to secure a place in a preferred provider program today, and where he sees the legal ops field headed. 

P3 — The Practice Innovation Conference and the LMA Client Value Shared Interest Group (SIG) are back with a brand-new edition of the P3cast series. The Call for Ideas for the 2018 conference closes on Oct. 16, 2017 so get your ideas in! In this episode, 2018 P3 Conference Co-chair Christopher Ende (Law firm pricing and panel management leader, GE Corporate) is joined by Melissa C. Prince, Esq. (director of pricing and legal project management, Ballard Spahr LLP) and David Cambria (director of global operations - law, compliance and government relations, Archer Daniels Midland) to talk about the conference's newest educational track: Professional Development. The panel covers everything from networking to people management. Thanks for listening! To learn more about the 2018 P3 Conference, May 14-16, visit LMA's website: bit.ly/2fJ2gM2.