I spoke with Dr. Silvia Hodges Silverstein, CEO Emerita of the Buying Legal Council and advisor to Last Crumb, a gourmet cookie company. We discussed her career journey from legal procurement to luxury branding, the strategic value of unique corporate gifts, like gourmet cookies, in fostering client relationships and loyalty for law firms, and advice for professionals considering a career shift.

I asked Notebook LM to read Legal Operations at a Crossroads, published in collaboration with iManage, LegalMation, and Neota Logic. This AI-generated discussion is the extraordinary result.

I spoke with Kris Rudeegraap, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Sendoso, a leading direct mail and gifting platform. We discussed how gifting in professional services strengthens relationships, the most popular use cases for legal professionals, and how gifting has evolved.

I spoke with Erin Harrison and Kenny Gary, co-founders of Limelight, a growth communications firm specializing in the legal and regulated sectors. We discussed the legal marketing trends that inspire their approach, lessons that law firms can learn from marketing strategies in legal tech and fintech, and priorities law firm leaders should consider in business development.

I spoke with Greg Hong, the Co-Founder and CEO of Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and court reporting services. We discussed the industry trends driving the need for court reporting and litigation support, creating a competitive advantage in the current market, and the evolution of the legal support market.

I spoke with Brad Harris, the Vice President of Solutions at Exterro, which provides e-discovery and data risk management solutions for legal teams. We discussed the key challenges legal teams face in their e-discovery workflows, the value of project management in optimizing these processes, and how the rise of generative AI is affecting the e-discovery landscape.

In this 32nd episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, Editor and Publisher of Legal IT Insider, and I discussed The Say Gap conference, planning for 2025, practical AI, and The Mindset Mentor podcast.

I spoke with Laura Leopard, Founder and General Manager of Leopard Solutions, a law firm data platform and a SurePoint company. We discussed the launch of Leopard PROWESS, ways that corporate legal teams and law firms are streamlining their recruiting processes, and how the selection of outside counsel is changing.