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Elevate Co-Founders – Building a Law Company for the Future

Published: July 13, 2021

In celebration of our tenth anniversary, Elevate brought nine of our co-founders together for a conversation. This 15-minute podcast episode includes highlights from that discussion.

Experimentation and The Innovators Dilemma 

Published: June 29, 2021

In this episode, industry colleague and former Elevate leader Jon Kenton interviews KWM’s Michelle Mahoney and Elevate’s Pratik Patel. Jon, Michelle, and Pratik discuss structured innovation and executing an experimentation phase to work through steps including the transition to BAU.

A Measurable Impact

Published: June 15, 2021

In this episode, Stephen Allen, VP of Get Sh*t Done at Elevate,  talks with Dion Harrington, Chief of Legal Operations at Rio Tinto, about outside counsel management and AFAs. Programs that have resulted in real savings for Rio Tinto, including $2M in savings on a single matter – and $10M in savings, program-wide in 2020.

Helping Lawyers Build Enterprise Value with Clients

Published: June 8, 2021

This podcast episode is part of our Impact Series, featuring Elevate customers implementing transformative change. In this episode, Elevate’s Stephen Allen, Vice President of Get Shit Done at Elevate, talks with John Hurley, the COO of the law firm, Foley & Lardner.

Recalibrate for Speed and Flexibility

Published: May 18, 2021

In this episode, Matt Todd, Vice President of Elevate’s flexible legal resourcing business, ElevateFlex, talks with Geoffrey Vance, a partner in Perkins Coie’s litigation practice and firmwide chair of the E-Discovery Services and Strategy practice.

Don’t Tell People, Show People

Published: May 4, 2021

In this episode, Elevate’s, Stephen Allen, VP of Get Sh*t Done, talks with James Touzel, a partner in the UK law firm TLT.

Hang In There

Published: April 20, 2021

In this episode, Elevate’s Stephen Allen, Vice President, Get Sh*t Done, talks with Helena Samaha, the President, and CEO of Lex Mundi.

Adapting to Change and Enjoying It

Published: April 6, 2021

In this episode, Jake Hills, Vice President, Legal Operations at Elevate, talks with Gareth Hughes, Director of Strategy at the international law firm Reed Smith.

Democratising Contracts

Published: March 30, 2021

This Next Normal series podcast features Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talking with Eric Laughlin, the CEO of Agiloft, a contract lifecycle management software company.

Implementing Change with Widespread Adoption

Published: March 23, 2021

This podcast episode is part of our Impact Series, featuring Elevate customers implementing transformative change.

Legal Tech is Overhead’s Overhead

Published: March 16, 2021

Welcome to the second episode of the ‘Inside the Engine Room’ series on the Elevate.Together.Podcast. Our host is Elevate’s Dan Katz, Vice President, Data Science Innovation at Elevate.

Transgender Respect and Dignity

Published: March 9, 2021

As part of our Expert Series featuring Elevate’s President, John Croft, Joanne Monck, OBE shares her perspective as a transgender person navigating the world – at home, at work – and during COVID.

An Authentic Leader

Published: March 2, 2021

This Next Normal leadership series podcast features the Chairman and CEO of Elevate, Liam Brown, and Varun Mehta, the CEO of FACTOR. FACTOR is a managed legal service provider.

Paint a Picture of the Future

Published: February 23, 2021

This Next Normal leadership series podcast features the Chairman and CEO of Elevate, Liam Brown, and Bill Horne, the CEO of Quovant.

Driving Value in the Enterprise

Published: February 16, 2021

Welcome to our Elevate Debate series. Featuring industry leaders and Elevate Experts supporting and defending an approach, a viewpoint, or a practice.

Productization and Machine Learning

Published: February 2, 2021

Welcome to the first episode of the ‘Inside the Engine Room’ series on the Elevate.Together.Podcast. Hosted by Elevate’s Dan Katz, Vice President Data Science Innovation at Elevate.

Feedback is a Gift

Published: January 24, 2021

Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talks with Carolyn Herzog, EVP and General Counsel of ARM Limited, the worlds leading semiconductor and IP company. 

A High Performing Law Firm

Published: January 19, 2021

This episode is part of our Next Normal leadership series featuring Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talking with Nick Humphrey, the Managing Partner at Hamilton Locke.

Digitally Native Contracting

Published: January 12, 2021

This Next Normal Leadership series podcast features Elevate’s Chairman and CEO,  Liam Brown, talking with Jason Boehmig, CEO of Ironclad, a digital contracting platform for legal teams.

The Power of a Distinct Firm Culture

Published: January 5, 2021

This Next Normal Leadership series podcast features Elevate’s Chairman and CEO,  Liam Brown, talking with Esther Cho, Shareholder and Chair of the Executive Committee at Keesal, Young & Logan.

Danny Gilbert – A Firm that Matters

Published: December 15, 2020

This Next Normal Leadership series podcast features Elevate’s Chairman and CEO,  Liam Brown, talking with Danny Gilbert, the Managing Partner of Gilbert + Tobin.  Gilbert + Tobin is a firm of over 830 persons with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.

Take Action for DE&I

Published: December 8, 2020

In this Expert Series episode, Elevate’s President, John Croft, talks with Elevate’s Global Head of Equitability and Inclusion, Jacquie Champagne, and Elevate’s Vice President of Technology and Digital Consulting, Brian Kuhn.

Adjust for Unconscious Bias

Published: December 1, 2020

In this Expert Series episode, Elevate’s President, John Croft, talks with the Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Hogan Lovells, Bendita Cynthia Malakia.

A T-Shaped General Counsel

Published: November 24, 2020

In this Next Normal podcast episode, Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talks with Elevate’s General Counsel and Secretary, Steve Harmon. A Co-founder of CLOC, Steve joined Elevate from Cisco in November of 2018.

A Business Style GC

Published: November 17, 2020

In this Next Normal podcast episode, Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, talks with   Monica Risam, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of Lombard International, a global leader in wealth structuring solutions.

Measure Results

Published: November 10, 2020

Law company Level Legal is focused on giving legal and corporate customers the best possible solutions, simply, efficiently, and for the best value. As the Level Legal leader and CEO, Joey Seeber is focused on results and leading with optimism.

Perspective Matters

Published: November 3, 2020

Richard Given thrives on re-thinking the way to provide legal services. As General Counsel and Company Secretary of 10X Future Technologies, a FinTech established to transform banking; he is responsible for corporate governance, partnership compliance, and best practices at 10x.

Innovation as a Service

Published: October 27, 2020

Caryn Sandler, Partner and Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer at Gilbert + Tobin, joined our Impact Podcast Series to share her experience implementing a significant and disruptive document review unit.   Her goal? Deliver the best document review solutions to clients.

A Digitally Optimized Legal Department

Published: October 20, 2020

Matt Fawcett, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer handles legal affairs worldwide at NetApp. Under his leadership, NetApp’s digitally optimized legal department has earned several innovation awards. Elevate’s Chairman and CEO, Liam Brown, and Matt cover the concept of digital work, the burnout some are experiencing as digital workers, and transitioning from lawyer to lawyer leader to business leader.

Lawyer Leaders in the C-Suite

Published: October 13, 2020

Karen Klein, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary at Relativity, and Liam Brown discuss legal professionals as leaders, identifying several reasons we’re seeing legal leaders advancing within a business. In this episode, Karen elaborates on leadership traits of lawyer leaders – several of which were clearly (and naturally) on display in this conversation.

The Lawyer Business Leader

Published: October 6, 2020

Dole Food Company, Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary –  Jared Gale joins Next-Normal Leadership Series host – Liam Brown, Elevate’s CEO, to reflect on the general counsel role and the opportunity to be a business adviser with legal expertise.

Bringing Calm to a Crisis

Published: September 29, 2020

This episode features Liam Brown, Elevate’s CEO and Chairman, and Nicolette Henfrey, EVP, General Counsel and Company Secretary of the Intercontinental Hotels Group. Nicolette reflects on how IHG, a global hospitality company, managed rolling closures and the regulatory requirements for reopening.  She talks about the New Normal and how IHG ensures their teams have the energy for the Next Normal.

THRIVE for Structure and Culture

Published: September 21, 2020

In this episode, host Nicole Giantonio welcomes Nick Humphrey, Managing Partner at Hamilton Locke, to talk about how Nick and his colleagues created a law firm with a structure and culture they call ‘THRIVE’. Nick and his team spent a couple of years on research and planning to develop “THRIVE” to build a firm that is both agile and lean; focuses on client and people experience. 

Taking Law Firm Billing to the Next-Level

Published: September 15, 2020

This episode features Pratik Patel, the Head of Innovation at Elevate, and Joe Woods, COO at Lane Powell, a nearly 200 lawyer firm in the Pacific Northwest. Pratik and Joe talk about Technology, the transition to a work from home environment, and the results of effective technology implementation.

“Know Me Data” – Customer Experience Transformed

Published: September 8, 2020

In this episode, Brian Kuhn, Vice President & General Manager of Elevate’s Digital Strategy & Solutions Business, joins host Nicole Giantonio to discuss digital design thinking, digital transformation – which represents one-third of all IT spend globally, – and that today’s organizations are using digital to get closer to end-users by accessing know-me insights.