This week, we welcome Cornell Winston (current President of the American Association of Law Libraries) and Jenny Silbiger (President‑Elect). Speaking from sunny San Diego and O‘ahu’s courthouse halls, the duo joins the show to preview AALL’s 2025 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon—and to talk candidly about the challenges and opportunities facing the legal‑information profession during a time
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Designing for the Edge: Feargus MacDaeid and Nnamdi Emelifeonwu on Definely’s AI-Powered Contract Navigation
In this episode of The Geek in Review, we welcome Feargus MacDaeid and Nnamdi Emelifeonwu, co-founders of Definely, to discuss how their shared experiences as practicing lawyers shaped a groundbreaking accessibility solution for contract review. Feargus, who is visually impaired, and Nnamdi, his former colleague at Freshfields, describe how their friendship and professional…
Philip Young of Garfield AI: The World’s First AI Law Firm Gets the Green Light
On this episode of The Geek in Review, we welcome Philip Young, co-founder and CEO of Garfield AI, the first AI-powered law firm approved for practice by the UK’s Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The episode kicks off with a discussion of recent stories that explore AI’s evolving role in legal proceedings, such as avatars testifying…
Solving Mobile Discovery with ModeOne’s Matt Rasmussen
This week we sit down with Matt Rasmussen, Founder and CEO of ModeOne, to dive into the evolving challenges and solutions around mobile device discovery. What started as a frustration-fueled “passion project” has grown into a powerful, cloud-based legal tech tool that dramatically speeds up mobile data collections while safeguarding user privacy. Rasmussen…
Episode 300: 2025 CounselLink Trends Report with Kris Satkunas and Toby Brown
For the 300th episode of The Geek in Review, we celebrate in true “three geeks” fashion by bringing back two familiar voices: Kris Satkunas, Director of Strategic Consulting at LexisNexis, and legal pricing expert Toby Brown, CEO at DV8 Legal Strategies. Kris joins to walk through highlights from the newly released…
Laura Clayton McDonnell on Legal Technology, AI, and Corporate Transformation at Thomson Reuters
This week, we welcome Laura Clayton McDonnell, President of the Corporates Business Segment at Thomson Reuters. Laura shares her inspiring journey from corporate securities law to executive leadership at top technology companies, including Apple, Cisco, IBM, Microsoft, and now Thomson Reuters. She discusses how her Silicon Valley upbringing and her family’s immigrant experience have…
Kenzo Tsushima of Morae on Innovation, Change Management, and Servant Leadership
This week, we sit down with Kenzo Tsushima, Managing Director of Mine Factory at Morae, to discuss how AI is transforming legal operations and consulting services. Kenzo shares his unique career journey, blending a passion for technology with legal expertise, and highlights why the legal industry is positioned to leverage AI advancements more…
Charting the Three Waves of Legal AI Transformation with Thomson Reuters’ Raghu Ramanathan
This week we welcome Raghu Ramanathan, President of Legal Professionals at Thomson Reuters, for an insightful discussion on the profound impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the legal industry. Bringing a fresh perspective shaped by his extensive background in technology leadership at companies like SAP and strategy consulting with McKinsey, Raghu shares why he believes…
Hold Them Accountable
Kilmar Abrego Garcia (alongside hundreds of other people) was kidnapped by the Trump Administration and deported illegally to a foreign prison camp without even a flimsy show of due process. This is so blatantly illegal that the heavily conservative Supreme Court has ruled 9-0 that the administration must facilitate Abrego Garcia’s return to the United…
Beyond the PDF: Patrick Waldo on Structuring Data for Security and Efficiency
In this week’s Geek in Review, we sit down with Patrick Waldo, CEO of Unicorn Forms and proud Houstonian, to explore the intersections of data, document automation, and legal tech innovation. From the vibrant startup culture at Houston’s ION and the Capital Factory’s SXSW House event to the regulatory grind of form design, Waldo…
RAG is Not Dead: Josef’s Sam Flynn on Legal Tech That Works
This week, we sit down with Sam Flynn, COO and co-founder of Josef, to separate substance from hype in the rapidly evolving world of legal tech. Sam shares his passionate stance that “RAG is not dead,” defending Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) as a foundational and still deeply relevant method for deploying AI in the…
Front-Stabbing the Future: AI, Law, and the Global Unraveling of Rules with Sean West
This week we sit down with Sean West—co-founder of Hence Technologies and author of Unruly: Fighting Back When Politics and Law Upend the Rules of Business. Together, they explore the shifting fault lines where law, technology, and geopolitics collide. From the growing reliance on generative AI in legal work to the erosion of…
Cleary Gottlieb + Springbok AI: BigLaw Finally Gets It?
Alright, folks, buckle up your legal tech seatbelts, because something interesting just landed on the tarmac. You know how we geeks over here at 3 Geeks and the Geek in Review love to dissect the latest moves in the legal innovation world? Well, Cleary Gottlieb, yes that Cleary Gottlieb, just went out and acquired…
Exploring AI-Powered Litigation with FileRead’s Chan Koh and Justin Brownstone
This week we welcome Chan Hee-Koh, CEO and co-founder, and Justin Brownstone, Strategic Partnership Lead at FileRead. As legal professionals and tech enthusiasts gear up for LegalWeek, the conversation starts with some lighthearted banter about the best places to visit in New York—including a passionate endorsement of Angelina in Paris’ hot chocolate.…
Practicing Law Authoritarian Style
Yay! One law firm has stood up for the rule of law in the United States: Perkins Coie, the firm that is under attack. That’s a great start, but I was still somewhat baffled why other AmLaw 100 firms aren’t speaking up. Then it occurred to me that maybe BigLaw lawyers, and especially managing…
Where is the outrage?
Covington & Burling LLP and Perkins Coie LLP have been attacked by the current administration and I have seen almost no commentary on this from the LegalTech community. As I look through my LinkedIn feed, I see Heather Morse, my fellow fellow at COLPM, is the only 1st level contact of mine that has posted…