In this special episode of Off the Clock, recorded live at the 2024 LVNx conference in Chicago, Legal Value Network Board Members Justin Ergler and Keith Maziarek engage in a dynamic discussion with three esteemed guests: Jennifer Leonard (founder of Creative Lawyers and Professor at University of Pennsylvania Law School), Laura Terrell (Executive …

On this episode, LVN board members Justin Ergler and Keith Maziarek welcome Jennifer Leonard, LVnX 2024 Keynote Speaker and founder of Creative Lawyers, for a candid discussion about the challenges and opportunities facing the modern legal profession. The trio delve into the potential disruption of AI, evolving client expectations, and the future o…

In this episode, LVN Board Members Justin Ergler and Keith Maziarek have a chat with Jessica Lim, National Director, Practice Management, Disputes at Borden Ladner Gervais, located in Toronto. In typical fashion the conversation covers a number of topics, this time including the process of making career transitions, how to coach law firm partners t…

In this episode, LVN Board member Keith Maziarek catches up with Ken Callander from Value Strategies, a consultancy advising law firms, legal departments, and legal operations on pricing, relationship management, and client service delivery, among other areas. Keith and Ken discuss: The evolution and growth of the role of a legal operations profess…

In the latest episode of Legal Value Network’s “Off the Clock” podcast, Keith Maziarek sits down with longtime friend and client legal ops veteran Reese Arrowsmith, VP and Head of Legal Operations at Campbell Soup Company to chat about a variety of topics. In particular, they discussed how the client/firm relationship will be impacted by the recent…

In this episode, Keith Maziarek, an LVN board member and Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Katten, has an insightful conversation with Melissa Gyure, Director of Pricing at Paul Hastings. The pair discuss in-house legal operations and relationships with law firms. The duo discuss everything from pricing dynamics and risk mitigatio…

LVN Board Members Justin Ergler (GSK) and Keith Maziarek (Katten), have a conversation with Shawn Gross, Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Constangy, about the evolution of pricing and legal project management roles and how they now intersect with marketing and finance. The trio also examine the importance of making financial and …

This is a special episode recorded at the LVNx conference in Chicago and includes a conversation LVN board members Keith Maziarek and Justin Ergler had with LVNx keynote speaker Gina Passarella, SVP of Content from ALM Global, as well as Greg Lambert, one of the three original geeks from the Three Geeks and a Law Blog and host of “The Geek in Revie…

Founding LVN Board Member Justin Ergler has a wide-ranging conversation with Matthew Beekhuizen, Chief Pricing and Innovation Officer at Greenberg Traurig. The duo discuss the importance of developing strong relationships with legal clients and the need to “translate” business to legal. They also discuss hiring the right people for the right job, h…

In this episode, LVN Board Members Keith Maziarek and Justin Ergler are in conversation with Stefanie Marrone, who serves as a fractional and outsourced marketing director for law firms and professional services companies. The trio discuss the importance of a client-centered approach to differentiate law firms in a crowded market. Stefanie also exp…

LVN board members Keith Maziarek and Justin Ergler talk to Nathan Cemenska, Director, Legal Operations and Industry Insights at Wolters Kluwer. The trio discuss pricing and negotiation dynamics between law firms and clients, with a focus on the use of data and alternative solutions such as insourcing and utilizing ALSPs. They also also touch on the…

Founding LVN board members Justin Ergler and Keith Maziarek reunite with Laura Terrell, a long-time lawyer turned executive coach. They discuss the history of their somewhat uncommon relationship and how it underscores the importance of collaboration and communication between legal teams and finance personnel. The trio also shares their experience …

This episode was recorded live at the LVNx Conference in Chicago and is a conversation with LVN Board Members Keith Maziarek and Justin Ergler with multiple guests from across the legal ecosystem including Aaron Boersma, Mikhail Makarovsky and Jae Um. This dynamic conversation touched on a variety of provocative and timely topics such as the untapp…

LVN Board member and Katten’s Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management, Keith Maziarek, has a wide ranging conversation with Angela Floessel, Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Morrison & Foerster Discussion topics include why Angela made the jump to legal from private equity, why law firms need to be disciplined about lega…

In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Justin Ergler (LVN board member and Director, Alternative Fee Intelligence and Analytics at GSK) talks to author and attorney Lisa F. Smith about her book Girl Walks Out of a Bar and the importance of being transparent and acknowledging mental health challenges so that others know they are not alone and ev…

In this episode, LVN Board Member and Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Katten, Keith Maziarek has a conversation with Professor Richard Jolly of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (also a principal at the Stokes and Jolly consultancy). The conversation is wide ranging touching on how lawyers are now more …

On this episode LVN Board Member Justin Ergler (Director of Alternative Fee Intelligence Analytics at GlaxoSmithKline) talks to Jason Winmill (founder of management consultancy Argopoint) about how legal departments and law firms can communicate better and tackle fee increase requests.Door Legal Value Network

LVN Board Member Keith Maziarek (Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Katten) and Chad Main (Percipient) talk to Bill Rudnick. Bill is General Counsel at Cresset Capital, a boutique private wealth management firm, and previously the managing partner of DLA Piper’s Chicago office, the firm’s second largest. The conversation focuses on…

In this episode of Legal Value Network’s Off the Clock Podcast, Keith Maziarek, LVN board member and Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management for Katten, talks with Greg Lambert, Chief Knowledge Services Officer for Jackson Walker and co-host of The Geek in Review podcast. The conversation touches on plans for upcoming LVN events and APIs (…

Justin Erlger (LVN board member and Director of Alternative Fee Intelligence and Analytics at GSK) and Brad Antici (Director of Strategic Pricing and Analysis at Butler Snow) talk about how Brad's trip to a fine clothier reinforced his belief that for both law firms and clients to maximize value in their relationships, law firms must take the time …

Connie Brenton, VP, Law, Technology and Operations at NetApp and LVN Board member Keith Maziarek discuss the emergence of law firm pricing teams, the use of project management, and missed opportunities for communication between in-house legal teams and their law firms.

Hushmand Cott, Chief Strategic Pricing Officer for Covington Burling and LVN Board Member Justin Ergler, of GSK discuss how law firms and clients can open lines of communication and work together to improve diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and solve tough pricing issues.Door Legal Value Network

In the latest episode of LVN's Off the Clock, we talk to Esther Bowers, Director of Practice Management at Honigman. She explains how she and her firm add value their client representations by working closely with them to understand their desired outcomes and augmenting quality legal work with legal project management, fair and competitive pricing,…

Founding LVM board member, Keith Maziarek, Director of Pricing and Legal Project Management at Katten, Pratik Patel Co Founder and Vice President, Innovation at law company Elevate Services and Chad Main, founder of Percipient talk about how the demand for legal services is changing and creating partnership opportunities for law firms and other all…

LVN celebrates Women's History Month by featuring a prominent female leader in the Legal Pricing and Project Management Space. Melissa Prince, Chief Client Value and Innovation Officer at Ballard Spahr has a conversation with Founding Board LVN board member Justin Ergler Director, Alternative Fee Intelligence and Analytics at GlaxoSmithKline. Justi…

In the inaugural episode of Legal Value Network's Off the Clock, Justin Ergler, a founding LVN board member, talks to Chris Emerson, Senior Director of Legal Operations and Innovation at Quarles & Brady. Justin and Chris discuss how law firms can provide value to clients outside of traditional legal work by providing assistance with legal operation…

Off the Clock presented by the Legal Value Network. Spontaneous conversations about the legal industry just like those you have after work when you are off the clock.Door Legal Value Network