LexThink .1 Speakers and Law Firm Client Service Topics Selected

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb. 27, 2012 - LexThink LLC, a legal innovation consultancy, and InsideLegal, the insider’s guide to doing business in legal technology, today announced the official 2012 speaker roster for LexThink .1 (formerly named Ignite Law). The event, produced by LexThink CEO Matt Homann and InsideLegal CEO JoAnna Forshee, will feature 12 speakers sharing their view on ‘serving clients better’ delivered via 6 minute rapid-fire presentations. The final cadre of presenters was chosen based on online voting results and includes attorneys, legal software executives, law firm IT & KM, and industry bloggers.

A total of 26 ‘talk topics’ were submitted, and based on several thousand online votes cast, 12 candidates were selected to share their 6-minute client-focused presentations. The final LexThink .1 speaker lineup includes:
•   Nicole Black, principal/owner Lawtech Talk, Of Counsel at Fiandach & Fiandach: ‘Game Set and Match’
•   Mark Britton, founder, CEO and president of Avvo: ‘Back to the Future’
•   Ruth Carter, owner/attorney, Carter Law Firm: ‘Flash Mob Law’
•   Jason Dyer, CEO, Eggplanter, LLC: ‘Where Canasta and Counsel Collide’
•   Roe Frazer, managing executive, Digome: ‘Being a Web 2.0 Lawyer in a Thank You Economy’
•   Richard Granat, president and CEO, DirectLaw, Inc.: ‘Legal Industry Startups’
•   Will Hornsby, staff counsel, ABA: ’Ignite This: Five Ethics Rules That Should Be Incinerated’
•   Eric Hunter, director of km and technology, Bradford & Barthel: ‘Moving Towards  100% Web’
•   James Ring, founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Fair Outcomes, Inc.: ‘Goodbye To All That - Ending Cheap Talk in Legal Bargaining’
•   Rachel Rodgers, consultant/owner, Rachel Rodgers Consulting/ Law Office: ‘Down with the Law Firm Template’
•   Jay Shepherd, CEO, Prefix, LLC: ‘One Word to Reinvent How You Serve Clients’
•   Matt Spiegel, president and CEO, MyCase: ‘Don’t Just Communicate’

As has been the case since the event’s inception in 2010, LexThink .1 will be taking place the eve of ABA TECHSHOW, March 28, 2012. The ABA Law Practice Management Section, TECHSHOW’s annual producer, is one of the marquee sponsors of the event, and provides the evening’s venue at the Chicago Hilton. Complimentary tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis at www.pointonelaw.com/lexthink-1-tickets/.

In an effort to share LexThink .1 2012 with as many minds as possible, the producers have teamed with a multimedia company to produce videos of all presentations. All Ignite Law content will be available at www.pointonelaw.com as well as www.insidelegal.com after the event.

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About LexThink .1
Formerly called “Ignite Law,” LexThink .1 gives speakers each six minutes and twenty slides to share their vision of the future of law practice. This year’s theme is “Serving Clients Better.”

About InsideLegal
InsideLegal.com is the insider’s guide to doing business in legal technology - both in the US and internationally - for legal technology and law practice management thought leaders, vendors, consultants/technologists and law firm innovators. In addition to information on industry events, publications and personalities, InsideLegal.com focuses on legal technology industry market research and trends. InsideLegal.com was founded by JoAnna Forshee of Envision Agency.