Eve of TECHSHOW LexThink.1 Event Sells Out, Challenges Service Norms

April 5, 2012 - PRLog -- LexThink LLC, a legal innovation consultancy, and InsideLegal, the insider’s guide to doing business in legal technology, today announced the final LexThink.1 event attendance numbers as well as the winner of the LexThink.1 ‘audience choice’ award.

The event, produced by LexThink CEO Matt Homann and InsideLegal CEO JoAnna Forshee, featured 11 speakers sharing their view on ‘serving clients better’ delivered via 6 minute rapid-fire presentations. The final presenter line-up was chosen by legal professionals based on online voting results and included attorneys, legal software executives, law firm IT & KM leaders, and industry bloggers.  2012 saw 9 new presenters, Jay Shepherd repeating his 2011 debut, and the ABA's Will Hornsby as the only 3-time presenter. If 2011 was the year of the J.D.s (9 presenters were lawyers), 2012 was the year of the CEO with 5 of the 11 carrying the chief executive title.

LexThink.1  2012 sold-out the week prior to the March 28 event and included a diverse audience of 250 legal professionals, thought leaders, innovators and commentators. The event, which has turned into an ‘eve of TECHSHOW’ tradition, was themed with the future of law firm client service in mind.

“Once again, we were so impressed with not only the high caliber speakers but also with the attendee turnout and excitement,” stated LexThink CEO Matt Homann. “We have managed to bring together a diverse group of legal professionals to collective step back and think about how law practice can be changed and improved … that is very powerful and sets the tone for the annual TECHSHOW event.”

All speakers including producer Matt Homann with his talk at the conclusion, focused on not only the importance of service in legal but how through technology, ideas, communication, ethics, web 2.0 tools and good old fashioned passion , we can all make a difference in giving our clients a positive user experience. While all 11 talks provided very unique ‘take-aways’ and ideas to remember or try out, the collective enthusiasm and passion exuded by the speakers quickly translated to the captive audience and their appreciation for what many speakers considered one the toughest presentations to prepare for. InsideLegal has summarized and recapped all 11 talks here and within the next month all LexThink.1 speaker videos will be available on Youtube, InsideLegal and the event site.

At the conclusion of the event, attendees were asked to cast their votes for favorite, most engaging speaker. The award went to ABA ethics guru Will Hornsby who incorporated his wit and stand-up ‘prowess’ while sharing a number of ridiculous state ethics rules that for one reason or another are still in effect to this day. His appeal t the audience …"If you have a 21st century practice, you deserve 21st century policies. Get involved."  Steve Best, founding member of Affinity Consulting Group, came in a close second with overall votes, thanks to his LexThink.1 talk focused on passion …"passion is the cornerstone of innovation. Innovation is the cornerstone of technology."

As has been the case since the event’s inception in 2010, the ABA Law Practice Management Section, ABA TECHSHOW’s annual producer, was again the marquee sponsors of the event and provided the evening’s venue at the Chicago Hilton. Third year sponsor cloud-based practice management provider Clio, led by CEO Jack Newton, again provided financial support, enabling the LexThink .1 producers to offer complimentary tickets and attendance.

“We are very pleased with how the 2012 event turned out and extremely appreciative of ABA LPM’s support as well as Jack Newton’s unwavering support and commitment to the legal profession, “ concluded LexThink .1 co-producer and InsideLegal CEO JoAnna Forshee.

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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.