LegalTechLIVE

LegalTechLIVE is a live video show & podcast hosted & created by @NickJRishwain. Now co-hosted by Hana Zumout. Featuring legal technology startups.

[Nick Rishwain @NickJRishwain]

Do we know any startup lawyers in the ecvc space with defense and natsec experience?

Drone startup looking for a short term trade of service for equity.

[Natalie Anne Knowlton @natalalleycat]

I'm working to identify legal industry MSOs, understanding that many of these deals are undisclosed. I have a starter list👇 but who am I missing? This research is part of the @StanfordCLP Future of the Law Firm Initiative.

[Nick Rishwain @NickJRishwain]

💥Remainder of the 2026 episodes of @LegalTechLIVE are lined up.

- Would like to get @jboehmig back.
- @RobertMahari has been invited.
- @mariamsulakian is going to come on for the 2nd aspect of the sibling founder story.
- @theviclaw is a friend I'm trying to get but he's literally got an IV bag of tokens hooked to him and is playing hard to get.

Who do I need to speak with next year?

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Great work on the 2026 ALTAs!

[Tom Martin @lawdroid]

So grateful for these two amazing human beings - Cat Moon and Patrick Palace - and for the community we've created together around the American Legal Technology Awards. It's always a special occasion, but seven years feels like a real milestone. ❤️

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Is a company only two things? Mike's got some ideas on what it takes to create a customer.

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1⃣5⃣5⃣ What's the theory of the case? How do you shape the reason for people to buy your legal technology.

Learn about Mike Whelan, Jr.'s marketing focus for selling legal technology to lawyers:

https://t.co/xDOQjHBLrd

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Does celebrity help sell your product any more? Do celebrity influencers help legal technology companies?

Guess it depends if you're selling to lawyers or investors.

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@gordon_cassie We support sarcasm.

[Joe Borstein @jborstein]

Legaltech folks (and ok lawyers too). Let’s have some fun.

I’m taking fake bets on what Anthropic will IPO at. Closest without going over gets free legal tech opinions from me.

I’m guessing $1.5 Trillion.

How about you @ZachAbramowitz? @biglawbro?

@biglawbro
@ZachAbramowitz
@SMB_Attorney
@UTDealAttorney
@gordon_cassie
@scottastevenson
@NickJRishwain
@jack_newton
@heyitsalexsu
@lex_node
@zackbshapiro
@SAOliver_Atty
@noahrshinn
@writeclimbrun

[Nick Rishwain @NickJRishwain]

For those looking to market your legaltech company, learn about Mike's approach and the "theory of the case."

Then we go over branding, "by lawyers for lawyers," adding "lex" in your company name, and the nonexistence of the latent legal market.

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Great conversation with @harnessio GC about her career and her experience as a legal technology buyer.

Hanna Steinbach has a really fascinating experience from a previous role, where she was with the company from startup, to IPO, and take-private.

[LegalTechLIVE @LegalTechLIVE]

Go get the new book from Colin.

[Colin S. Levy @Clevy_Law]

Hi there everyone. I wrote Code Switched, I’m proud of it and I want people to read it. If you’ve followed my work here, I’d love for you or a colleague to pick up a copy. https://t.co/oqbrRvWCP7

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@jack_newton Congratulations on new brand!

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Are legal guardrails important in AI? Sure. But Hanna tells us they're not as important as engineering focused security and technical guardrails.

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Episode 154: Hanna Steinbach, General Counsel of AI Governance company @harnessio, tells @NickJRishwain about her lifelong dream of becoming a lawyer and her take on vendor relationships.

https://t.co/3dRlvMUWEV

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Catch the new episode with @legalcomplex

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Fill out our guest form if you're interested in being on the show: https://t.co/V1FqSvPxox

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Episode 153: Raymond Blyd, @legalcomplex founder, shares his thoughts on whether the “AI bubble” exists, data about legal tech companies, and what keeps him up at night.

https://t.co/d91ijUCF9X

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Listen to Raymond describe the unbelievable ARR growth in Legal AI in a stingy legal market.

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We actually noticed the "restraint" in your pause before answering questions!

Taking that beat to formulate your thoughts! We dig it.

[Sona Sulakian @sonasulakian]

on restraint as one of the muscles of product taste...

in conversation with @LegalTechLIVE, we talked about what makes great products + what it takes to build them with small teams of exceptional people

+ my path from big law to yc startup to acquisition to scaling at filevine