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"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗸, 𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗗𝗔𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂."Antti Innanen challenges the entire conversation around AI in legal. While everyone talks about use cases—which documents to automate, which tasks to optimize—he's seen something more powerful. The...
December 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱—𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀." Antti Innanen wanted to be a music producer as a teenager. He had this whole story in his head about how it should happen—some established producer would notice his talent, bring him into a fancy...
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗜 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗽 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲." Antti Innanen, co-founder of Legit and DOT, and author of Prompted, rebelled hard against his mother's dream of him becoming a lawyer. He was a skater...
December 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Antti Innanen, co-founder of Legit and DOT, author of the upcoming book Prompted, and a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu teaching in Spanish. Antti's journey from philosophy dropout to legal innovator reveals a powerful truth...
December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"𝗢𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗿'𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁." Jim Sandman shares the story that shaped everything about how he thinks about resilience, dignity, and opportunity. His father graduated at the top of his class from Albany Law School in 1945-46...
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆—𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵—𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺." Jim Sandman didn't fully understand the magnitude of the access to justice problem until he became...
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝘆."
Jim Sandman, former managing partner of Arnold & Porter and President Emeritus of Legal Services Corporation, shares the mentorship ritual that shaped his entire approach to leadership. Judge Max Rosen of the Third Circuit...
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝘂𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂... 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽." Jim Sandman, former managing partner of Arnold & Porter and President Emeritus of Legal Services Corporation, shares a life lesson that has...
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Jim Sandman, President Emeritus of Legal Services Corporation and former managing partner of Arnold & Porter for 30 years.
Jim's journey reveals something remarkable: 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆...
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗧𝗮𝘅, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝘅, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄?" Dorna Moini asked her engineer friend this question while working as a litigator at a big law firm in San Francisco. She was maxing out her pro bono hours doing restraining order cases. The work followed...
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗪𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝟭𝟭𝗫 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰, 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆." Dorna Moini just shared one of the most powerful transformation stories I've heard in legal tech. Bet Tzedek in LA had a name change clinic coming up in one month. Way more people signed up than...
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝟳𝟳% 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿." Dorna Moini just laid out the staggering reality of our justice system. They don't use a lawyer at all. Many are avoiding the legal system altogether. Others are trying DIY methods that are definitely inferior to what technology could provide..
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just dropped my LawDroid Manifesto podcast episode featuring Dorna Moini, founder and CEO of Gavel, whose journey from Big Law to legal tech founder shows exactly how to 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀.After practicing at Latham & Watkins and working on slavery abolition...
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀." Greg Siskind sees the numbers clearly. Only 17,000 members in the American Immigration Lawyers Association. That's probably 90% of the immigration bar. Versus 1.3 million lawyers in the United States...
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮 $𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗳 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗛-𝟭𝗕 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿." Greg Siskind has been drafted onto a legal team fighting one of the most dramatic changes to skilled immigration. The H-1B visa isn't just for tech workers. It's for any job requiring a bachelor's degree or higher...
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘁." Greg Siskind's escape from Big Law came from the most unexpected source.
Needles washing up on Long Island beaches. HIV crisis. New regulations exploding across all 50 states. Perfect timing for...
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀."
Greg Siskind just delivered the most important career advice for lawyers in the AI era.
If you don't like clients? If you're completely focused on output and legal work product? 𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲...
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🎙️ New LawDroid Manifesto Podcast Episode with Greg Siskind, founding partner at Siskind Susser, author of eight books including AILA's 4,000-page practice manual, and founder of VisaLaw.ai, for a conversation about 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿...
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗯𝗼𝘅 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝟯𝟬 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀."
@Ted Theodoropoulos's job at Bank of America wasn't impacted by the 2008 financial crisis.
But watching what happened to others?
That changed everything. "𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗯𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘆." Ted had been...
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 $𝟱 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝟮𝟳-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗸𝗶𝗱."
Ted Theodoropoulos landed Maersk Sealand—the largest shipping company in the world—right out of the gate. While working at Microsoft. As a side hustle. 𝗛𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮..
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗜𝗳 𝗜'𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘁, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗢𝗜𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝘂𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲." Ted Theodoropoulos just said what many are thinking but won't say publicly.
He's a Microsoft partner. Former Microsoft employee. Loves Microsoft. But Copilot? 𝗜𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼. "It's really...
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗶𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲? 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺 𝗜𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁?"
Ted Theodoropoulos just cut through the noise.
Here's what keeps happening: Law firms decide to build their own intranet. Custom development. Full control.
Then halfway through the project?...
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼." Ransom Wydner has watched this tragedy play out over and over.
Remember 2022? When companies got early access to GPT-4?
Everyone thought they'd found gold...
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴."
Ransom Wydner sees something most people miss about AI.
The same force disrupting commercial tech companies... Is actually a GIFT to access to justice. Here's the paradox: In the commercial world, AI that gets better and cheaper every...
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗱𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲"
Ransom Wydner spent his entire 20s believing this lie. He was in 4 bands at once. Had a record contract. Songs on the radio. All the markers of "making it." But he was broke. Then something shifted. 𝗛𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼f
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM