The Tech Savvy Lawyer

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Trial Room Tech Tips (Part 1 of 2) Jun 10, 2020

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I'm excited to have as our guest David Sparks! Many of you know David from his popular podcast, Mac Power Users. Dave and his co-host have been doing MPU for over a decade. But many do not realize that Dave is also a seasoned litigator with many years of experience. Join us in the first of our two-part podcast where Dave and I talk about tech tips he has that cover both Mac and Windows. We also cover tech tips he uses in and out of the courtroom. Enjoy!

Show Notes for Part 1:

David can be found at:

Mac Sparky - www.macsparky.com
Mac Power Users at Relay.FM - https://www.relay.fm/mpu
Sparks Law - http://www.sparksesq.com
On Twitter - https://twitter.com/MacSparky

Links to topics we discussed:

Windows v. Mac cost study by IBM: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3452847/ibm-mac-users-are-happier-and-more-productive.html
TextExpander for both Mac and Windows - https://textexpander.com
Presentations Field Guide by MacSparky - https://www.macsparky.com/presentations
Simple Trial Prep Tech -
- Trial Pad - https://www.litsoftware.com/trialpad
- Other Software from Trial Pad Creators - https://www.litsoftware.com

More to come when we post Part 2!

Tech, ethics and more with Dan Siegel, PA Attorney! Jun 03, 2020

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My next guest is Dan Siegel. Dan is a Pennsylvania Attorney, Speaker and Author covering issues in appellate law, ethics and technology. Dan came to my attention through his recent webinar through the ABA & his attorney tech consulting firm, Integrated Technology Services. During our informative podcast we covered the following three questions: 1. Given COVID and Shelter at Home Orders, what three software programs are attorneys underutilizing while working from home, 2. What three simple workflows can attorneys use today, and 3. What three areas of legal technology will attorneys need to keep an eye on POST-COVID-19?

Come join as we talk about these subjects and many more!

Links to the products and services discussed in our conversation:

How to reach Dan:

E-mail: dan@danieljsiegel.com
Twitter: danieljsiegel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/havertownlawyer
Websites:

https://www.danieljsiegel.com

https://www.techlawyergy.com

Software:

Articles, Books, etc.:

Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. (Ret.) (Part 3 of 3) May 27, 2020

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In the last part of our interview, Judge Dixon and I continue our discussion of what he believes are the potential technological pitfalls in the legal arena we may experience in the not so distant future!

Podcast #7: Moving the Litigation Train Forward Remotely! May 15, 2020

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Billy is a co-founder and managing partner at Planet Depos. Planet Depos is an international court reporting, interpretation, and trial services provider. (Full disclosure: I have used them myself since their inception 11 years ago!). Billy and I discuss given the COVID and Shelter at Home Orders how are law firms/attorneys pivoting to continue their practice from home; technologically speaking, what sets PD out from its competitors; and how does PD see court function's, e.g., hearings, trials, arguments, depositions, etc. changing in the future post COVID?

SHOW NOTES

HOW TO CONTACT BILL & PLANET DEPOS:

Twitter - @PlanetDepo

Twitter - @BillyDeMonte

Planet Depos Free Webinars on Remote Depositions*

Planet Depos

Planet Depos Blog

Planet Depos YouTube Chanel

Schedule a Court Reporter with Planet Depos

SOME ITEMS DISCUSSED:

Apple Airpods

Veridesk

Zoom

RELEVANT PREVIOUS TSL.P POSTS:

Some of My Thoughts on Zoom

My post on Password Protecting your Devices

* Note that the webinar Billy discusses has already occurred post-interview; but, you can find it and other free webinars online at Planet Depos.

Moving the Litigation Train Forward Remotely! May 15, 2020

Show notes

SHOW NOTES

HOW TO CONTACT BILL & PLANET DEPOS:

Twitter - @PlanetDepo

Twitter - @BillyDeMonte

Planet Depos Free Webinars on Remote Depositions*

Planet Depos

Planet Depos Blog

Planet Depos YouTube Chanel

Schedule a Court Reporter with Planet Depos

SOME ITEMS DISCUSSED:

Apple Airpods

Veridesk

Zoom

RELEVANT PREVIOUS TSL.P POSTS:

Some of My Thoughts on Zoom

My post on Password Protecting your Devices

* Note that the webinar Billy discusses has already occurred post-interview; but, you can find it and other free webinars online at Planet Depos.

Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. (Ret.) (Part 2 of 3) May 05, 2020

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Judge Dixon and I continue our discussion of his observations from the bench. In this part, we discuss where he has seen attorneys make critical errors of their use of technology in the courtroom.

Interview with Legal Tech Rebel Niki Black! May 01, 2020

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Join Niki and I as we discuss how attorneys are underutilizing remote work in this time of COVID; how lawyer client relation management programs like MyCase help attorneys work remotely; and how she sees the practice of law changing in the future with "Shelter-in-Place" becoming the new norm.

Making Document Discovery Production Simpler Apr 21, 2020

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In this episode, I talk with Dan Culhane, the owner of Discovery Genie. Dan and I discuss how his computer product helps attorneys of any firm size save time and money with discovery production for small- and mid-size cases. I think the listener will enjoy learning how to advance and simplify discovery production and case preparation while saving time and money. Both are recouped from having to manually create pdfs of files, notes, e-mails (and their attachments) and having to indexing their contents without the need for the larger and more expensive document production software. Enjoy!

Getting technically ethical with Megan Zavieh Apr 15, 2020

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Megan Zavieh focuses her practice exclusively on attorney ethics, representing attorneys facing State Bar disciplinary action, providing guidance to practicing attorneys, podcasting about legal ethics on Lawyers Gone Ethical, and writing about ethics at Lawyerist.com, AttorneyatWork.com and her own blog CaliforniaStateBarDefense.com.

Join us as Megan and I talk about the ethical obligations attorneys face with our use of technology in the legal arena, especially now as the profession is adjusting to working from home, given the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic.

#1: Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. (Ret.) (Part 1 of 3) Apr 08, 2020

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Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr. (Ret.) served two consecutive 15-year terms as a Judge for the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Judge Dixon is a columnist for The Judges' Journal ABA magazine, chair of Superior Court's Electronic Filing Pilot Project and a senior judicial adviser to the Center for Legal and Court Technology (formerly the Courtroom 21 Project), an initiative of the Marshall-Wythe Law School at the College of William & Mary and the National Center for State Courts. Our discussion was so informative that I split the interview into three parts! In Episode #1.1, Judge Dixon and I discuss how he has seen how attorneys' use of technology in the courtroom change over the years, effective use of slides and animations in the courtroom and what he sees as attorneys' technological proficiency today and in the future.

Show Note Links:

Judge Dixon's Twitter handle is @Jhbdixon

My discussion of ABA Rules regarding lawyers needs for competence when dealing with technology.

DC Bar's Annual "Practice 360°" scheduled for May 15, 2020, in Washington, DC.

ABA Annual "Tech Show" scheduled for February 26 - 29, 2020, in Chicago, IL.

ABA The Judges' Journal magazine.

(This episode was originally posted on November 12, 2020, at the www.TheTechSavvyLawyer.Page Blog )