Gabe Acevedo
Posts by Gabe Acevedo
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Conferences / Symposia, Technology
The Rundown: The Week in Legal Technology 9.24.10
We are at the end of another busy week in the world of legal technology. A major acquisition of a legal technology company took place. The DC Bar is expanding its interest in e-discovery. I do a quick update on a conference I attended last week. There are also a few articles I want to […] -
Conferences / Symposia, Document Review, Technology
The Rundown: The Week in Legal Technology - 9.16.10
The world of legal technology was quite busy this week. After culling through countless articles, press releases, and blog posts, I selected the stellar few, the finest gems, and most importantly, the ones I like, to share with the Above The Law faithful. I do it so you don’t have to. With that said, here […] - Sponsored
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Technology
Legal Technology Company Takes New Approach to Hiring Contract Attorneys
Fear not, unemployed attorneys of New York City! The recession is over! Work has arrived! No more breadlines for you, Roxana! A couple days ago, a colleague forwarded the following email to me. Names have either been changed or redacted to protect the not-so innocent. To: [Redacted] Subject: Document Review Project – Immediate Need We […]
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Blogging, Conferences / Symposia, Technology
ILTA 2010: What Happens There, Ends Up Everywhere, Online
Last week, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) held its annual meeting at the ARIA resort in Las Vegas. I attended ILTA’s annual conference in 2009, but unfortunately, due to a scheduling conflict that I call “work,” I was unable to make it this year. Ironically, in looking at all the write-ups in various blog […] -
Outsourcing, Technology
Why India and Not Indiana? A Case for Taking e-Discovery ‘In House,’ Literally
In keeping with the highly optimistic “dey terk er jerbs” story lines of the last couple of weeks, such as Elie’s on how outsourcing could be great for associates, I thought I would address how attorneys working remotely on e-discovery projects could actually be a good thing for the future of Biglaw. A couple of […] -
Biglaw, Patton Boggs, Social Networking Websites
A Report From the First Meeting of the 'Big Law Society'
In a follow-up to Kash’s post on Monday regarding the newly formed Big Law Society, I volunteered to check out their first happy hour Tuesday night at the BlackFinn American Saloon in D.C. At first I thought it would be amusing to see the type of people who would attend such a gathering. But by […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review, India, Outsourcing, Social Networking Websites, Technology
Could Technology Turn The Tide Against Legal Outsourcing Overseas?
“Believe me, kiddos, this is bad news for all of us.” As many websites and blogs (including ATL) mentioned last week, The New York Times published an article by Heather Timmons entitled “Outsourcing to India Draws Western Lawyers.” The quote above was from the blog Shilling Me Softly giving its take on the article. As […] -
Blogging, Social Networking Websites, Solo Practitioners, Technology
Social Media for Legal Types, Part II
Last week, Kash mentioned social media guru and attorney Adrian Dayton in a post entitled “Social Media for Legal Types.” As a follow up, I thought I would reach out to Carolyn Elefant and Nicole Black, authors of the recently published book, Social Media for Lawyers: The Next Frontier. I first mentioned these two in […] - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Celebrities, Contract Attorneys, Pregnancy / Paternity, Sports, Weirdness
An Interview with the Alleged Father of LeBron James(aka Gloria James's 'Baby Daddy')
In the aftermath of last week’s “LeBromination,” where we witnessed the Miami Heat become the basketball power equivalent of the SuperFriends, this was the response from a colleague of mine to a related story gaining steam in the media: “Yeah, and I’m Shaq’s uncle.” The last two weeks have been quite a whirlwind for Leicester […] -
Contract Attorneys, Document Review
First, They Came For The Key Fobs, And We Said Nothing: Three Stories From Ill-Fated Contract Attorneys
“Hey Mike, we’re having issues with your key fob. We need to reconfigure it.” That may seem like a pretty random quote with which to begin a blog post, but trust me, it will soon make sense. There has been a lot of chatter recently about contract attorneys and Biglaw. Some are finding themselves getting […] -
Contract Attorneys, Craigslist, Pornography, Sex, Weirdness
Professor, Pin-Up Girl, Porn, Projects? The Life of an Anonymous Contract Lawyer
“How is this guy working and not me?” As the economy was tanking at the end of 2008, I, like many contract attorneys, found myself scrambling for work. One night, while frustratedly clicking around the internet for leads, I happened to come across this post from the blog Anonymous Contract Lawyer: I almost forgot I […] -
Career Alternatives, Food
From Contract Attorney to Captain Cupcake
I have come to the conclusion that most Americans really enjoy three things: Freedom Earning money, and Buying food out of a truck. Think about it. Remember as a kid when you would hear the music from your local ice cream truck making its way down your street? Remember running towards it as if your […] -
Contract Attorneys, Job Searches, listserv, Technology
The 'What' List?
“Hey, are you on the Posse List?” “The what list?” A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away — seven years ago in the Farragut North area of Washington, DC — the “what?” list was my response when I first heard of the Posse List from a fellow contract attorney on one of […]
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The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Attorney Misconduct, Contract Attorneys, Document Review, Pepper Hamilton
All Play and No Work Made Lance a Disbarred Boy
Lance David Lewis had one of the best jobs in the world. He was getting paid a couple grand a week, and he didn’t have to do any work for it. Too bad it wasn’t legit. Early last month, the former Pennsylvania lawyer was finally disbarred with consent (meaning that he can’t defend the charges against him). […] -
Bar Exams, Politics, Technology
Will the DC Bar Soon Be Adding You as a Friend?
Earlier this week, I interviewed Darrell Mottley and Laura Possesky, the two candidates for president-elect of the DC Bar. Motley is a shareholder at Banner Witcoff, LTD, and Possesky is a partner at Gura & Possesky, PLLC. Running for president-elect of the DC Bar means they are running for president as well, because the president-elect […] -
Technology
What's the Difference Between an Email and a Pager? (Revisited)
“We’d all be a lot happier if we had some romancing foreplay pre-trial and left the rough stuff for trial,” said Ariana Tadler, a partner in the New York office Milberg LLP. That quote came from an article published yesterday entitled, Show Us the Love to Avoid Discovery Fights, Attorneys Urge, from Leigh Jones of […] -
Is Litigation in America Heading Toward A Perfect Storm?
I spend quite a bit of my time tracking complex litigation. I would say that I do it so I can keep material fresh for my blog, but that would not be whole truth. I keep current with happenings in the litigation market for survival. Since I contract often to make my way in this […] -
Technology
Will Big Banks Pay Back Their Bailouts Through Biglaw?
The announcement last week that the SEC was charging Goldman Sachs with civil fraud should have erupted through the financial world like the volcano Eyjafjallajökull. I never thought I would quote actor/lawyer Ben Stein (most famous for uttering “Bueller? Bueller?”), but even I was struck by the comments he had on the matter. If these […] -
Outsourcing, Technology
Why I Don't Trust Them Foreigners
I have always held a special place in my heart for Georgetown University. I was born on campus at Georgetown University Hospital. My father received his J.D. from the Law Center, and I am an alumnus of Georgetown Prep. I was also very lucky to attend Hoya basketball games as a child and watch Patrick […] -
Technology
The ABA Techshow: You Say You Want A Revolution? There's an App for That
“F@ck no!” As I stood sipping a drink at The Front Page in Dupont Circle during a happy hour for e-discovery professionals, that was the highly articulate response I received from a technology vendor rep on whether he was attending the ABA Techshow, which begins today. “That event is more for solos,” he said. “It’s […]