Director of Legal @ Malbek | Legal Tech Author and Commentator | Fastcase 50 2022 Honoree | Legal Tech Startup Advisor and Investor

I help legal professionals, legal teams, and technology organizations make sense of legal technology so they can work smarter, deliver stronger outcomes, and lead with confidence in a field that is often noisy, fragmented, and misunderstood.

As General Counsel of Malbek and a long-time educator, author, and advocate, I sit at the intersection of law, technology, and learning. My work centers on translation. I take complex, fast-moving technologies and turn them into clear concepts, practical strategies, and informed decisions that legal professionals can actually use. Whether guiding teams through digital transformation or shaping how legal products are built and adopted, my focus is always on clarity over hype.

Teaching is core to how I operate. I regularly speak to diverse audiences, from military organizations to law firms and in-house legal departments, as well as large professional groups, on AI’s impact on legal work and the responsible, effective use of technology. Across these settings, my goal is the same: to help people understand not just what tools do, but how they change legal work, roles, and judgment.

That same educational mission runs through my writing and publishing. I am the author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem, a foundational guide to understanding the industry and its players, a co-author of CLM for Dummies, and the editor of the Handbook of Legal Tech. I also write regularly, serve as a columnist for Today’s General Counsel, and contribute through podcasts, webinars, and industry forums. Each platform is another way to make legal tech more accessible, grounded, and actionable.

Across every role, my aim is to equip people with the knowledge and confidence to engage with innovation thoughtfully and critically. If you are trying to cut through the legal tech noise, educate your team, modernize how your legal function operates, or build tools that truly serve legal professionals, I help move you from uncertainty to understanding and from learning to execution.

Let’s build what comes next.

Colin Levy

You can't negotiate AI contract provisions if you don't understand how the technology actually works.

The guide walks through it in the context of AI-specific contractual clauses:

What to flag, redlining suggestions, and negotiation suggestions.

Let me know what you think!

I'm Colin S. Levy, General Counsel at Malbek and author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem.

#legaltech #contracts #law #business #learning

Colin S. Levy

General Counsel at Malbek | Author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem | I Help Legal Teams and Tech Companies Navigate AI, Legal Tech, and Digital Enablement

AI Clauses Guide

AI Agents and Your Data: Two Questions You Should Be Asking

As AI agents become more prevalent in legal workflows, I'm noticing a gap in the conversations happening around their adoption. We're discussing capabilities and use cases extensively, but glossing over the practical realities of data management and security.

Two areas deserve sharper focus:

1) Data Handling and Storage
When an AI agent processes your documents, drafts your contracts, or analyzes your matter files, where does that data actually go? How long is it retained? Is it used for model training? These aren't theoretical questions. They're foundational to understanding what you're agreeing to when you deploy these tools.

Most lawyers assume their data stays private and ephemeral. It doesn't always. Different providers take vastly different approaches to data retention, storage locations, and usage rights. Some retain your inputs for 30 days. Others longer. Some use customer data to improve their models unless you explicitly opt out. The terms matter, and they're rarely transparent.

2) Cybersecurity
AI agents typically require broader access than traditional software. They need to read files, access systems, sometimes act on your behalf. That expanded access creates expanded risk.

Are you treating AI agent deployments with the same security rigor you'd apply to any third-party vendor with system access? Validating their security certifications? Understanding their incident response protocols? Reviewing their encryption standards?

I'm optimistic about these tools. Their potential is real. But potential comes with responsibility. 

We need to ask hard questions about data practices and security standards before deployment, not after something goes wrong.

The legal profession has a particular obligation here. We're stewards of confidential client information. 

That duty doesn't evaporate because the technology is new or exciting.

I’m Colin, General Counsel at Malbek, and author of The Legal Tech Ecosystem. 

#legaltech #innovation #law #business #learning

General Counsel at Malbek | Educator Translating Legal Tech And AI Into Practice | Adjunct Professor | Author, The Legal Tech Ecosystem

Ready to Elevate Your Legal Career? 

⚖️ I’m a globally top-ranked legal recruiter, podcaster, speaker, and community builder dedicated to empowering legal professionals to land their dream roles.

My mission? 

To inspire legal minds, transform legal futures, and build a collaborative legal community driven by innovation & kindness. 🤝

🌍 Founder of KC Partners, where we connect top legal talent with leading law firms worldwide. Supporting professionals at every stage of their careers.

🎙️ Host of the Legally Speaking Podcast™ (Top 1%), proudly sponsored by Clio, the $5B+ global leader in legal technology. Redefining legal conversations through exclusive interviews, career insights, and forward-thinking trends.

🎤 Co-Founder of The Great Big Legal Offsite (GBLO), delivering a premier strategy event for SME law firm leaders, with keynote speakers including Dragons’ Den investors.

🎾 Co-Founder of Courtside Conversations, modern professional networking reimagined. Padel first. Conversation second. Podcast third. Bringing the right people together in the right environment so real conversations happen.

I advise & invest in legal & tech ventures including:

⚖️ Lexidesk & Caseguru - helping lawyers convert more leads

📢 NRG Lawyers – Championing Non-Russell Group talent

📈 Hector – Supporting recruiter development through community

Across ventures, I’ve generated millions in sales & driven real-world impact through content, brand, and community. 

Brand Collaborations: LinkedIn | Sky Sports | Netflix | X Factor | BBC | Channel 4 | Business Insider | The Law Society | Law.com | Review Solicitors | Modern Law | The Lawyer | Above The Law | Society of Asian Lawyers & more. 

Recognised LinkedIn: 
🔵 Top Voice 
🧪 Beta Product Tester
📰 News Contributor
🚀 Creator Accelerator Alumni

Book Contributions:
📘 Legal Operations in the Age of AI and Data
📕 Practicing With Purpose: Winning in Law & Life📗 Artificial Intelligence in Law: Revolutionizing Your Legal Practice

🎤 Speaker & Moderator: ClioCon | LegalTechTalk | LegalEx | Thomson Reuters | Browne Jacobson FAIRE & more.

I’m also a proud dad & pawrent to Otto, my miniature dachshund. 🐶

At KC Partners, we also offer:

✅ Guest spots on the Legally Speaking Podcast
✅ LinkedIn Lives
✅ CV reviews, personal brand & career coaching
✅ Webinars & community networking

We’re deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring the legal industry is accessible and fair for all. Let’s connect & explore how I can support your legal journey.

📩 Press & speaking enquiries: info@legallyspeakingpodcast.com

Robert Hanna

On today's LinkedIn Live I sat down with Ivan Tryskyba, Founder of Lexidesk.ai, to discuss what 11,000 real AI-powered intake conversations reveal about modern law firm growth.

Here’s what you would have learned:

🔴 80 percent of inbound leads still come via phone
🔴 20 percent of calls happen outside business hours
🔴 Nearly half of prospects call more than once
🔴 79 percent of prospects qualify as genuine leads

AI handles non-lead traffic 3 to 4 times faster than human reception

We explored:

🔴 Why voicemail is now a competitive risk
🔴 How AI compresses 15-minute intake calls into structured 4-minute conversations
🔴 The referral revenue firms are leaving on the table
🔴 Why client feedback on AI is more positive than most partners expect
🔴 What early adopters are doing differently

If you care about conversion, client experience, and freeing up your team for higher-value work, this is essential viewing.

If you’d like Ivan’s full article, comment "article" below and we’ll send it across.

#AIReception #LegalTech #LawFirmGrowth #AIInLaw #ClientIntake

Top Legal Careers & Community Builder 🌍 Helping lawyers land dream jobs 🎙️ Host of Legally Speaking Podcast sponsored by Clio (UK #1) 🏆 Co-Founder GBLO & Courtside Conversations 🧠 Advisor to NRG Lawyers & Lexidesk

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