Hosted by Seyfarth Shaw LLP · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 244 episodes
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Pioneers and Pathfinders is Seyfarth’s podcast about people driving change in the legal industry.Each episode features candid conversation with the people doing the work—lawyers, leaders, founders, teachers, and more. We will hear about their journeys—what they’re building, what they’re seeing, and what others can take from it. Co-hosted by Kevin Young, a Seyfarth partner and employment litigator who puts new tools and ideas to work in client service, and Zeynep Ersin, Seyfarth’s Chief Innovation & Strategic Design Officer, the podcast offers a front-line view into where the legal industry is headedPioneers and Pathfinders was founded by J. Stephen Poor, Chair Emeritus of Seyfarth Shaw, a longtime industry leader who helped pioneer the application of Lean Six Sigma principles to legal service delivery.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP hosts Pioneers and Pathfinders, a business show with 244 episodes published.
Today we're joined by Greg Mostyn, CEO and co-founder of Wexler. Wexler is a fact intelligence platform built for litigation teams. Wexler extracts events, timelines, and contradictions from large evidence sets and links
Today's guest is Professor Charlotte Alexander, a leading scholar whose work has focused on the efficiency, transparency, and openness of the court system, particularly in civil litigation. Charlotte is a Harvard Law-tra
Today's guest, Dr. Larry Richard, practiced as a trial attorney for 10 years before earning a PhD in organizational psychology. Today, he is a leading expert on why lawyers behave the way they do. For over 30 years, Dr.
Today, we meet our new co-hosts, Kevin Young and Zeynep Ersin. Kevin is a Seyfarth partner and employment litigator who puts new tools and ideas to work in client service, and Zeynep is Seyfarth’s Chief Innovation & Stra
This episode brings Steve Poor's role as host of Pioneers and Pathfinders to a close. It has been a wonderful five-year ride with fascinating guests sharing intriguing insights on the past and future of the profession. W
Today we recognize two milestones for this podcast, and thus, we have a special two-part discussion. With this episode, we celebrate five years of over 200 individual guests drawn from all corners of the legal profession
As we close out our fifth year, we welcome back one of our early guests, Michele DeStefano, for a fascinating return conversation. Michele is a professor at the University of Miami School of Law, a visiting professor at
Today we’re joined by Joanna Goodman, a freelance journalist, writer, and author covering technology, business, and media for national publications and major corporate clients. Joanna focuses much of her work on how emer
This week, we’re joined by Dr. Eva Bruch. Based in Spain, Dr. Bruch is a lawyer, strategic consultant, and partner at LOIS—a consultancy focused on legal operations and the digital transformation of corporate legal depar
Today we're delighted to welcome back Marlene Gebauer—self-described “Legal Innovation Heroine,” co-host of The Geek In Review, and one of the most thoughtful voices in the legal innovation community. Since she last join
This week on Pioneers and Pathfinders, we’re pleased to welcome back Basha Rubin, CEO and co-founder of Priori. It's been about four years since Basha last joined us, and in that time, Priori has gone through a remarkabl
Today we’re joined by Sateesh Nori. Sateesh is the chief legal futurist at LawDroid and a senior research fellow at NYU School of Law. His work sits at the crossroads of justice, technology, and public service. Before mo
This week, we’re shining a spotlight on meaningful innovation in the access to justice space by revisiting our conversation with Kristen Sonday, co-founder and CEO of Paladin. Kristen and her team are transforming the wa
Today we're pleased to welcome back Dan Linna, director of law and technology initiatives and senior lecturer at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and the McCormick School of Engineering. Dan was one of our very first
On today's episode of Pioneers and Pathfinders, we're delighted to welcome Carrie Fletcher, a leadership development expert, lawyer, and longtime force for change in the legal profession. With more than 30 years of exper
This week on Pioneers and Pathfinders, we're joined by Taylor Bell, founding partner of Arizona ABS Law PLLC. Taylor works at the forefront of one of the most closely watched experiments in legal innovation, Arizona's al
Today we’re catching up with Daniel Lewis, CEO of LegalOn Technologies. LegalOn is transforming the way legal professionals review and negotiate contracts through advanced contract AI, helping thousands of lawyers work f
We welcome all of you back and hope you had a wonderful holiday season. To start the new year, we’re joined by Ruby Powers, co-vice chair of the 2026 ABA TECHSHOW. Ruby is an immigration law attorney with nearly 20 years
For our last episode of the year, we’re pleased to welcome back to the podcast Justin Ergler. Justin is a consultant focused on legal operations, outside counsel management, and client value strategy. Listeners may know
This week, we sit down with Ross Guberman, founder and CEO of BriefCatch—the leading legal writing assistant designed to help lawyers draft clear, precise, and impactful documents. A former attorney at a top law firm, Ro
Taylor Bell
Clinical Director · Sound Mind Counseling
1 appearance on this show
Ruby Powers
Board-certified immigration attorney, law professor, author · Powers Law Group
1 appearance on this show
Damien Riehl
vice president and Solutions Champion at vLex
1 appearance on this show
Accenture
Accenture
1 appearance on this show
Dennis Garcia
Assistant General Counsel at Microsoft · Microsoft
1 appearance on this show
IBM
IBM
1 appearance on this show
Nicole Clark
founder and CEO · Trellis
1 appearance on this show
Andrew Perlman
Dean · Suffolk University Law School
1 appearance on this show
Cindy Cohn
author and Digital Rights Activist · Electronic Frontier Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Daniel Lewis
Assistant Professor of Theology · Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology
1 appearance on this show
Cat Casey
Chief Growth Officer · Reveal-Brainspace
1 appearance on this show
1 appearance on this show
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