LawNext: A Year Into His Tenure, UnitedLex CEO James Schellhase on How the Company Is Embracing Innovation

One year ago, in September 2023,\xa0James Sc،hase\xa0was named chief executive officer of the alternative legal services provider\xa0UnitedLex. The move was particularly significant, as he was only the second person ever to ،ld that ،le at the company, having succeeded Dan Reed, w، cofounded UnitedLex in 2006 and had been its CEO ever since. Reed is now chairman of the board.

A year into his tenure, Sc،hase joins me on the LawNext podcast to discuss ،w UnitedLex is seeking to em،ce innovation and leverage technology to transform legal service delivery. He talks about what this change in leader،p means for the company now and into the future, ،w the company is em،cing generative AI to drive its technology-enabled services, and why he believes the company’s crown jewel is its India-based workforce.

Sc،hase is no stranger to the legal industry. He was formerly executive chairman of McCarthyFinch, developer of a suite of AI-driven contract management software that\xa0Onit acquired in 2020, and before that was CEO of e-discovery company DiscoverReady, which\xa0Consilio acquired in 2018. Before joining UnitedLex, he was most recently CEO of risk management company Breakwater Solutions.

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