#56: Gain an Edge with Court Data and Analytics with Trellis Law CEO, Nicole Clark.

The Tech Savvy Lawyer

The constant emergence of new companies and technologies makes rapid growth in the legal technology sector. Artificial Intelligence-powered technologies play a vital role in that regard. This week's Tech Savvy Lawyer podcast episode features Nicole Clark, the CEO of Trellis.Law.

Nicole is the co-founder of Trellis. Nicole specialized in business litigation and labor and employment matters, representing multinational corporations in high-profile trade secret disputes and complex class-action cases. Nicole's idea for Trellis was born late one night as she was trying to write a complicated motion for summary judgment. She didn't know much about the judge assigned to the case, leaving her unsure of how to structure the document. That's when a colleague let her browse through his old case files. While doing so, she stumbled upon a past ruling by her judge, on her issue. Nichole felt like she had a detailed study guide for a final exam. She won her motion for summary judgment, and everything changed.

It quickly became obvious to Nicole that there was a massive opportunity to build a thriving, scalable legal analytics platform, one that would help democratize access to state trial court data. And she wanted to be the one to build it. Thus, the creation of Trellis.

Join Nicole and me as we talk about the following three questions and more!

1. Aside from Trellis, what are three AI programs attorneys should be using in their work today and why?
2. What are three things, Trellis does better due to its use of AI than its competition?
3. What are three things about AI you think attorneys should be keeping an eye out for in the future?

In our conversation, we cover the following:

[00.09] Tech setup – Starting the conversation, Nicole shares her current tech setup with us.

[09.10] AIs – Nicole shares three major areas in which attorneys should use AI tools and the reasons behind using them.

[15.29] Trellis – Nicole shares three things that they do better at Trellis than the other AI competitors out there.

[21.22] Federal courts – Nicole mentions structured data as a way of getting information when it comes to federal courts.

[23.39] The future – Collecting data, ethics, and data analytics are the three areas attorneys need to keep an eye out for in the future of AI.

[27.53] Content creation – Wrapping up the conversation, Nicole shares her idea on AI-generated content creation and its benefits for both lawyers and clients.

Resources:

Connect with Nicole

LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/nicole-a-clark/

linkedin.com/company/trellis-law

Website - trellis.law/

Twitter - twitter.com/trellis_law

Facebook - facebook.com/trellis.law/

Instagram - instagram.com/trellis.law/

YouTube - youtube.com/channel/UCwfgGH-yMFmf3tW5M7UukIg

Equipment Mentioned in the Podcast

• MacBook Pro - apple.com/macbook-pro/
• LG dual screen - lg.com/us/monitors
• Apple XDR - apple.com/pro-display-xdr/
• Mac mice/keyboards - apple.com/shop/mac/accessories/mice-keyboards

Software & Services Mentioned in the Podcast

• DISCO - csdisco.com/
• KARA software - karasoftware.com/