Law Technology

Time is on My Side, Yes it is

By Ross

As any of us, like yours truly, approach the half-century mark, time seems like anything BUT a friend.  It has always inexorably marched on and likely always will (unless as daughter Hayley uberhip-ly observes, it’s “4D Dad” – I have no idea what that means, but I suspect time MIGHT stop marching on in that 4D corner of her 9th grade universe).

But time feels like my friend right now – I was reminded of this this past week when I had occasion to meet with my longest-running client, the firm of Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk in Milwaukee. The firm’s principal, Steve Kravit, one of the nation’s truly great litigators (and truly nice guys) placed his confidence in me way back in 1986, hiring me and my fledgling company, MicroLaw, to help his two year old law practice automate better. 24 years ago. Steve was 36 then and I was 24. A lifetime ago. And this week we met to talk yet about a new generation of technology and practice management upgrades for his practice – the latest in a series of forward-looking practice developments for his national litigation practice.

And Steve, as always in his self-deprecating way, reminded me he doesn’t know much “about this stuff.” BS Steve, you do too – you always did, because you were always a good businessperson who recognized that technology is about business success and successfully representing clients first, and about gadgets and hardware and software distantly second. Steve’s had the right attitude about technology in law practice for decades.

I guess my point here is that careers can be much more about relationships than anything else. Perhaps the single most rewarding element of my 25+ years as a legal technologist/law practice management consultant is getting to work – and grow up with – clients like Steve Kravit.

Yep, these are the things that matter.

P.S. And by the way, if you need Wisconsin/Upper Midwest  regional co-counsel in a commercial litigation situation, you’d be nuts not to talk to Steve and the team at Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk – especially the version of the firm powered by the new generation of technology they’re talking about having us help them with.

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Full post as published by Ross Ipsa Loquitur on October 29, 2010 (boomark / email).