Studio A
by Aderant
Why Time Entry Was Harvey’s First Integration With Aderant
About this podcast
Behind every great law firm is a team of professionals working hard to keep operations running smoothly. With the challenges of staying on top of complex billing requirements, managing time reports, and navigating constantly shifting industry trends, it’s easy to see why most firms write off millions in uncollected revenue each year.
To help your firm stay in the green, we’re introducing Studio A, a new podcast from Aderant.
Studio A is purpose-built to help you run your firm like a well-oiled machine. In each episode, legal business leaders and industry experts will share problems firms face and the revolutionary approaches and cutting-edge software they use to solve them. Because ultimately, in the business of legal firms and the ever-evolving world of technology, you can’t afford to fall behind.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- Why Time Entry Was Harvey’s First Integration With Aderant · 14 min · Episode 34Lawyers can finish a filing and because of the many things they do, weeks later, can't remember what it was even about. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with…
- AI Can Help Law Firms Find Lost Margin, But Clean Data Comes First · 15 min · Episode 33By the time a firm spots a billing bottleneck, the chance to fix it has often already passed.In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Campbell Barrett, President…
- How Aderant Is Making Law Firms AI-Native Today · 14 min · Episode 32If you don't have your foot into AI for your legal tech yet, you need to ask yourself whether that's still a strategic move worth making. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers…
- Dismantling The Silos Holding Law Firms Back · 11 min · Episode 31Technology doesn't transform law firms. People do. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Ben Starkie, President and CEO of AAC Consulting, for a conversation on…
- How Law Firms Are Shifting From AI Experimentation To Operational Trust · 10 min · Episode 30Technology was treated as overhead for law firms for decades. Now, it is the growth lever. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Aisling Fenelon, Chief Revenue…
- What Happens When Law Firms Stop Flying Blind on AI? · 15 min · Episode 29You can't measure what you can't see. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Rob Stote, Chief Product Officer at BigHand, to talk about what operational…
- How 8AM Builds A Trusted Foundation For AI-Driven Legal Finance · 18 min · Episode 28In a world where every firm has access to the same AI tools, the real differentiator is still the people behind them. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Nate…
- Your Firm's AI Problem Isn't Efficiency. It's Automation. · 11 min · Episode 27Will Ayers sits down with Aderant SVP of Product Management and AI, Lisa Erickson for a deep dive in what agentic AI actually means for law firm operations. Lisa breaks down the…
- Deeper Work, Not Faster Work: The AI Shift Law Firms Need to Make · 12 min · Episode 26In this episode of AI in Practice, Will Ayers sits down with Nicholas Wolter, Senior Director of Platform, Data and AI at Aderant, to break down what it actually takes to build…
- Building the Operational Backbone of AI-Native Law Firms · 20 min · Episode 25Law firms in the 80s thought it would be reasonable to opt out of the then-new technology, email. AI is facing the same moment today. In this episode of State of Innovation, Will…
- Inside Michael Best’s Strategy for AI and Legal Innovation · 49 min · Episode 24AI is reshaping the legal industry, pushing firms to rethink leadership, innovation, and the traditional billable hour. As technology accelerates, law firms face a defining…
- From Pricing to Profitability & How To Stop Margin Leakage · 30 min · Episode 23For law firms, profitability is not just a reporting outcome. It’s shaped by decisions made throughout a matter's lifecycle. As AI changes how legal work is delivered, firms face…
- How Aderant’s Cloud Infrastructure and AI Drive Efficiency for Law Firms · 28 min · Episode 22AI and cloud technology are revolutionizing the legal industry, and law firms need to embrace these innovations to stay competitive. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits…
- How AI Is Reshaping Law Firms and Why 2026 Is the Year to Lean In. · 28 min · Episode 21In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Aderant President and CEO Chris Cartrett for an in-depth discussion of the evolving landscape of legal technology. They…
- What 30 Years in Legal Tech Taught Me About the Future of Law · 15 min · Episode 20In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers talks with LawNext Legal Technology Directory Co-founder Bob Ambrogi about how the relationship between the legal industry and technology…
- The Untold Story of How AI Is Quietly Rebuilding Law Firms · 14 min · Episode 19In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers welcomes back Cody Walker, Vice President of Cloud Development at Aderant, for a conversation on how to approach AI adoption with clarity…
- Why Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Chose Aderant and Expert Sierra · 17 min · Episode 18In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers speaks with Andrew DeBratto, Chief Information and Security Officer at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, about how they are navigating cloud…
- Why Empathy Is the Most Powerful Tool in Legal Tech · 12 min · Episode 17In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers speaks with Mike McKay, Vice President of R&D at Aderant, about how law firms and technology benefit from practicality. Drawing from his…
- How Orchestrated AI Can Transform Every Law Firm · 11 min · Episode 16AI is reshaping how law firms work, but only if they know how to stay in control. In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers sits down with Lisa Erickson, SVP of Product Management…
- The Hidden Friction Slowing Down Every Law Firm (And How to Fix It) · 11 min · Episode 15In this episode of Studio A, Will Ayers is joined by Nicholas Wolter, Senior Director of Applications Architecture at Aderant, to explore how Stridyn shapes a unified experience…







