Interview in CCCA Magazine on Legal Innovation

Pablo Fuchs interviewed Omar Ha-Redeye in the Winter 2014 edition of the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association (CCCA) Magazine.

The article is entitled Kickstarting Innovation in the Legal Department,

One of the major reasons why corporate counsel have to familiarize themselves with technology is because the entire legal profession is moving that way. Given the amount of time they work with external legal counsel, they must be able to understand and demand more from their legal providers.

“This is absolutely crucial because the role mosl in-house counsel play for their organizations is to co-ordinate the legal services not only internally, but to also outsource the legal services they cannot handle or are equipped to deal with,” says Omar Ha-Redeye, a lawyer with Fleet Street Law in Toronto.

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If you have a choice between several firms, all of which are providing comparable services, there are incredibly different price point comparisons simply because of the way that they’re practicing and the way they incorporate technology into their practices. This is an important distinction that in-house counsel need to keep track of.”

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No matter what tools corporate counsel decide to use, it’s important to realize what technology allows you to do: shift the focus back to the more critical components of your work.

Ha-Redeye explains, “By incorporating these tools into your practice, you can provide the same legal services but in a much more cost-effective manner. And with this extra money, you can take more preventative measures, such as creating policy manuals, training, and take care of other types of issues internally that will help you avoid legal issues. So, this allows us to allocate your money better in terms of risk-avoidance and risk-management and be preventative. The result is that you are far more effective for your organization.”

 

Kickstarting Innovation in the Legal Department