Legal Maxxing™ with Liz Lugones

Mitratech

Legal Maxxing™ with Liz Lugones is a Mitratech podcast for legal leaders who are done reacting and ready to lead. Fifteen minutes. One leader. What to build, what to stop, and how to align people, process, data, technology, and AI for real operational performance.

Episodes

  1. 3d ago ·  Video

    Beyond Billable Thinking: Leading Legal Like a Business

    Legal teams often equate being busy with being valuable, but the greatest impact comes from eliminating low-value work so you can focus on the decisions that move the business forward. In this episode, Liz sits down with Stephanie Corey, Co-Founder and CEO of UpLevel Ops, to discuss why legal leaders must start thinking like business leaders, how to identify the work that doesn't belong on legal's desk, and why creating space for strategy is more important than ever in an AI-driven future. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Stephanie says to kill unnecessary meetings that steal valuable thinking time, and maxx strategic thinking by intentionally focusing legal teams on the work only humans can do

  2. Jul 29 ·  Video

    What Separates Good Legal Leaders from Great Ones

    Legal teams often work hard to prove their value, but the biggest career shift happens when you stop trying to be needed and start delivering clear, decisive solutions. In this episode, Liz sits down with Tom Stephenson, Co-Founder of Legal Ops AI, to discuss the mindset shifts that transform careers, why legal professionals need to communicate like executives, and how focusing on solutions instead of problems earns you a seat at the table. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Tom says to kill the endless decks and presentations that overcomplicate decisions, and maxx clear, concise communication that empowers leaders to act today.

  3. Jul 15 ·  Video

    You Don't Have a Tech Problem. You Have a Workflow Problem.

    Most legal teams reach for AI to fix a problem that isn't actually a technology problem — it's a design problem. In this episode, Liz sits down with Sheila Dusseau, Head of Global CLO Operations and Innovation at Ferring Pharmaceuticals, to unpack why bad processes just become faster bad processes once you add AI, and how design thinking can fix what tech alone can't. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Sheila on the 14-level approval process that needs to die, and why the real opportunity isn't asking "what will AI replace" but asking where human judgment is being wasted on repetitive work in the first place.

  4. Jul 7 ·  Video

    Stop Playing Small: How Legal Ops Leaders Can Own Their Impact

    Legal operations is often treated as an administrative afterthought, but it deserves a seat at the strategy table.  In this episode, Liz sits down with Mimi Walker, Head of Legal Operations at CITGO Petroleum, to explore how legal ops professionals can raise their profile, align with company-wide goals, and build cross-functional relationships with finance, accounting, and beyond. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Mimi on why legal ops needs to stop playing small, and how keeping a running "deck" of wins and lessons learned is the key to walking into any leadership conversation with confidence.

  5. Jun 30 ·  Video

    Stop Automating Chaos: How to Build an AI Foundation That Actually Works

    Here's the uncomfortable truth: 92% of AI pilots in legal are failing. And according to Sujatha Gurrapu, Product Lead for Google's Legal Tech team, it's because we're automating broken processes and calling it innovation. In this episode, Liz sits down with Sujatha to talk about what the legal industry is getting wrong about AI adoption — from launching point solutions nobody uses to skipping the hard work of fixing data and understanding real user problems first.  Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Sujatha on the one debugging sprint every legal leader should run, and why saying "no" to most things is how you finally move forward.

  6. Jun 11 ·  Video

    The Human Edge: Why AI Matters Most When People Are at the Center

    What does the Artemis II moon mission have to do with AI adoption in legal? More than you'd think. In this episode, Liz Lugones sits down with Ashley Estilette, Chief Marketing Officer at Mitratech, to talk about what the legal and tech world is getting wrong about AI — and it comes down to one thing: the human fingerprint. Plus: Maxx It / Kill It — Ashley's take on what legal needs to stop doing versus where to go all in.

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    Why Legal Maxxing™ and Why Now

    Legal is being asked to move faster, adopt AI, and do more with less — all without increasing risk. For most teams, that pressure is piling on top of an operating model that was never built to handle it. In this launch episode, host Liz Lugones breaks down what Legal Maxxing actually means and why now is the moment for legal to stop retrofitting old processes and start building the foundation that makes everything else possible. People. Process. Data. Technology. AI. When those five things are aligned, legal stops being a checkpoint and starts being a catalyst. 15 minutes. Zero filler. Welcome to Legal Maxxing™.

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Legal Maxxing™ with Liz Lugones is a Mitratech podcast for legal leaders who are done reacting and ready to lead. Fifteen minutes. One leader. What to build, what to stop, and how to align people, process, data, technology, and AI for real operational performance.

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