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.
Why Time Entry Was Harvey’s First Integration With Aderant
Lawyers 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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/willayersjr/)sits down with Matthew Guillod (https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-guillod-284671116/), Senior Product Manager at Harvey (https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvey-ai/), to unpack the new integration connecting Harvey and Aderant's iTimeKeep. Matt walks through why time entry, of everywhere Harvey could have plugged in, was the first problem they chose to solve with Aderant, how the Submit Time button captures billable work the moment it happens, and why Harvey drafts a narrative but always leaves the final submission to the lawyer.
Tune in to hear what law firm security teams ask before adopting the integration and what Aderant brought to the table that made it possible.
Highlights:
Why Time Entry: Why Harvey chose time entry, of all things, as the first place to build its Aderant integration
Human In The Loop: Why Harvey's AI drafts billing narratives but always leaves the final submission to the lawyer
Front Office Meets Back Office: How the integration connects Harvey's front-office work to Aderant's back-office billing systems
Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Introducing Matt Guillod, Senior Product Manager at Harvey
(01:48) What time entry looked like for Matt as a practicing lawyer
(02:48) Inside the Aderant and Harvey integration connecting the front and back office
(03:58) Why time entry was the first place Harvey chose to build
(05:04) How the Submit Time button works inside Harvey
(07:01) Why Harvey drafts narratives but stops short of submitting them
(08:02) What law firm security teams want to know about the integration
(09:25) What Aderant brought to the table that made this integration possible
(10:57) The one word Matt uses to describe the integration
(12:19) What a lawyer's day looks like when front and back office connect
21 Oct 2026
AI Can Help Law Firms Find Lost Margin, But Clean Data Comes First
By 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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/willayersjr/) sits down with Campbell Barrett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/campbellbarrett1/), President and CEO of Datolite Solutions (https://www.linkedin.com/company/datolite-solutions/home/), to talk about how law firms can modernize billing and financial operations. Campbell explains why most firms use their data like a rearview mirror, where margin quietly leaks out between time entry and final invoice approval, and why real-time visibility is turning finance into a strategic intelligence function.Tune in to hear why AI amplifies bad operational data instead of fixing it, how firms can automate repetitive admin work without losing sight of professional judgment, and what Campbell thinks will define the next generation of legal operations.
Highlights:
Margin Lost In The Handoffs: Where firms lose efficiency between time entry and invoice approval, and why small inefficiencies repeated thousands of times add up
Data Before AI: Why a reliable data foundation has to come first, and why AI amplifies bad operational data instead of fixing it
People Led, Technology Driven: How firms can automate routine work while keeping transparency and professional judgment in the loop
Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Introducing Campbell Barrett, President and CEO at Datolite Solutions
(01:09) How Datolite is modernizing billing and financial operations for firms
(02:01) Firms use their operational data like a rearview mirror
(03:06) Where firms lose margin between time entry and final invoice approval
(04:24) Why speed and visibility matter more for firm leadership
(05:34) Moving from reactive pricing to proactive profitability management
(08:04) How to automate without creating operational blind spots
(09:14) Where AI adoption is real and where expectations are ahead of reality
(10:50) Why user experience is underestimated in law firm transformation
(11:59) How disciplined firms separate meaningful innovation from AI distraction
(12:57) What will define the next generation of legal operations
7 Oct 2026
How Aderant Is Making Law Firms AI-Native Today
If 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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/willayersjr/) sits down with Josiah Chaves (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahchaves/), Chief Client Officer at Aderant (https://www.linkedin.com/company/aderant/), to unpack what Aderant 2030 means for the AI-native law firm. Josiah breaks down the vision behind Aderant becoming the legal back office operating system, what Stridyn and the new Harvey integration means for connecting the front and back office, and why the Aderant Agent Center is reshaping how firms manage their Work-To-Cash cycle.
Tune in to hear why 97% of firms report Aderant's newest solutions already meet their expectations, what it actually means for a firm to be AI-native rather than just AI-everywhere, and why Josiah believes the firms still sitting on the sidelines should be nervous.
Highlights:
Aderant 2030: What it means for Aderant to become the legal back office operating system as law firms head into an AI-driven future
AI-Native, Not AI-Everywhere: Why being AI-native means putting AI at the center of the firm rather than scattering it across every process
Connecting Front and Back Office: How the new Harvey integration and Aderant's 300+ partner ecosystem create an unmatched client experience
Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) Josiah Chaves on why firms without their foot in the water should be nervous
(00:59) Introducing Josiah Chaves, Chief Client Officer at Aderant
(02:10) What Aderant 2030 means for the future of law firm operations
(02:52) What an unmatched client experience actually looks like day to day
(04:11) Why client experience became a product story built on trust
(04:23) How Harvey and Aderant's 300+ partner ecosystem change what's possible
(05:17) Sierra as the bridge to Stridyn and why the data layer matters
(07:31) Inside the Aderant and Harvey integration connecting front and back office
(08:26) New AI capabilities in iTimeKeep and the shift to outcome-based billing narratives
(09:21) Advice for law firms still sitting on the sidelines
(10:21) What actually defines the modern, AI-native law firm
(11:53) What's next for the Aderant Agent Center
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