May 12, 2021
Ian talks with the CEO of Paragon Legal, Trista Engel. Paragon Legal is a premier legal services firm providing interim in-house counsel to leading corporate legal departments. As Paragon’s CEO, Trista focuses on client and attorney development and strategic growth initiatives.
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- https://paragonlegal.com/
- https://paragonlegal.com/01-trista-engel/
Show Notes - Trista’s background and general path into the legal industry - 1:18
- Interested in the legal services space - 2:45
- What is Paragon Legal - 3:28
- An interest in a new model - 4:28
- Obstacles with the current law firm model - 5:50
- The target customer - 7:55
- A more sustainable way to work - 10:22
- Attorneys that are part of that network - 11:19
- The types of projects that she is seeing - 13:40
- Being a public company - 16:21
- A special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) - 17:30
- The most exciting aspect of working at Paragon Legal - 18:43
- The impact on individual attorneys - 20:24
- The onboarding process with Paragon Legal - 21:03
- The future of where legal services is going - 22:56
- Being part of the more efficient legal industry - 25:48
- The most important quality of the lawyer of the future - 26:06
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