David Boland

Ted Theodoropoulos (CEO, Infodash), sat down with David Boland (Chief Knowledge & Innovation Officer, Ogletree Deakins) live from the ILTACON 2025 exhibit floor!

In this episode, Ted and David discuss:

✅ Building trusted partnerships and embracing a “simplify and go” mindset
✅ Lessons learned from moving between industries, public accounting to legal
✅ The unique challenges of the law firm partnership model versus the Big Four
✅ How Ogletree Deakins grew from 25 to 100+ professionals in its KM & Innovation team
✅ Why data and analytics are becoming the key differentiator for law firms
✅ The balance between awareness, adoption, and integration of new tools
✅ Scaling a focused practice in labor, employment, and immigration law with 1,100 attorneys across 60 offices

David also shares how Ogletree’s data-driven approach is helping the firm deliver more value to clients, and why the future of legal services will be shaped by how firms harness their institutional knowledge.