CZ and Friends
CZ & Friends is a podcast about what it takes to lead and evolve legal in an era of exponential change. Hosted by Cecilia Ziniti, former General Counsel turned founder and CEO of GC AI, each episode features candid conversations with legal and business leaders who are building for scale, taking bold bets on technology, and leading with humanity. Whether you're a GC, operator, or in-house counsel, this podcast is your front-row seat to the future of legal.
CZ and Friends
Latest Episodes
The End of the Billable Hour with Bjarne Tellmann, CEO of FjordStream Advisors
Bjarne Tellmann spent 30 years as a general counsel at Haleon, Pearson, Coca-Cola, and Aramco. Now, as CEO of FjordStream Advisors and author of "Law in the Era of AI" (Wiley), he argues that the disruption of the law firm model will not come f...
Legal Ops at Scale: Sruthi Kosuri and Cindy Prabhakar of Marvell Technology
How does a legal operations team at a global semiconductor company cut contract request time by 73%, earn a seat at the CLO's staff table, and build board-level analytics, all while keeping pace with AI?In this episode of CZ and Friends,...
Replace Me: Jimmy Toy of Articore Group on AI, Copyright, and the Future of Legal
What if the best thing a lawyer could do is figure out how to make themselves obsolete?Jimmy Toy, Chief Legal Officer at Articore Group (the company behind Redbubble and TeePublic), has been using AI and machine learning in legal work fo...
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Inside Real Estate Law: Nicole Komin & Danielle Shainbrown hosted by Laurel Palluzi
Nicole Komin and Danielle Shainbrown co-founded two companies together out of Buffalo, New York: Bellwether Advisors, a real estate consulting and advisory practice, and Shainbrown Komin PLLC, a law firm. They launched both in 2022 and have bee...
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AI Governance and Why Legal Bottlenecks Start Upstream with Rachel Harris of Suzy
Rachel Harris, General Counsel and AI Governance & Privacy Officer at Suzy, joins Cecilia to talk about what it takes to be a solo GC at a high-growth AI startup.Rachel's career started in an unlikely place: plaintiff-side pharmaceut...
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