Hosted by Jim Batson, the newest episode of Omni Bridgeway’s podcast features Ariana Tadler, founder of Tadler Law. Baston runs Omni’s New York office and serves as Senior Investment Manager. Tadler is an accomplished class action litigator and a global authority on e-Discovery. She is a founding member of Meta-e Discovery, which does consulting and data hosting.
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Hosted by Jim Batson, the latest episode of Omni Bridgeway’s podcast features Ariana Tadler, founder of Tadler Law. Baston runs Omni’s New York office and serves as Senior Investment Manager. Tadler is an accomplished class action litigator and a global authority on e-Discovery. She is a founding member of Meta-e Discovery, which does consulting and data hosting.
Tadler describes her time in law school, working for a variety of lawyers, judges, and firms. Her work on securities fraud cases led Tadler to focus on clients who had been wronged but lacked the ability to pursue legal action. This led her to focus on who was underrepresented or underprivileged. Legal systems are for everyone’s benefit. Increasingly though, Tadler found that the impecunious were often left out in the cold.
Tadler has strong opinions on value and how it is applied to legal work. She recognizes that a firm has to make money to stay afloat. At the same time, monetary value is not the only, or even the most vital, measure of a person or their work. At Tadler Law, the team is well paid, but their value is recognized in other ways too.
Obviously, COVID has been a major driver in remote working tech and e-Discovery. Tadler finds that she checks in with her team more often now, and to a more thorough degree. COVID fatigue impacts team members and clients alike, which may necessitate more downtime than usual.
Zoom hearings have been unexpectedly beneficial since they cut down on travel time and the associated expenses. While courts do have higher expectations than before in terms of submitting information, Zoom depositions and other remote meetings have streamlined processes that often take much longer. Creativity abounds, thanks to COVID.
Tadler Law is a female-founded, female-led organization. Tadler explains that this brings a unique perspective to the legal work. Empathy, which is a necessary facet of engaging with clients, is emphasized. The firm wants to ensure that it’s being as inclusive as it can be, supporting both women and people of color.
