Yaacov P. Silberman

Yaacov Silberman is a pioneer in alternative law firm business models and legal innovation. He is the co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer of both Rimon Law and NovaLaw. Rimon, founded in 2008, was among the world’s first distributed law firms and has since grown into an international platform with over 200 attorneys across 11 countries. NovaLaw, launched in 2019 as a legal MSO (Managed Services Organization), provides scalable operational support to Rimon.

Yaacov’s work has been recognized by the ABA, the Financial Times, and The Economist, which have cited him as a leading innovator in the industry. He has shared insights on legal business transformation at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, and Berkeley Law.

In addition to serving his clients at Rimon, Yaacov advises and invests in legal tech and tech-enabled professional services companies.

He lives in Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, with his wife and three children.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Nov. 1, 2018, Firm General Counsel Summit, Tech and Innovation
• Sep. 28, 2016, West Coast Law Firm Leadership Forum, Needle in the Haystack: How to Control Costs and Uncover Profitability
• July 13, 2015, LegalTech West Coast (ALM), Ethics and Best Practices for Adoption of Cloud Storage
• Apr. 30, 2015, Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), Innovating from Within Law Firms: Technology Serving Law Firms in Delivering Value to Clients
• Feb. 23, 2015, University of California, Hastings, Principles of Technology Adoption
• Feb. 13, 2014, Stanford Law School, Innovating the Law Firm Model
• Oct. 29, 2013, Harvard Law School, Convergence: Growing Dissatisfaction with Big Law and the Rise of Alternatives
• Apr. 16, 2013, University of California, Berkeley, Effective Business Ethics
• Jan. 31, 2013, University of California, Hastings, Managing Technology in Law Firms
• Oct. 11, 2012, Legal Marketing Association, Technologies for eLawyering
• Aug. 16, 2011, San Francisco Bar Association, Evaluating Vendors of Cloud Computing Services
• Aug. 10, 2011, Palo Alto Bar Association, Legal Ethics of Cloud Computing for Lawyers
• Oct. 23, 2010, Bar Association of San Francisco, Strategies for Launching and Running a Small Law Firm
• Spring & Summer 2010, Small Business Administration in San Francisco, Small Business Legal Series
• Spring 2010, JHTC, Silicon Valley, Paradigm Shifts in the Practice of Law