Speaking
Keynotes · Panels · Private sessions
Built from inside the work.
Conversations worth having.
Lashay Dodd speaks to legal audiences about the changing business of law, artificial intelligence, modern legal operations, and what the future of work means for the people building it.
Her speaking style brings the same perspective she brings to LexAvanta: direct, practical, thoughtful, and willing to challenge conventional thinking when the conversation calls for it.
Available for keynotes, conferences, panels, private leadership events, webinars, podcasts, and industry conversations.
The practice of law has structure. The business supporting it should too.
01 / Why it matters
The legal industry is changing quickly.
The conversation should go deeper than the trend.
AI is changing how legal work gets done. Technology is changing what firms can expect from their operations.
The role of the paralegal is evolving. New investment models are changing the business surrounding the practice of law. And firms are being asked to modernize while continuing to serve clients, practice law, and run profitable businesses. Those changes deserve conversations that go beyond predictions and buzzwords.
That approach can carry a firm surprisingly far, but eventually, the strain shows.
Lashay brings the perspective of someone who has worked inside the systems being asked to change. She connects what is happening in technology and business to what attorneys, leadership, and legal professionals are experiencing inside their organizations every day.
The future of law will be shaped by how well firms adapt the business behind the practice.
The future of law will be shaped by how well firms adapt the business behind the practice.
02 / Areas of focus
Every audience is different.
Relevant conversations for a changing legal industry.
Speaking engagements can be developed around the audience, event, and conversation organizers want to create.
Relevant conversations for a changing legal industry.
01
Artificial Intelligence & the Legal Industry
Practical conversations about what AI means for law firms, where it creates meaningful opportunity, how organizations can prepare for adoption, and why implementation requires more than purchasing technology.
02
The Future of Legal Work
How technology, changing workforce expectations, new business models, and evolving professional roles are reshaping the way legal organizations operate.
03
Modern Law Firm Operations
What growing firms need from their people, processes, technology, and infrastructure as the business becomes more complex.
01
Artificial Intelligence & the Legal Industry
Practical conversations about what AI means for law firms, where it creates meaningful opportunity, how organizations can prepare for adoption, and why implementation requires more than purchasing technology.
02
The Future of Legal Work
How technology, changing workforce expectations, new business models, and evolving professional roles are reshaping the way legal organizations operate.
03
Modern Law Firm Operations
What growing firms need from their people, processes, technology, and infrastructure as the business becomes more complex.
04
The Evolving Paralegal
How AI, technology, and changing law firm expectations are expanding the role of the modern paralegal and creating opportunities for legal professionals willing to evolve with the industry.
05
Growth, Scale & Organizational Change
What happens inside law firms as they grow, why operational weaknesses become more visible, and how leadership can build organizations capable of supporting what comes next.
06
Leadership & the Business of Law
Candid conversations about leading legal organizations through change, making better operational decisions, and building businesses that support exceptional legal work.
04
The Evolving Paralegal
How AI, technology, and changing law firm expectations are expanding the role of the modern paralegal and creating opportunities for legal professionals willing to evolve with the industry.
05
Growth, Scale & Organizational Change
What happens inside law firms as they grow, why operational weaknesses become more visible, and how leadership can build organizations capable of supporting what comes next.
06
Leadership & the Business of Law
Candid conversations about leading legal organizations through change, making better operational decisions, and building businesses that support exceptional legal work.
Have a different conversation in mind?
Lashay also works with organizers to develop topics around emerging issues affecting law firms, legal professionals, technology, and the business of law.
Have a different conversation in mind?
03 / Perspective
Perspective shaped inside the work.
Practical enough to use. Interesting enough to remember.
Lashay's perspective comes from years spent inside plaintiff personal injury law firms as a litigation paralegal, litigation manager, and director of operations.
She has worked alongside attorneys, led teams, implemented organizational change, introduced new technology, built processes where they were missing, seen ambitious ideas succeed, and seen what happens when a good idea reaches an organization that isn't ready for it.
That experience gives her a practical lens on conversations that can otherwise become theoretical very quickly.
She does not speak about the future of legal work from the sidelines. She speaks from inside an industry she's helping move forward.
She does not speak about the future of legal work from the sidelines. She speaks from inside an industry she's helping move forward.
Practical enough to use. Interesting enough to remember.
04 / Speaking style
No canned conference talk.
Clear. Candid. Engaging.
Clear. Candid. Engaging.
Lashay speaks the way she works.
Directly.
She translates complex ideas into conversations people can actually follow. She challenges assumptions without talking down to the audience. And she brings enough personality to the room that the conversation still feels human.
01
Plain language.
Complex topics without unnecessary jargon.
02
A clear point of view.
Thoughtful opinions rather than a collection of safe talking points.
03
Real-world perspective.
Ideas grounded in how legal organizations actually operate.
04
Audience connection.
A conversation designed for the people in the room rather than a presentation delivered at them.
05
Practical takeaways.
Something useful to think about after the session ends.
01
Plain language.
Complex topics without unnecessary jargon.
02
A clear point of view.
Thoughtful opinions rather than a collection of safe talking points.
03
Real-world perspective.
Ideas grounded in how legal organizations actually operate.
04
Audience connection.
A conversation designed for the people in the room rather than a presentation delivered at them.
05
Practical takeaways.
Something useful to think about after the session ends.
A good speaking engagement should continue after the microphone is turned off.
05 / Recent engagements
Part of the conversation.
Speaking across the legal industry.
Lashay has contributed her perspective to conversations with legal professionals, technology leaders, operators, and industry decision-makers through conferences and industry events.
Healthy firms have room to breathe.
01
NeoSummit 2026
Speaker discussing the evolving relationship between technology, operations, and the modern law firm.
02
Confido Legal Pannel
Panelist contributing to industry conversations about the business and future of legal practice.
03
St. Kitts & Nevis Legal Week 2025
Speaker engaging an international legal audience on issues affecting the changing legal profession.
06 / What organizers say
The best proof comes from the room.
Conversations that connect.
Conversations that connect.
“
The way [Lashay] prepared, spoke with empathy, and created space for people to see truth and humanity differently was amazing! And that kind of impact stays with people long after the room is empty.
Josie Slaughter
VP of Marketing at Neostella
“
Lashley Dodd, who introduced Amanda Knox' keynote, was an amazing speaker. She drew a parallel between the battle over narrative that Amanda faced and the one lawyers fight every day on behalf of their clients.
Emery Wagner
Co-Founder of Cofido Legal
“
This woman right here is one amazing speaker! She opened for the keynote speaker Amanda Knox... Lashay was able to parallel Amanda’s story to how incredibly important it is for law firms to always get it right for our clients. Do the homework.
Dawn Mooney
Legal Administrator at Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd
“
The way [Lashay] prepared, spoke with empathy, and created space for people to see truth and humanity differently was amazing! And that kind of impact stays with people long after the room is empty
Josie Slaughter
VP of Marketing at Neostella
“
who introduced Amanda Knox' keynote, was an amazing speaker. She drew a parallel between the battle over narrative that Amanda faced and the one lawyers fight every day on behalf of their clients.
Emery Wagner
Co-Founder of Cofido Legal
“
This woman right here is one amazing speaker! She opened for the keynote speaker Amanda Knox... Lashay was able to parallel Amanda’s story to how incredibly important it is for law firms to always get it right for our clients. Do the homework.
Dawn Mooney
Legal Administrator at Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd
People remember speakers who give them something new to think about.
People remember speakers who give them something new to think about.
Planning a conversation worth having?
Bring a different perspective to the room.
Bring a different perspective to the room.
If you're planning an event, conference, leadership conversation, or industry program and believe Lashay's perspective would add value, we'd like to hear about it.
Tell us about the audience, the conversation you're creating, and what you want people to leave thinking about.
Different rooms call for different conversations.
Available for
Keynotes
Conference Sessions
Panels & Moderated Conversations
Private Leadership Sessions
Legal Industry Events
Webinars & Virtual Events
Podcasts & Media Conversations
Topics and formats can be tailored to the audience while remaining within Lashay's areas of experience and expertise.
Strategic advisory and law firm operations consulting for plaintiff personal injury firms preparing to grow, modernize, scale, or position for acquisition.
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