Highlights from three fall 2025 legal conferences

In October 2025, ABC Legal joined thousands of legal professionals at some of the industry’s most energizing events, including Law-Di-Gras, ClioCon, and MTMP. While each conference brings a different focus, together they highlight how firms are actively shaping the future of legal practice.

Across all three events, conversations highlighted how rapidly legal operations are evolving. As a nationwide provider of service of process and legal technology solutions, our team connected with firms to understand the challenges behind that change. Below, three ABC Legal representatives recap what legal professionals gained, what trends stood out, and why these gatherings continue to spark meaningful growth and connection.

Law-Di-Gras 2025

Event insights by Tania Angel

Tania Angel is an Enterprise Sales Representative at ABC Legal. She is a strategic ally to legal professionals, bringing 25 years of experience as a litigation paralegal and sales executive. She works closely with firms in Personal Injury, Family Law, Civil Rights, Employment Law, and more, offering tailored solutions that streamline operations and improve outcomes. Known for her industry insight and practical approach, Tania helps legal teams navigate challenges with speed, clarity, and confidence.

Partnerships, AI, and Community-Driven Learning

Held from October 16 to 18 in San Diego, Law-Di-Grasbrought together attorneys, legal operations leaders, and innovation-minded professionals to focus on modernization and collaboration. Across sessions and hallway conversations, a few themes stood out.

1. Strategic partnerships drive firm growth

Keynote speaker Shireen Hilala of Maior Consultants highlighted how the right partners can accelerate growth. Her core takeaways:

• Speed rivals savings: Price matters, but real ROI comes from partners who save time.
• Integration beats information: Great software only delivers value when it fits naturally into existing workflows.
• Ownership drives results: Strong partnerships need clarity, active management, and adaptability.

2. AI is being adopted faster than expected

AI has moved from theory to practice. One solo practitioner shared that AI cut his demand-letter drafting time from a week to eight hours, freeing him to focus on higher-value work and mentoring.

This wasn’t an outlier. The event’s energy made one thing clear: AI isn’t “someday.” It’s already here.

3. Networking drives practice development

Law-Di-Gras has always been community-centered, and this year strengthened that reputation. With vendors placed around the speaker hall and no competing breakout sessions, attendees were encouraged to slow down, engage deeply, and build relationships.

From casual chats to vendor exchanges to the lively DIPLO performance, the event felt like a reunion of colleagues rooting for each other.

Who attended

Attendees included attorneys, paralegals, and legal operations professionals from across the country. Many were eager to discuss new technology—especially AI and workflow integrations.

Why Law-Di-Gras matters

Legal professionals left the event with a clearer understanding of how to grow intentionally: through strategic partnerships, modern tools that integrate seamlessly, and a network of peers dedicated to innovation.

ClioCon 2025

Event insights by Tasha Richardson

Tasha Richardson has been at ABC Legal for over two years and currently serves as a Channel Manager. She is passionate about engaging with clients to optimize service of process and help firms reach their goals. Tasha embraces mindfulness to stay fully present in every conversation, allowing her to build stronger connections and better understand client needs. She aims to create long-term, profitable relationships by listening to customer feedback and striving to improve their experience and business.

Where tech, culture, and wellness shape the modern firm

ClioCon 2025,held from October 16 to 17 in Austin, remains a leading conference for small and mid-sized law firms. This year highlighted technology-driven efficiency, people-first leadership, and a substantial shift toward integrated ecosystems. 

For ABC Legal, these conversations reinforced the industry’s move toward tools that plug into existing platforms and support a smoother, more automated service of process experience.

1. A Shift Toward Open Ecosystems and Partner-Friendly Solutions

Clio’s dedication to an open, integration-friendly ecosystem was clear. Legal professionals sought partners—including ABC Legal—who support workflows built around automation and easy adoption.

The message? Firms want tools that work seamlessly with what they already use, not alongside it.

2. Practical, deploy-now AI

Sessions focused on real, ready-to-use AI applications: intake automation, client communication, billing workflows, and more. Attendees asked how they could implement AI this quarter and show measurable value.

It aligns with industry-wide momentum: firms want immediate efficiency gains, not speculative future potential.

3. The rise of human-centered practice

Wellness was a standout theme. ClioCon emphasized sustainability as much as productivity, with:

• Morning wellness walks/runs at 6:30 am
• Mental health and prayer spaces
• Sessions on burnout prevention and culture-driven leadership.

Today’s legal professionals care about balanced, people-first environments. The conference reflected that shift.

Typical attendees

Most attendees were managing partners, operations leaders, and tech-forward attorneys from firms of 5–50 lawyers. They juggle casework with operations, client service, and sometimes marketing. They look for tools that modernize their practice without compromising their identity.

What stood out about the ClioCon crowd

Attendees weren’t just tech-savvy—they were people-savvy, too. Many conversations began with culture, balance, and wellbeing.

What made ClioCon unique

High-energy sessions, morning wellness programming, and community-focused evening events (including Clio After Dark at MGM Music Hall at Fenway) made the conference feel inclusive, refreshing, and collaborative.

Mass Torts Made Perfect

Event insights by Noah Milliken

Noah is an Enterprise Sales Member at ABC Legal. He is passionate about helping law firms tackle their unique challenges with tailored, innovative solutions. Drawing on years of experience and a deep understanding of legal technology, he seamlessly integrates advanced tools to streamline workflows, empowering his clients to focus on strategic, high-impact work that drives their success.

Where mass tort leaders, innovators, and firm operators align on growth

Mass Torts Made Perfect (MTMP)reinforced why it’s a leading gathering for plaintiff-side firms focused on large-scale litigation. Held from October 21 to 23 in Las Vegas, the conference drew thousands of attendees. It featured a full agenda that blended actionable education with the unmistakable energy of a Vegas summit.

1. Access to emerging litigation opportunities

Sessions such as Mass Tort Projects surfaced:

• Emerging torts (e.g., social media addiction)
• Opportunities across pharmaceuticals and defective products
• Strategic entry points into national cases.

For firms exploring expansion, MTMP offered a roadmap—and partners ready to help navigate it.

2. Playbooks for scaling like modern businesses

Tracks, including Business of Law and Nuts & Bolts, offered practical frameworks for:

• Building high-volume intake operations
• Automating case management
• Strengthening referral networks
• Using AI for case development

3. A networking environment unlike any other

The expo hall buzzed with vendors, litigation partners, funders, and tech providers—including a robot dog that became an unofficial mascot. Noah and the ABC Legal team spoke with firms eager to modernize and standardize service of process nationwide, reinforcing how essential speed, transparency, and scalability have become for mass tort operations.

Who attended

Attendees included:

• Plaintiff attorneys expanding beyond traditional PI
• Firm owners focused on aggressive growth
• Paralegals and litigation support teams
• Marketing and intake professionals driving client acquisition.

Despite varied roles, the group shared a common mindset: a drive to evolve.

Most interesting trend

Attendees were unusually collaborative—openly sharing insights, strategy, and vendor recommendations. Innovation wasn’t optional; it was the expectation.

What made MTMP unique

With high-profile speakers, hands-on workshops, and lively evening events, MTMP delivered a high-impact, high-energy experience. Many of the best conversations happened after hours—where partnerships often begin.

Many of these conversations echoed what we heard from firms looking to streamline nationwide service of process,automate routine steps, and support high-volume case work more efficiently.

Final thoughts: A legal industry in motion

Across all three conferences, one theme was clear: legal professionals are reimagining how they operate, serve clients, and grow. Whether through AI adoption, wellness-driven leadership, strategic partnerships, or modernized operations, firms are embracing tools and relationships that enable them to build smarter, healthier, more scalable practices.

ABC Legal was proud to contribute to these conversations and meet the attorneys, paralegals, and operations leaders driving the industry forward. The momentum is real, and the future looks collaborative, innovative, and more connected than ever.

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