Daniel Gold
Principal, Forensic Solutions & Legal Technology Advisory, BDO USA · Kansas City
Daniel Gold is an attorney with more than twenty years in eDiscovery and legal technology. As a Principal in BDO USA's Forensic Solutions & Legal Technology Advisory practice, he built the firm's eDiscovery managed services practice from the ground up and advises legal departments and law firms on eDiscovery, legal technology and AI governance. He also co-chairs the technology enablement committee within BDO Advisory, which focuses on internal technology and AI adoption.
Before BDO, Daniel held roles at OpenText and other legal technology companies. He is a former chapter president of the Kansas City chapter of ACEDS, a board member of the National eDiscovery Leadership Institute (NeLI), and co-chairs NeLI's conference planning.
The podcasts
Gold Standard Leadership. Daniel's leadership platform and weekly podcast, built on a simple thesis: the best leaders make themselves unnecessary. Solo episodes follow his Golden Leadership Cycle of Reinvention, Resilience and Empowerment. Read every episode.
NeLI Pod. The official podcast of the National eDiscovery Leadership Institute, which Daniel created and co-hosts with Brandon Mack. Read every episode.
BDO's Legal Tech Talk. Daniel co-created the show, which launched in February 2023. He hosted it first with Jared Crafton and now with Eric Derk, BDO's Managing Director of Legal Operations. Guests include judges, general counsel, legal operations leaders and technologists. Read every episode.
The KRINO™ framework
Daniel's framework for using AI responsibly in legal work, named for the ancient Greek κρίνω, to judge or discern:
- Know the context.
- Review the output against your own knowledge.
- Interrogate the logic behind it.
- Normalize the output against your own judgment.
- Own the result.
Daniel speaks on eDiscovery, ESI protocols, defensible AI and leadership, including CLE programs built on KRINO.
Recognition
- Chambers and Partners. Ranked individually in eDiscovery, USA Nationwide, in the Litigation Support Guide, Band 3. Chambers profile
- Relativity AI Visionary, 2023. Named to Relativity's 2023 class of AI Visionaries. 2023 class · Relativity interview · One year later
- Relativity Innovation Awards. Athenagy, the eDiscovery business intelligence platform Daniel created at BDO, was a finalist in 2020 and again in 2023 with AthenagyAI. 2023 finalists · 2020 finalists
- Relativity Fest. Panelist at two Relativity Fest sessions and a guest in The Cowen Group's on-site interview series. Live from Fest
- Lexology. Professional profile and research feedback. Lexology profile
Writing, talks and media
Daniel has written for ACEDS, EDRM, Relativity, Legaltech News, Financier Worldwide and Attorney at Work, spoken at CLEs, webinars and conferences, and appeared as a podcast guest. Highlights:
- Responsible AI in E-Discovery: A Framework for Preserving Lawyer Judgment with Chris Haley · Relativity
- To Recover or Not? That Is the (Ethical) Question in E-Discovery Managed Services Costs Legaltech News
- What Makes AI Defensible in Ediscovery? Everlaw webinar with Cal Yeaman
- 22 columns on productivity and leadership Attorney at Work, 2012 to 2018
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