Fractional Law Firm COO · Practical AI · Author
THE LEGAL AI GUY
Building the AI-Powered Law Firm.

I help managing partners run more profitable firms and build practical AI into how the work actually gets done — operations, automation, and systems that run without the owner in every decision.

John Jakovenko/ MBA · SHRM-SCP · SPHR · CLM
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John Jakovenko, The Legal AI Guy
20+
Years inside law firms
3
Books authored
Multi
Practice-area operator
AI
Systems builder
How I Help

An operator, not another report

Most consultants hand you a deck and disappear. I stay through execution — and everything I build is specific to your firm, never generic advice that fits anyone.

Fractional COO

Operations & Profitability

An operator in the COO seat — finance, KPIs, billing and collections, staffing, and the systems that make a firm run without the owner in every decision.

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Practical AI

AI-Powered Systems

Workflow automation, dashboards that show cash, AR and projections, and paralegal agents that handle the repetitive work. The smallest build that solves the problem — not a platform you'll never use.

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Speaking & CLE

Keynotes & Workshops

Keynotes, workshops, and CLE-accredited sessions on practical AI for law firms. Managing partners leave with a plan they can run Monday.

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Books & Ideas

Written for Law Firms

The Millionaire Law Firm, Managing the Unmanageable, and the forthcoming Practical AI for Law Firms — written so you can pick them up and use them tomorrow.

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Practical AI — not AI hype

Twenty years fixing what keeps managing partners awake

John Jakovenko has spent more than twenty years inside law firms fixing the operational problems that keep managing partners awake at night. Today, as The Legal AI Guy, he helps firms build AI-powered operating systems that increase profitability, improve decision-making, and eliminate administrative bottlenecks.

★ AmazonBest Seller
LawlineCLE Faculty
ALAInstructor
SHRMSCP Certified
CLMCertified Legal Mgr
BuffaloMBA
UNCM.S. Accounting
The Books

Pick it up and use it tomorrow

The Millionaire Law Firm
J. Jakovenko

The Millionaire Law Firm

Stop Growing. Start Owning.
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Managing the Unmanageable
HR in a Law Firm

Managing the Unmanageable

HR in a Law Firm
Practical AI for Law Firms
Forthcoming

Practical AI for Law Firms

The next book
FORTHCOMING
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On the Stage

The keynote that sends partners home with a plan

Four signature talks on practical AI for law firms — available as a keynote, a hands-on workshop, or a CLE-accredited session.

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  • 01 The AI Operating System™
  • 02 Stop Buying AI. Start Building AI Workflows.
  • 03 AI Isn't a Tool. It's a New Way of Thinking.
  • 04 The Millionaire Law Firm
Podcast

Law Firm Geek

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The Law Firm Geek Podcast

Operations, profitability, and practical AI for law firms — the stuff that actually moves the needle inside a firm. Episode links coming — send them and I'll wire them up.

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Tell me about your firm

If there's a fit, we'll find the real problem underneath and build something you'll actually use. Consulting only — no fads, no fluff, no admin grind.

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