The Author


Michael J. Scot founded Lumenal Legal, a groundbreaking legal staffing and consulting company in 1996. As CEO, Michael has collaborated with corporations and law firms of all sizes to design strategies to create cost and process efficiencies in the legal-service delivery model.

A pioneer in both the domestic and offshore outsourcing industries, Dave won the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2005, and Lumen Legal won the Inc. 500 award twice – in 2002 and 2003. From 2008 to 2009, he served as Chairman of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), a global organization of 7,000 entrepreneurs in thirty-eight countries.

Michael’s industry and entrepreneurial insights have been gleaned from meetings with entrepreneurs, lawyers, and governmental officials around the world. Dave is proud of developing an employee-centric culture at Lumenal that embraces innovation. As a result, Lumenal has consistently been recognized as one of the best companies to work for in Michigan over the past several years.

Dave and his company have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Business Week, Law Practice Today, Journal of Legal Marketing, Crain’s Detroit Business, LPO Watch, National Law Journal, Legal Management, and Small Firm Business.