Sarah Tyler

Five years ago, our mid-sized corporate law practice was drowning in document review. Partners were billing excessive hours on routine contract analysis, associates were burning out during discovery processes, and our clients were beginning to question why due diligence reviews took weeks instead of days. We knew something had to change, but like many traditional firms, we were skeptical about whether artificial intelligence could truly understand the nuances of legal work. What followed was a journey that fundamentally transformed not just our operations, but our entire approach to practicing law. The lessons we learned weren't always comfortable, and the path wasn't linear, but the transformation proved that technology and legal expertise could coexist—and thrive together. The decision to explore AI in Legal Practices came after we lost a major client to a competitor who promised faster turnaround times on M&A due diligence. That was our wake-up call. We couldn't com...

When our mid-sized law firm first considered implementing artificial intelligence for case research in 2021, the senior partners expressed skepticism that bordered on resistance. Fast forward to today, and that same technology has fundamentally transformed how we approach discovery, precedent analysis, and client service delivery. The journey from hesitation to adoption taught us invaluable lessons about integrating intelligent systems into legal practice—lessons that extend far beyond mere technology deployment. The transformation didn't happen overnight. Our initial exploration of AI for Legal Research began with a single pilot project in our corporate litigation department. We selected a complex antitrust case involving thousands of documents and decades of precedent. The traditional approach would have required junior associates to spend hundreds of billable hours conducting manual research. Instead, we deployed an AI-powered research platform to handle the bulk of the prelimi...