Pearls On, Gloves Off: The Legal Innovation Podcast

In today's episode, Mary sits down with James O'Dowd, CEO and founder of Patrick Morgan, to explore what legal can learn from the PE and AI disruption already reshaping accounting and consulting. James breaks down why governance is the real unlock private equity brings, how compensation models are shifting away from legacy profit-sharing, and why cultural buy-in ultimately determines whether any of it sticks. On AI, James unpacks the concept of "talent debt" and closes with a bold prediction: a major technology player acquiring a large professional services firm may not be as far off as it sounds.
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In today's episode, Mary sits down with Ilona Logvinova, Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer, to talk about what it actually takes to turn a global law firm into an AI native organization. They cover why the Chief AI Officer title means something different from innovation, what it takes to build a forward deployed legal engineering function, and why the real edge isn't buying technology - it's the people and incentives behind it.
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In today's episode, Mary sits down with Aine Lyons, Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer at Workday, to talk about what it actually takes to build a modern legal department. They cover why Aine deliberately designed Workday's function without a traditional legal ops silo, what it means to reskill every lawyer in the department, and why guardrails and governance matter just as much as the agents you're building on top of them.
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In today's episode, Mary sits down with Michael Pierson and Joel Ferdinand, Co-Chairmen of Pierson Ferdinand, and Christina Wojcik, their Chief Innovation Officer. Together, they break down what it actually takes to build the law firm of the future and why buying AI tools without rethinking your structure, culture, and compensation model is the wrong place to start.
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In today's episode, Mary sits down with Winston Weinberg, CEO and Co-Founder of Harvey.ai, to talk about what it actually takes to transform legal - and why buying AI tools without rethinking how your entire organization operates is the wrong place to start.
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