Marc Jenkins


Director of Legal Operations & Innovation, Constellation


AI Doesn’t Destroy Jobs — It Creates Them: Inside Constellation’s Workforce Revolution


The Challenge:
AI’s rise is often framed as a threat to jobs and legacy industries. But what if it’s actually fueling new growth—revitalizing infrastructure, redefining roles, and expanding what’s possible?


The Reality:
At Constellation, one of the nation’s leading energy companies, Marc Jenkins has seen this transformation firsthand. After visiting Microsoft’s campus, his team built their first productivity agents, trained 40 employees in Gen AI tools, and saw adoption soar from zero to daily use. Along the way, he uncovered hidden leaders—people ready to carry the next wave of innovation forward.


What You’ll Learn:

• How to build and scale an AI-enabled workforce—humans and agents together
• How to measure real ROI and adoption success
• How to lead teams through transformation without losing momentum or culture

Key Takeaway:
AI isn’t ending work—it’s rewriting it. The leaders who thrive will be the ones who turn curiosity into capability and empower their people to lead the next revolution.

Dan Lantry


Vice President, Legal Affairs, North America, Sonova Group


The Buyer’s Journey for Legal AI: From Hype to High-Value Decisions


The Challenge:
AI is everywhere, but knowing what to buy, why, and when has never been harder. Legal teams face a flood of promises, pressure from leadership to “do something with AI,” and a procurement process that often breaks under complexity.


The Reality:
Successful adoption isn’t about picking the flashiest tech; it’s about solving the right problems, aligning stakeholders, and setting expectations early. The smartest teams treat AI adoption as a strategic journey, not a single purchase.


What You’ll Learn:

• How leading legal departments map their AI investment journey from discovery to deployment
• Where buying decisions stall, and how to get them moving again
• A practical framework for evaluating vendors, building internal consensus, and avoiding costly detours

Key Takeaway:
AI success starts long before implementation; it begins with a smarter, more strategic buying process.

Adam Gajadharsingh


Discovery Counsel, Google


The AI Dividend: How Google’s Legal Team is Rewriting Speed and Strategy


The Challenge:
Legal teams are expected to modernize without new resources. The mandate is clear, do more, faster, with the same people and tighter budgets.


The Reality:
At Google, Adam Gajadharsingh’s legal team is proving what’s possible when AI becomes part of daily work. By integrating Gemini and Notebook LM across discovery and strategy workflows, they’ve reduced cycle times, improved cross-team insight sharing, and created an “AI dividend” time and value returned to the business.


What You’ll Learn:

• How AI tools are reshaping legal productivity and decision speed
• How to measure adoption and business impact without adding cost
• How to elevate expectations with outside counsel and partners

Key Takeaway:
AI isn’t just a tool — it’s a value multiplier. The teams that capture the AI dividend will define the next era of legal excellence.

Rose Jones


Partner, Hilgers Graben PLLC


Unlocking Growth: How Radical Curiosity with AI Transforms Legal Practice


The Challenge:
For many legal teams, AI feels like a tool for doing the same work, just faster. But stopping there means missing the bigger story: how AI can actually create new ways of practicing law, new client value, and entirely new business opportunities.


The Reality:
Through two years of hands-on client work, Rose Jones has seen firsthand how curiosity and experimentation turn AI from an efficiency tool into a platform for growth. From drafting deficiency letters to developing litigation AI solutions and thought leadership that attracted Fortune 100 clients, her journey shows what’s possible when you lean in.


What You’ll Learn:

• The tipping point where AI shifts from saving time to generating growth
• How thought leadership + experimentation = business development
• Why AI is changing not just how we work, but how we think
• Lessons for lawyers at every stage: associate, partner, or leader

Key Takeaway:
AI isn’t just making lawyers faster, it’s making them smarter, more strategic, and more valuable. Curiosity is the bridge from productivity to growth.

Lawrence Briggi


Manager e-Discovery Legal Specialist Team, IBM


The Test-Pilot Playbook: How Legal Teams Run AI Pilots, Pick Winners, and Scale


The Challenge:
Everyone’s under pressure to “do AI,” but most pilots stall. Budgets are tight, expectations are fuzzy, and teams confuse inspiration with instruction.


The Reality:
At a Fortune 100 enterprise, Larry Briggi has turned experimentation into a discipline. He runs AI and process pilots like a portfolio: clear gates, crisp success criteria, and a bias to learn fast. Along the way, his team has proven ideas like custodian saturation (where adding more custodians no longer adds value) and structured partner POCs that generate results before major spend.


What You’ll Learn:

• How to design pilots with “R&D from partners” instead of large up-front POs
• How to use portfolio thinking (many small bets, few scale bets) to set expectations
• How to quantify “custodian saturation” and use it to negotiate scope and cost

Key Takeaway:
Innovation isn’t luck — it’s a system. Treat pilots like test flights, measure what matters, and only scale what clears the runway.

Esther Birnbaum


Executive Vice President of Legal Data Intelligence, HaystackID


GenAI in Action: From Legal Discovery to High-Value Business Solutions


The Challenge:
Generative AI is moving faster than most organizations can adapt—and nowhere is that tension sharper than in legal and compliance. Teams are being asked to manage unprecedented data volumes while finding new ways to surface risk, insight, and value.


The Reality:
What began as experimentation in eDiscovery has evolved into a broader transformation of compliance and business operations. GenAI-powered agent workflows are now enabling scalable, repeatable investigations—turning once manual, reactive processes into proactive intelligence engines.


What You’ll Learn:

• How GenAI is moving beyond discovery to reshape risk detection, supervision, and surveillance
• Real-world examples of agent workflows driving faster, smarter compliance outcomes
• Why adaptability and curiosity—not just technology—are now the defining skills of modern legal leaders

Key Takeaway:
GenAI isn’t just changing how we work—it’s redefining what’s possible across law, compliance, and business.

Laura Dieudonne


Legal Operations and Administration Director, Delta Air Lines


Trust by Design: How Delta Built a High-Value Outside Counsel Panel


The Challenge:
Too many firms, too little focus. Without a trusted panel and clear expectations, law departments struggle to move fast, measure value, and adopt new capabilities like AI.


The Reality:
Delta cut from 200+ firms to a curated panel of ~50, set an explicit “how to be successful” playbook, and paired its Outside Counsel Summit with community impact work to deepen relationships. That trust now powers faster decisions, better outcomes, and a safer path to AI—complete with updated outside counsel guidelines and a structured vendor bake-off.


What You’ll Learn:

• How to stand up a high-trust panel and a clear partner playbook
• How “service as strategy” (e.g., United Way) elevates collaboration and results
• How to vet AI with IT and InfoSec, and what to ask firms using AI today

Key Takeaway:
When you design for trust, you earn the speed to execute. Panels, playbooks, and shared purpose turn outside counsel into true partners—and make AI adoption smarter, safer, and faster.

Michael Mendola


Director, eDiscovery, Data Governance & Litigation, Discover Financial Services


The Shift From Reactive to Proactive: How Legal Earns a Bigger Map


The Challenge:
Legal and ediscovery teams are still measured on cost and compliance, yet the real opportunity is influence — getting invited earlier, shaping better decisions, and moving the business faster.


The Reality:
At Discover, access and impact grew as trust grew: time to decision was cut in half on a major AI rollout, meeting invites expanded beyond legal, and budget influence increased even when budget didn’t. The difference wasn’t a tool — it was a posture: proactive, cross-functional, and relentlessly curious.


What You’ll Learn:

• How to measure real influence: meetings, stakeholders, and speed to decision
• Why “budget influence” often matters more than budget
• A four-part playbook: radical curiosity, raise your hand, invite yourself in, and stay resourceful

Key Takeaway:
Don’t wait to be asked. Build trust across the enterprise, and your scope, speed, and seat at the table will follow.

Kim Wolfe


Senior Managing Director / SVP – Chief Administrative Officer for Legal / Global Head of Contracts, State Street


From Alignment to Impact: How Legal Leaders Can Move the Needle


The Challenge:
Legal teams often struggle to connect their daily work to strategic business goals. Without clarity and alignment, even the best initiatives stall.


The Reality:
At State Street, Kim Wolfe has turned OKRs into a unifying framework for legal—helping lawyers and business professionals see their impact, align priorities, and deliver measurable results. Her journey shows how a non-lawyer can earn influence at the table and drive enterprise-wide change.


What You’ll Learn:

• How to use OKRs to align legal’s work with business outcomes
• How to lead with clarity and earn trust across the organization
• How to move from productivity to real business impact

Key Takeaway:
Transformation doesn’t start with tools—it starts with clarity. When legal understands its true north, it stops chasing tasks and starts driving value.