AI in Real World Litigation Scenarios: Understanding Litigation-Focused Applications and Addressing Potential Pitfalls

As Chief Client Solutions Group Officer, Mr. Rueff is responsible for oversight of an innovation team at Baker Donelson which includes responsibilities for knowledge management, legal project management, matter budgeting, pricing, process improvement, machine learning/AI applications and legal research. He regularly works with lawyers and clients to develop unique process, pricing and technology solutions. Prior to law school, Mr. Rueff worked in the technology industry for a hardware and software manufacturer where he was first exposed to project management, agile and the development of software applications for the engineering industry. He has also been a practicing lawyer for more than 20 years, is PMP® certified through the Project Management Institute, is certified in the Toyota Manufacturing Production System (Lean) and is a member of the Professional Pricing Society. As a practicing lawyer, Mr. Rueff's experience included both litigation and transactional matters, but in later years, his practice was primarily focused on the distribution of federal grants to victims of hurricane and flood disasters. Mr. Rueff has staffed and managed project teams in Mississippi, New York, Texas, New Jersey and Louisiana. His experience includes the management and oversight of a program legal department for two years that included a team of 11 attorneys and 20 paralegals.

Mr. Lee has extensive experience litigating IP matters, software related litigation, fraud cases, commercial disputes, class actions, privacy and cybercrime matters, antitrust, and other complex claims. Mr. Lee has most recently obtained several seven figure awards in trials and arbitration matters and has favorably settled a number of other cases with several matters in which combined recoveries were well over $300 million. He has handled complex litigation matters at both Quinn Emanuel and Morgan Lewis before co-founding the firm. Mr. Lee has taught trial advocacy at Stanford Law School.