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Teo Doremus discusses the current AI moment in the legal industry and the concept of AI-native law firms.

SUMMARY Teo Doremus traded a litigation desk in China for a startup in San Francisco, and along the way he became convinced that the legal industry's AI moment is right now. On this episode, Teo makes the case for starting an AI-native law firm, walks through how he thinks about hallucination risk, and explains the "digital desk" concept behind Advocacy, a platform built to connect the narrative silos of litigation that have historically lived in Microsoft Word and nowhere else. Teo also shares what he got wrong about law practice, why he thinks lawyers misunderstand what AI actually does when it "helps" them, and draws the most useful analogy you will hear about what lawyers get paid for in an AI world. The pilot and the autopilot are not enemies. Neither are lawyers and AI. The question is figuring out who does what. KEY TAKEAWAYS Start building your AI-native practice now. The advantage goes to whoever gets comfortable with the technology first, not whoever waits for it to be perfect. Before deploying AI in your firm, learn what it actually is and what it is not. Understanding its fundamental limitations is your best defense against hallucinations. AI adoption in law is high…

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Host: Jared Correia

Guest: Teo Doremus

Topics covered

• Artificial Intelligence
• LegalTech
• AI-native law firms
• Hallucination risk
• Digital desk concept
• AI adoption in law

Keywords

• AI in law
• legal industry
• hallucination risk
• digital desk
• AI adoption
• law practice
• technology in law

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Advocacy, Microsoft

Places: China, San Francisco

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