Thompson Hine LLP, a law firm that has been nationally recognized for its innovation since 2015, is pleased to announce its Artificial Intelligence (AI) Team. The firm, which advises clients on AI-related issues, has consolidated its resources into a multidisciplinary team that provides guidance to companies considering using AI technology in their operations or developing AI-powered products or services and helps them navigate the complex legal, ethical, privacy, and business issues that arise in connection with the use of AI.
Thompson Hine’s data science team has been building proprietary custom tools to enhance the predictability, efficiency, and transparency of its legal service delivery for over a decade, incorporating AI in various aspects of its operations and giving the firm the practical experience to solve challenges that companies face and an extensive knowledge of the processes to develop or obtain, roll out, and use AI tools.
The firm’s AI Team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys and allied professionals dedicated to understanding and managing the legal issues, implications, and risks of developing, funding, and using AI, provides business-focused, practical counsel to help clients achieve their most critical goals. Combining practice-specific experience with the firm’s AI development and deployment expertise, the team offers clients regulatory guidance, litigation support, and best practices for capitalizing on the advantages of AI while managing its hazards.
“Thompson Hine is always innovating and has long been integrating technological solutions, including both proprietary and third-party solutions powered by AI, to improve the value and efficiency of our legal services,” said Managing Partner Tony White. “For example, we help clients control costs by using algorithmic and AI technology developed and fine-tuned in-house to build more accurate and reliable budgets. We believe in using AI to support the practice of law and are committed to remaining on the cutting edge of developing fresh, creative approaches to service and disrupting the playing field to create better results for clients. This commitment and our deep understanding of AI’s benefits and challenges puts us in a unique position to offer clients informed strategies for harnessing its power and avoiding its pitfalls.” Thompson Hine has earned national attention and acclaim for its innovation, including being ranked number 1 in “Most Innovative North American Law Firms: New Working Models” by the Financial Times, shortlisted for The American Lawyer’s inaugural Legal Services Innovation Award, recognized by the National Law Journal as a Legal Technology Trailblazer and featured by Bloomberg for its groundbreaking service delivery model.