Firms
AI leadership and open AI roles at each firm on The American Lawyer's 2026 Am Law 100 list. Where a firm has merged since the list came out, we show the list name and note the current name.
100 firms · 84 with a publicly named AI owner · 38 hiring for AI now
Data as of
- #1Rachel DooleyChief Innovation Officer (leads GenAI)2 open
- #2Adam ZieglerDirector of Artificial Intelligence – Legal Innovation7 open
- #3Niresh RajahChief Data & AI Officer – International—
- #4Meredith Williams-Range (exec owner)Chief Legal Operations Officer (principal AI strategy spokesperson)2 open
- #5Vince DiMascioChief Digital and Information Officer (owns data/AI deployment)1 open
- #6Jane RheemChief Data & AI Officer5 open
- #7Gretchen GreeneChief of Artificial Intelligence Strategy5 open
- #8Ben AllgrovePartner and Chief Innovation Officer—
- #9Isabel Parker, Alistair WyeChief Innovation Officer; Director, Innovation and AI (reports to Parker)3 open
- #10Suraj SharmaChief Knowledge & Innovation Officer (leads GenAI strategy)10 open
- #11Colleen NihillChief AI & Knowledge Officer—
- #12Hogan LovellsNow Hogan Lovells CadwaladerPaul Otto, Oliver CampbellManaging Partner for Legal Technology and AI; Chief Transformation Officer2 open
- #13Rebecca E. YearganChief AI and Knowledge Officer—
- #14No publicly named AI owner3 open
- #15Karen HewittPartner—
- #16McDermott Will & SchulteNow McDermott Will & EmeryNo publicly named AI owner3 open
- #17Matthew N. BeekhuizenChief Pricing and Innovation Officer5 open
- #18Rowena Rix (UKIME), Shane Mercer (global)Head of Innovation and AI (UK, Ireland & Middle East); Global Chief Information Officer—
- #19Christy BentzChief Client Value and Innovation Officer, US3 open
- #20No publicly named AI owner—
- #21Eric TanChief Digital & Technology Officer3 open
- #22Anya TarasovaChief Innovation Officer—
- #23Kevin StonehamGlobal Chief Information Officer; chairs Technology & Innovation Committee (GenAI sponsor)2 open
- #24David WangChief Innovation Officer (leads Cooley AI)7 open
- #25No publicly named AI owner—
- #26Amanda Gudis StuartDirector of AI Products and Adoption—
- #27Evette PastorizaChief Information Officer (oversees Harvey/Copilot rollout)7 open
- #28No publicly named AI owner—
- #29Andrew SimonChief AI & Innovation Officer—
- #30No publicly named AI owner1 open
- #31Todd FriedlichDirector of AI & Innovation—
- #32Elizabeth WilkinsonChief Innovation Officer (first)2 open
- #33Leigh A. ZeiserDirector of AI & Automation1 open
- #34Jeremiah Weasenforth, Wendy Butler CurtisDirector of AI Innovation; Chief Innovation Officer4 open
- #35Nicholas ZiebellHead of Practice Systems and Applied AI—
- #36Jeff WestcottDirector, Practice Technology & AI Innovation1 open
- #37Annie DateshChief Innovation Officer1 open
- #38Rich TaylorChief Information & Innovation Officer2 open
- #39Matt BruceChief Information and AI Officer—
- #40Richard RobbinsSenior Director, AI and Innovation—
- #41No publicly named AI owner3 open
- #42Chris BowersChief Innovation and Information Officer1 open
- #43Sean Monahan, Christopher Cain (partner)Director of Practice Innovation (scaling AI); Chair, AI Steering Committee1 open
- #44Vishal AgnihotriManaging Director of Innovation; co-leads AI Steering Committee and AI Governance subcommittee—
- #45Andrew Wilkinson (AI Committee chair)European Managing Partner & Chair, AI Committee1 open
- #46No publicly named AI owner—
- #47Kate CainChief Knowledge and Innovation Officer (first)—
- #48Jake BernsteinGlobal AI and Innovation Partner (first); co-chair AI Solutions Group1 open
- #49Monet FauntleroyManaging Director, Digital Experience, Data Services & Legal Innovation; member, AI Steering Committee—
- #50No publicly named AI owner2 open
- #51Perkins CoieNow Ashurst Perkins CoieGwyneth McAlpineKM/innovation/AI strategy lead—
- #52Conan HinesGlobal Head of Innovation and Knowledge—
- #53Roger MaedaChief Artificial Intelligence Officer (first)—
- #54Tom TrujilloChief Innovation and AI Officer1 open
- #55Regan Lemke, Larissa MarshallChief Operating Officer (former AI Enterprise Program lead); Director of Practice Innovation—
- #56Scott M. AngeloChief Technology and Innovation Officer—
- #57Ali ShahidiManaging Director for Information (drives GenAI evaluation/adoption)—
- #58Aubrey BishaiChief Innovation Officer (leads AI adoption)—
- #59Katherine LowryChief Information Officer (leads IncuBaker; exec sponsor Practice Intelligence Center)—
- #60Jeffrey M. Kelly, David WorthAI and Innovation Partner; CIO – co-lead internal AI Office—
- #61Lyndsay Capeder, Ginny OngChief Client & Innovation Officer (directs GenAI strategy); AI Utilization Counsel—
- #62Stephanie GoutosChief Artificial Intelligence Officer (first)—
- #63Byong KimChief Data & AI Officer (first)—
- #64Andrew DeBrattoChief Information Officer (oversees AI strategy)—
- #65Oz BenamramChief Artificial Intelligence Officer (first)8 open
- #66Andrew SprogisChief Innovation Officer (oversees DataLAB)3 open
- #67Goli Mahdavi, Nicholas MyattGlobal AI Lead (co-leads AI Service Line); Global Legal Innovation, Knowledge & Practice Strategy Partner—
- #68Meaghan H. KentPartner; Chair, AI Solutions Hub—
- #69No publicly named AI owner1 open
- #70Damon W.D. Wright chairs client AI Practice Group—
- #71Mark G. McCrearyChief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer—
- #72Britton ChoiChief Information Officer (mandate includes innovation & AI)—
- #73Ashton BatchelorChief Innovation and Value Officer—
- #74Kyle PaulChief Digital Officer—
- #75Tracy HallenbergerChief Knowledge Officer—
- #76Chad Ergun (US)named US CIO Mar 2025—
- #77Timothy FoxChief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (first)—
- #7838 attorney 'AI Practice Champions' (no AI director by design)—
- #79Bart GablerChief Legal Operations & Practice Innovation Officer2 open
- #80Andrew Woolf, Kristina BakardjievChief Strategy and Innovation Officer; Director of Emerging AI Solutions5 open
- #81Alison I. Stein, Julie Ann Shepard, Adam UnikowskyCo-chairs, AI Task Force (partners)—
- #82Joanna L. Penn, Thom Hutchison, Michael YangChief Transformation Officer; Director of Data Science & AI; Senior Director of AI Advisory Services—
- #83John B. KossChief Innovation and AI Officer (first)—
- #84No publicly named AI owner—
- #85Tony CapecciDirector of Practice Innovation (leads AI initiative)—
- #86Alma AsayChief Innovation and Value Officer (first)1 open
- #87No publicly named AI owner—
- #88Aaron J. Yowell (CINO)Chief Innovation Officer—
- #89Lisa Mayo HaynesDirector of Technology Innovation—
- #90Sam BernsteinSenior Director, AI Programs1 open
- #91Ed MacnamaraChief Innovation Officer—
- #92No publicly named AI owner—
- #93No publicly named AI owner—
- #94Richard GordonDirector of Knowledge Management—
- #95Charles W. Gray, Andrew BrinkmanPartner, leader of Kilpatrick Labs; Director of Innovation—
- #96Michael Adler, Charles Zerner, Tricia ThomasDirector of AI Governance & Data Protection (also partner); Director of AI Development (first); AI Research Services lead—
- #97No publicly named AI owner—
- #98No publicly named AI owner—
- #99Caroline Boudreau SweeneyChief Knowledge & Innovation Officer (leads AI rollout)—
- #100A.J. Bahou (partner, leads AI team)Partner; leader of firm AI team/practice—
Who owns AI at the AmLaw 100?
55
“AI” in a named leader’s title
24
Named innovation, KM or tech owner
7
Partner-led or committee
14
No public owner found
100 firms. Counted from each firm's most senior publicly named AI owner. A person only counts if a firm release, firm bio, the firm's own job posting or named press coverage says so.