Womble Bond Dickinson announced today the formalization of its Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Practice. Led by partners Chris Mammen and Tara Cho, the team brings together the firm’s extensive, multi-disciplinary experience representing clients in AI-related matters, including text and speech recognition and generation, robotic process automation, complex analysis and decision-making, and image recognition and analysis. 

Mammen, who also leads the IP Litigation Group and serves as San Francisco Office Managing Partner, added: “Our clients rely every day on AI and machine learning tools to compete effectively with the competition. Their legal counsel should do the same.”

The team also uses AI to increase the efficiency and depth of client service across multiple disciplines, including: 

• Intellectual Property – Patent searches, analysis of large datasets, and automation of patent application drafting.
• Litigation – Streamline e-discovery process, predict case outcomes, and develop strategies from data analysis and faster, less expensive document review.
• Corporate and Securities – Analyze business contracts, identify key terms and provisions, and extract data for due diligence.

Learn more about the firm’s utilization of AI and potential impacts on the practice of law in a recent Law360 article featuring interviews with Mammen and Bill Koch, the firm’s Chief Knowledge and Innovation Officer: Womble Bond Weighs Opportunity, Risk Of Early AI Adoption. Note: Subscription may be required.