Odd Lots · Monday, July 13, 2026
Gary Wingins of Lowenstein Sandler describes AI's dual impact on law firms: enhancing efficiency and acting as a "thought partner" or "co-pilot" for lawyers. This is a significant shift from previous technologies, which only improved efficiency but did not assist in the cognitive aspects of legal work.
“So there's there's the efficiency piece which definitely is starting to make it to make the things that clients want to buy less expensive.”
“But the other way AI is working in law firms right now is it's it's acting as a thought partner, and it is making us better at our jobs and to use a term, acting as a co pilot for all of our lawyers in helping think through problems.”
“That's a dramatic difference in that AI is providing that these other technological advances did not. They only went to the efficiency piece and allowed us to produce what clients want to buy a deal or alligation for a lower total cost.”