How Attorneys’ Views on AI Are Impacting eDiscovery

Where are we with AI? With the avalanche of new generative AI tools and applications released to everyday consumers since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, it’s a more complex answer for eDiscovery, particularly because we’ve used AI technology in the space for longer. If the prevailing mood of the industry in the early stages of the generative AI boom was “wait and see,” that sentiment and behaviors have evolved.

Lighthouse surveyed 268 eDiscovery experts for our annual State of AI in eDiscovery Report about what they think about AI, how they’re adopting it, their motivations for using it, barriers to implementing it, and how effective they perceive it to be. Sarah Moran, Marketing Director at Lighthouse and attorney, joins Law & Candor to discuss the key trends and how they can help your work and continue to evolve eDiscovery.

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Sarah Moran

Sarah is a Director of Marketing at Lighthouse. Before coming to Lighthouse, she worked for a decade as a practicing attorney at a global law firm, specializing in eDiscovery counseling and case management, data privacy, and information governance. At Lighthouse, she happily utilizes her eDiscovery expertise to help our clients understand and leverage the ever-changing world of legal technology and data governance. She is a problem solver and a collaborator and welcomes any chance to discuss customer pain points in eDiscovery. Sarah earned her B.A. in English from Penn State University and her J.D. from Delaware Law School.

Sarah Barsky

Sarah directs and supervises client delivery by the company's industry-leading Project Managers. Sarah is an industry veteran who has overseen hundreds of large-scale eDiscovery projects, and she is responsible for mentoring and training eDiscovery project managers and analysts on best practices, legal technology application, and all phases of the EDRM. Sarah's 15+ year career includes positions at Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP prior to joining the company. Sarah received her B.A. from New York University.

Brooks Thompson

Brooks is an eDiscovery professional with over a decade of experience in the industry holding roles in account and project management as well as a leader of client and product teams. He specializes in designing and implementing cost-efficient, automated eDiscovery workflows and products for enterprise clients. In his current role, Brooks directs Spectra support, marketing, development, pricing, and sales in the US and EU. Brooks has a B.A. from the University of Washington.