Extract from Petra Pasternak’s article, “Joe Skalski Explains Why AI Won’t Wipe Out the Billable Hour.”
Everlaw’s value engineering lead discusses the impact of AI on law firm profits
Advanced AI will kill the billable hour. That’s the common refrain. But what if the opposite is true? What if generative AI actually helps law firms serve more clients and deliver value that’s measured in outcomes, not time spent? What if GenAI even helps make firms more profitable?
To explore whether legal services will be completely commoditized or stunningly elevated by new technology, Everlaw talked with Joe Skalski, a 25-year veteran of the legal technology space.
Before joining Everlaw as Senior Director of Value Engineering, Skalski’s career spanned Big Four advisory work and operations management on massive antitrust matters. Leading the Value Engineering and ValueAI teams at Everlaw puts Skalski in the gratifying position of being able to help law firms turn the biggest technological disruption in decades into a competitive advantage.
