The Masters Conference, which just two months ago announced new leadership and plans to launch a new division, Masters AI Legal, today announced that it has partnered with Cat Casey, founder of The TechnoCat, a consulting and speaking practice focused on legal AI, and former chief growth officer at Reveal. Casey will anchor Masters AI […]
The Masters Conference, which just two months ago announced new leadership and plans to launch a new division, Masters AI Legal, today announced that it has partnered with Cat Casey, founder of The TechnoCat, a consulting and speaking practice focused on legal AI, and former chief growth officer at Reveal.
Casey will anchor Masters AI Legal’s global conference series and learning ecosystem, which the organization describes as the legal industry’s first platform designed to make legal professionals “genuinely fluent in AI.”
The launch of Masters AI Legal and the new partnership with Casey mark a notable expansion for an organization that has long limited its focus to e-discovery, litigation, information governance and related disciplines for legal professionals.
As I reported in December, The Masters Conference named legal industry veteran Kevin Vermeulen as CEO and e-discovery entrepreneur Mike Dalewitz as executive chairman. At the same time, the organization announced the plan to rebrand in 2026 as Masters AI Legal and launch what it called “a global learning ecosystem dedicated to AI in law.”
Today’s announcement with Casey provides new details on what that ecosystem will look like and who will lead its educational efforts.
“Masters AI Legal is where the legal industry finally gets to learn AI without being sold nonsense,” Casey said in a statement. “I’ve spent decades inside law firms, legal tech, and the messy middle where real work actually happens. People trust me because I don’t sugarcoat, I don’t AI-wash, and I don’t waste lawyers’ time.”
‘Embedded in Masters AI’
Casey brings 20 years of experience in legal technology and AI to the role. In addition to founding The TechnoCat and serving as Reveal’s chief growth officer from 2021-2025, she was chief innovation officer at e-discovery company DISCO and global director of e-discovery and practice technology at the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
She recently published the book, AI in Legal Tech: How Generative AI Is Transforming Legal Technology and the Practice of Law.
While Casey will continue to maintain The TechnoCat, she says that she will be “embedded in the Masters AI Legal experience. “I’m not popping in for a keynote and disappearing. I’m embedded in the experience, keeping it grounded, honest, and human. Less fear. More fluency.”
Dalewitz framed the partnership as addressing a critical gap in how legal professionals are learning about AI. “The legal profession needed someone they already trust to guide them through AI transformation, and they needed a platform that could deliver practical fluency at scale,” he said. “Cat Casey is that trusted voice. Masters AI Legal is that platform.”
Conferences, Content and Community
The company says that Masters AI Legal will be a “purpose-built ecosystem where legal professionals build practical AI fluency with their peers, using methods that work.” That ecosystem will include:
- Global conference series. Multi-city conferences, summits, retreats and bootcamps designed as connected hubs for hands-on learning. The inaugural Masters AI Legal Conference launches March 6, 2026, at 1 Bank of America Center in Charlotte, N.C., with a global rollout planned across 11 cities.
- Always-on content. Show-driven digital programming, educational video, research and whitepapers extending conversations year-round.
- Community and leadership network. An AI-powered online community, curated executive dinners, roundtables, networking and mentorship opportunities.
- Professional certifications. Credentials designed to signal practical AI fluency rather than theoretical familiarity.
Each conference will bring together practicing attorneys, legal technologists, corporate counsel, law students and industry partners, the company says. Sessions will feature what the organization describes as “global icons of legal AI,” along with practitioners, judges, technologists, researchers, operators, and policy leaders.
Focus on Practical Application
Vermeulen said that the company’s approach to AI training will focus on moving from theory to practical applications.
“Legal professionals are ready to learn how to use AI responsibly in their practice,” he said. “That requires hands-on training, ethical frameworks, operational strategies and ongoing community support. It requires moving from theory to application with a trusted guide.”
The company said its experience will prioritize “actionable mastery over theory, moving beyond panels and into the tools and trenches where real work happens.” Ethics will be central to the approach, with what the organization calls “trustworthy AI examined, tested, and governed rather than assumed.”
The company says that Masters AI Legal represents the first vertical under the broader Masters AI vision, which includes plans to expand into other industries.
“Legal is the flagship,” the company says. “Additional verticals, including cybersecurity, are planned as the ecosystem expands..
