{"id":155703,"date":"2026-07-01T13:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/01\/this-biglaw-leader-thinks-ai-may-trigger-layoffs-but-not-at-his-firm\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T13:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T21:33:31","slug":"this-biglaw-leader-thinks-ai-may-trigger-layoffs-but-not-at-his-firm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/01\/this-biglaw-leader-thinks-ai-may-trigger-layoffs-but-not-at-his-firm\/","title":{"rendered":"This Biglaw Leader Thinks AI May Trigger Layoffs, But Not At His Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

When AI reduces the hours a matter requires, a profit model built on associate volume is more exposed. Our profitability comes from specialized expertise where clients are paying for judgment on hard problems, not for hours on routine tasks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For some firms, AI may well result in pink slips falling from the ceiling. That will not be our experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Danny David<\/a>, managing partner of Baker Botts, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning how advances in artificial intelligence may impact associate hiring trends across Biglaw, and at his firm specifically. David went on to say that \u201cAI is the single best development for the careers of the next generation that has ever visited the Earth,\u201d while noting that be believes AI has \u201calready enhanced the career prospects of associates.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post This Biglaw Leader Thinks AI May Trigger Layoffs, But Not At His Firm<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

When AI reduces the hours a matter requires, a profit model built on associate volume is more exposed. Our profitability comes from specialized expertise where clients are paying for judgment on hard problems, not for hours on routine tasks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For some firms, AI may well result in pink slips falling from the ceiling. That will not be our experience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014\u00a0Danny David<\/a>, managing partner of Baker Botts, in comments given to Bloomberg Law<\/a>, concerning how advances in artificial intelligence may impact associate hiring trends across Biglaw, and at his firm specifically. David went on to say that \u201cAI is the single best development for the careers of the next generation that has ever visited the Earth,\u201d while noting that be believes AI has \u201calready enhanced the career prospects of associates.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. When AI reduces the hours a matter requires, a profit model built on associate volume is more exposed. Our profitability comes from specialized expertise where clients are paying for judgment on hard problems, not for hours on routine tasks. For some firms, AI may well […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Staci-Zaretsky-VKHs8j.jpg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}