Legal Innovation Spotlight Your Org Structure Is Your AI Strategy
Sep 16, 2026
Ilona Logvinova, Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer and a legal innovation leader, explores how AI is reshaping law firms. They discuss organizational design, legal engineering, cross-disciplinary talent, and the competition for scarce AI expertise. The conversation also examines the shift beyond billable hours, the rise of client experience, and what it takes to build an AI-native legal practice.
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Put AI Leadership At The Top
- AI creates a new strategic capability that law firms must connect to client needs and service delivery.
- HSF Kramer placed its Chief AI Officer role at the organization’s upper layer to signal leadership commitment and enable transformation.
Legal Engineering Needs An Operating System
- Legal engineering combines legal workflows with AI capabilities rather than replacing legal expertise.
- Firms must build supporting architecture across talent development, training, technology, and workflow design.
Structure Determines AI Outcomes
- Organizational structure determines whether AI adoption becomes an ongoing capability or stalls after initial training.
- Innovation teams increasingly need distinct verticals for data, applied AI, legal engineering, and evolving knowledge functions.