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Back to the Future: How Your Legal Tech History Shapes Future Adoption. Before you can go anywhere, you need to know where you stand.

AI adoption in legal is accelerating — but your legacy processes, data decisions, and governance gaps will either enable or derail it. This session cuts through the noise with a practical look at operational maturity, hidden data risks, and the frameworks that make scalable, future-ready technology actually work.

Areas that will be examine during the talk:

• Operational maturity — evaluating where your legal function stands before adopting new technology
• Data environments — identifying hidden risks in legacy and historical data practices
• Governance frameworks — building scalable structures that support responsible, future-ready AI adoption

3 Key Learnings

1. Foundations first — AI success depends on the operational and data maturity you already have in place.
2. Know your risks — historical data practices and governance gaps directly impact your ability to adopt new technology safely.
3. Build for scale — aligning people, processes, and technology today is what makes tomorrow's innovation possible.

About Matt

I lead a team of market experts who work closely with our technology partners, service delivery teams, and law department and law firm clients to assess, select, implement, and manage transformative solutions. Prior to Morae, I was the co-founder and CEO of Phoenix Business Solutions, the world’s largest implementation partner for iManage. Phoenix was acquired by Morae in May 2019. I began my career as a consultant, leading large document and email management deployments, before putting my experience into practice in a commercial role. At the time my primary focus was the account management of large, global customers, building excellent c-level relationships at firms such as Clyde & Co, Herbert Smith, Norton Rose Fulbright and Barclays.