Matt Braunel Featured in ‘Legal Limelight’ Q&A on AI

Thompson Coburn partner Matt Braunel is featured in Missouri Lawyers Media’s “Legal Limelight” column for August, showcasing his experience in intellectual property and artificial intelligence.

“Matt Braunel has been called one of the top trademark practitioners not only in Missouri, but in the United States,” the publication noted. Matt also chairs the firm’s AI Task Force.

In the Q&A profile, Matt discusses how the firm uses AI and how he sees it changing the practice of law. He said the firm balances the advantages AI provides in legal services and client value against concerns about reliability, bias, and confidentiality.

“Our management, innovation and technology committees evaluated a variety of options for GenAI tools. … We have found GenAI tools to be useful, particularly in extracting relevant details from a large volume of information and accurately compiling, organizing and reorganizing the information for other purposes."

Matt said he sees potential for GenAI to dramatically improve efficiency and accuracy in tasks like document review, legal research, and potentially contract drafting. GenAI may allow lawyers to work more productively while potentially reducing costs for clients, he said, but human judgment, creativity, and interpersonal skills are indispensable.

"GenAI will not present arguments to human judges or juries. GenAI will not negotiate term sheets or contracts with the other side."

Read the full profile here (subscription required).