InsidePractice x LawVision PRESENT
join the DISCUSSION: New York //
JUNE 25 // 2026
Law Firm Economic Transformation:
The Future of Pricing, Value and Client Engagement.
Early Bird: Confirm your place by 05.29.26 and save $200 use code ECOEB26
PRICING / AI / INNOVATION / CHANGE
The economics of law firms are undergoing a fundamental transformation.
AI is no longer a future consideration, it is actively reshaping how firms price, deliver, and measure the value of legal services. Clients are demanding transparency, cost predictability, and strategic partnership.
And the firms that thrive will be those that adapt their financial models, pricing strategies, and client engagement approaches to this new reality.
Inside Legal Economics will bring together law firm finance leaders, pricing strategists, and operational executives to confront the most pressing economic challenges facing the profession.
Discussions will move beyond theory into the practical realities of measuring AI ROI, scaling alternative fee arrangements, managing organizational change, and building client relationships grounded in shared value creation.
This peer-driven event will feature strategic discussions, real-world case studies, and candid conversations with both firm and client-side leaders designed for those who are shaping the financial future of their firms.
Inside Legal Economics:
New York
Super Early Bird: Confirm
your place by
05.29.26
and save $200 use code ECOEB26
Who Attends
Inside Legal Economics is designed for senior leaders responsible for shaping, and defending, the financial and commercial performance of US law firms in an AI-shaped market.
This forum is particularly relevant for:
- Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and senior finance leaders responsible for profitability, margin management, realization, and cash performance
- Chief Operating Officers (COOs) overseeing firm-wide operating models, cost structures, delivery transformation, and performance accountability
- Pricing & Legal Project Management Leaders driving pricing governance, alternative fee arrangements, portfolio pricing, and matter economics discipline
- Innovation, Transformation & Strategy Leaders tasked with turning AI, automation, and data investments into measurable economic outcomes
- Practice Group Leaders involved in rate strategy, staffing models, pricing decisions, and client-facing value conversations
- Managing Partners and Executive Committee Members focused on long-term economic resilience, competitive positioning, and firm sustainability
- Legal Operations & Business Services Leaders responsible for billing discipline, collections, client compliance, and operational efficiency
- Technology & Data Leaders (Legal Tech, BI, Analytics) supporting matter-level intelligence, forecasting, and decision support for finance and pricing teams
- In-House Legal Operations and Finance Leaders seeking deeper insight into how outside counsel economics are evolving — and what that means for pricing, transparency, and partnership models
This event will be especially valuable for leaders navigating the tension between strong headline performance today and the structural shifts that will determine profitability tomorrow, including AI adoption, pricing pressure, expense growth, and changing client expectations.
Confirm your place and join your peers.
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EXPERT VOICES
Speaking Faculty
Leading voices in legal pricing, AI investment, AFAs, realization, and the firm–client relationship.
Jordan Weinstein
Vice President of Data & Growth
PERSUIT
Todd Suhar
Vice President, Legal Operations
Mastercard
Peter Secor
Director of Pricing Strategy
Ropes & Gray
Daniel Ronesi
Chief Pricing and Analytics Officer
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Khader Hawa
Director of Pricing & Legal Project Management
Michael Best & Friedrich
Jennifer Nelson
Director of Pricing and Financial Analysis
Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen
Madeleine Fraser Burke
Director of Finance & Operations
Cox & Palmer
Expert Voices
Agenda
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Predictions of the billable hour's death have been greatly exaggerated, it's survived every wave of "disruption" so far. But this time the math is different. When AI can do in two hours what previously took twenty, the hourly rate stops being a proxy for value and starts being a liability and an enabler of revenue leakage. This session uses live market benchmarking data to show exactly where that inflection point is happening right now, by practice area, matter type, and firm tier, and what firms that are still waiting for "more certainty" are actually waiting for.
Spoiler: the certainty already exists. The hesitation is political, not analytical.
Despite years of conversation about disruption, the fundamentals of legal pricing have been slow to change. Rate increases continue, the billable hour remains dominant, and most firms are still in the early stages of integrating AI into their operations, let alone their pricing strategies. Yet the pressure is accelerating: clients are asking harder questions, AI capabilities are advancing rapidly, and the gap between firms that are preparing and those that aren’t is widening. This panel will take an honest look at where legal pricing actually stands today, what’s driving (and stalling) change, and how the accelerating AI trend will reshape pricing in the years ahead.
Law firms have been investing heavily in AI, but is it paying off?
This candid case study will move past the hype to examine the actual financial returns firms are seeing from their AI investments. From pricing tools and document automation to predictive analytics and matter management, we’ll explore what’s delivering real value, what’s fallen short, and how firms should think about the next wave of AI investment decisions.
Law firm economics are being reshaped by client cost pressure, rising talent and technology expenses, widening competition, and the accelerating impact of AI. In this session, law firm leaders will explore why profitability can no longer be treated as a back-office finance metric, but must become a core leadership discipline for equity partners, practice leaders, and pricing teams.
The discussion will examine where margin is actually created and lost, how strategic pricing affects realization and partner accountability, and the impact of AI on traditional leverage models. Attendees will leave with a sharper understanding of how firms can move from revenue-first thinking to profitability-first decision-making in a changing legal market.
Many firms have experimented with alternative fee arrangements on a matter-by-matter basis, but few have managed to scale AFAs into a firm-wide pricing strategy. This panel will explore what it takes to move AFAs from isolated experiments to a sustainable, enterprise-level capability, examining the data infrastructure, cultural shifts, and operational changes required to make non-hourly pricing work at scale.
The hardest part of economic transformation isn’t the strategy, it’s getting people to change. New pricing models, AI-driven workflows, and evolving client expectations all require significant behavioral shifts from partners, associates, and business professionals alike. This session will offer practical, real-world insights on how firms are managing the human side of transformatio, moving from resistance to adoption across the organization.
The traditional law firm-client relationship is evolving from a vendor-buyer dynamic to something more collaborative. As corporate legal departments deploy their own AI tools, build internal analytics capabilities, and demand greater pricing transparency, the economics of the relationship are being rewritten in real time. This closing panel will bring together client-side leaders and firm executives to explore what a truly co-creative partnership looks like, and what it means for pricing, value delivery, and the future of legal spend.
How clients are using AI and data to reshape their expectations of outside counsel?
Moving beyond the RFP: building commercial relationships based on shared outcomes
Pricing transparency in practice: what clients actually want vs. what firms think they want
The future of legal spend: where client investment is heading and what it means for firms
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Would you like to:
- Share a case study on pricing transformation, profitability management, AI-driven finance, or operating-model redesign?
- Lead a panel discussion on legal economics, realization and margin protection, AI ROI, pricing governance, or client transparency?
- Host a workshop or interactive session focused on pricing strategy, matter-level economics, data-driven decision-making, or moving GenAI from pilots to production?
- Explore sponsorship or partnership opportunities to engage a peer group of CFOs, COOs, pricing leaders, and innovation executives shaping the next era of law firm economics?
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Join the Discussion
Join your peers and fellow leaders at Inside Legal Economics to:
- Gain practical frameworks and playbooks for strengthening pricing discipline, profitability management, and AI-enabled financial decision-making across your firm.
- Learn directly from senior law firm leaders and practitioners who are redesigning pricing models, improving realization and collections, and turning data and AI investments into measurable economic outcomes.
- Exchange insights with peers navigating the same pressures, including CFOs, COOs, pricing and LPM leaders, innovation executives, legal operations professionals, and in-house counterparts focused on value, transparency, and partnership.
Super Early Bird: Confirm your place by 05.29.26 and save $200 use code ECOEB26
Venue
Inside Legal Economics will take place at:
SUNY Global Center
116 East 55th Street, New York, NY 10022
The SUNY Global Center is fully accessible, with step-free entry and facilities designed to accommodate all attendees. If you have specific accessibility requirements, please contact the event team in advance.
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