Peter Geovanes, Chief Innovation and AI Officer at McGuireWoods LLP, discusses AI's transformative impact on the legal sector. He emphasizes AI tools like ChatGPT-4 for enhancing efficiency, competitive advantage, and prompt engineering. Highlighting data privacy and ethical use, he advocates a "trust but verify" approach. Geovanes also stresses the importance of education and a multidisciplinary strategy to harness AI's full potential.Peter Geovanes Notable Quotes🚀 "We were one of the first firms in the world to sign up and have access to ChatGPT-4 specifically fine-tuned for legal."💡 "It's really important that we become masters of prompt engineering and use AI to drive efficiencies and competitive advantages." 🛡️ "For any law firm, the biggest concern is data privacy and always protecting attorney-client privilege."⚖️ "In the legal community, it's crucial to trust but verify when using AI-assisted legal research."💼 "AI tools can do the drudgery work, allowing lawyers to focus on more substantive and value-added tasks."Resources MentionedCaseText CoCounselRCode RTutor Coursera UdemyAbout Peter:As the Chief Innovation and AI Officer at McGuireWoods LLP, Peter directs the development and implementation of innovative business and legal solutions, leveraging AI-enhanced tools to better serve clients and boost firm performance. His expertise spans data science, advanced analytics, AI/ML, business strategy, innovation, R&D, project management, and management consulting. He has successfully implemented cutting-edge analytics and AI solutions for leading law firms and Fortune 1000 corporations. Peter has been honored with the 2024 OnCon Icon Awards "Top 100 Data & Analytics Professional," CDO Magazine’s "Champions of Data in the Midwest 2024," and Corinium Intelligence's 2022 Data Value Award, and has been a finalist for the "Legal Innovator of the Year" Award. He holds both a J.D. and an MBA and proudly served as an Officer in the U.S. Navy for eight years.Connect w/ Peter on LinkedInSupport the showLearn MoreYouTube! Watch the episode live @YourAIRoadmapConnect with Joan on LinkedIn! Let her know you listenPre-order Wiley Book✨📘🔜 Your AI Roadmap: Actions to Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy, Drops Jan 9, 2025Who is Joan? Ranked the #4 in Voice AI Influencer, Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek is the CEO of Clarity AI, Founder of Women in Voice, & Host of Your AI Roadmap. With a decade in software & AI, she has worked at Nuance, VERSA Agency, & OneReach.ai in data & analysis, product, & digital transformation. She's an investor & technical advisor to startup & enterprise. A CES & VentureBeat speaker & Harvard Business Review published author, she has a PhD & is based in Seattle.♥️ Love the podcast? We so appreciate your rave reviews, 5 star ratings, and subscribing by hitting the "+" sign! Be sure to send an episode to a friend 😊
