Key HireAugust 19, 2026· Confirmed
Hanson Bridgett appoints Martin Metz as first Chief Technology and Innovation Officer
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Hanson Bridgett is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Am Law 200 firm Hanson Bridgett appointed Martin Metz, formerly CIO at Pillsbury and IT director at O'Melveny, as its first Chief Technology and Innovation Officer. Metz will oversee both generative AI adoption (including possible Harvey/Legora evaluation) and the firm's broader IT infrastructure, following the firm's earlier firmwide deployment of Anthropic's Claude.
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