McDermott Will & Schulte Appoints Christopher Cyrus as First Director of AI Innovation
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McDermott Will & Schulte is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
McDermott Will & Schulte (then McDermott Will & Emery) hired Christopher Cyrus as its first-ever Director of AI Innovation. Cyrus previously ran Cyrus Legal Insights, consulting numerous AmLaw 50 firms and in-house legal departments on generative AI use cases. His mandate is to implement custom AI solutions and drive firmwide innovation.
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