Faegre Drinker hires Scott Angelo as Chief Technology & Innovation Officer
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- Medium
- Confidence
- Confirmed
Why this matters
Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath is buying the talent to run AI at scale. A meaningful marker of where the firm's capability is heading.
Faegre Drinker hired Scott M. Angelo as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, based in Washington, D.C. Angelo previously served as CIO at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Fragomen, and K&L Gates. He was hired specifically to lead the firm's AI, automation, and data analytics strategy and went on to spearhead the firm's firmwide Harvey/Copilot rollout roughly seven months later.
"Scott's experience in technology leadership and innovation—particularly in leveraging AI, automation and data analytics to transform legal service delivery—will be instrumental as we continue to advance our use of technology to drive innovation across the firm. — Nolan Kurtz, COO, Faegre Drinker"
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- Medium
- Source type
- Trade Press
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