Artificial Intelligence and the Practice of Law

According to Google’s AI Assistant, while there is no single official, real-time global tracker, a database maintained by a French lawyer and AI researcher lists over 156 cases where lawyers cited fake AI-generated cases in court documents as of mid-2025, with reports indicating a total of over 500 lawyers have faced sanctions.

Join us on January 13, 2026, for lunch at the Union League Club when Donna Haddad and Daniel Linna discuss the intersection of artificial intelligence and the practice of law.

Donna Haddad was most recently Vice President and Associate General Counsel, IBM Consulting Americas and AI Global Leader. Donna was a Founding Board Member of IBM’s Responsible Technology Board and helped establish the company’s first AI and data governance program. Donna is a seasoned executive lawyer with more than 25 years of experience helping navigate complex technology, privacy, and intellectual property issues and more than eleven years of experience in AI ethics and governance. As the senior counsel for Watson AI in 2014, she played a critical part in driving global growth of IBM’s new AI technology, and as senior regional counsel for the Middle East, and North and West Africa, she lived abroad and supported forty countries in a General Counsel role. Donna’s commitment to service extends beyond her corporate work. She led IBM’s Global Pro Bono Program and has spent over two decades supporting nonprofit organizations through board leadership, advisory roles, and community work.

Daniel W. Linna Jr. has a joint appointment at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and McCormick School of Engineering as the Director of Law and Technology Initiatives and a Senior Lecturer. Dan’s teaching and research focus on innovation and technology, including computational law, artificial intelligence, data analytics, leadership, operations, and innovation frameworks.  Dan co-founded the Chicago Legal Innovation & Technology meetup group in 2014. He was named to the 2015 Fastcase 50 as a person who has charted a new course for the delivery of legal services. In 2018, Dan was inducted as a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and named an ABA Journal Legal Rebel. He is the Chair of the Legal Analytics Committee of the ABA Business Law Section. Dan is also a co-founder and co-director of the Institute for the Future of Law Practice.

Take the red pill and join us to learn what may be startling realities about the world in which we live and practice.

Seating for this special event is limited.  Tickets are $60.00 for members and $65.00 for guests.

Cancellation Policy: If you need to cancel your reservation, email attorneys@lawyersclubchicago.org 72 hours in advance of the event to avoid receiving an invoice or to receive a refund if you have prepaid.