Retaining Top Legal Talent in 2026: The Playbook by Karen Mesmer

S2E48 - Retaining Top Legal Talent in 2026: The Playbook by Karen Mesmer

Published: January 22, 2026

Duration: 38:28

Retaining top legal talent often feels like an uphill climb. Unless you have Karen Mesmer’s playbook. In this episode of Between the Briefs, Karen, Legal Services Manager at Shook, Hardy and Bacon, joins hosts Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens to explore how premier litigation firms are evolving their operations in the face of technological disruption.

What You’ll Learn:


How to evaluate AI tools without replacing institutional knowledge

The essential soft skills that no technology can replicate
Why technical fluency in platforms like Excel and document management systems is now table stak...