Will AI Lower Legal Costs? Tim Fox Explains the Twist

S2E73 - Will AI Lower Legal Costs? Tim Fox Explains the Twist

Published: July 16, 2026

Duration: 50:05

Everyone wants AI to make legal cheaper. But what if that’s the wrong promise?
In this episode of Between the Briefs by Steno, Adrian Cea and Joe Stephens sit down with Tim Fox, Chief Data and AI Officer at Ogletree Deakins, for a sharp, practical conversation on what AI adoption really looks like when you are trying to scale it across a large law firm.
What You’ll Learn:Why build vs. buy is rarely as simple as “building is cheaper”How internal tools create long-term support, maintenance and upgrade costsWhy legal is not a rational economic actor wh...