Scott Angelo Discusses Firmwide AI Adoption With Law Week Colorado

Faegre Drinker’s chief technology and innovation officer Scott Angelo was featured in Law Week Colorado, where he discussed the firm’s enterprise-wide deployment of Microsoft Copilot and Harvey and shared insights on driving AI adoption across a large law firm.

In the article, Angelo explained why the firm moved beyond limited AI pilot programs to provide firmwide access to AI tools, emphasizing the importance of training, governance and data readiness.

He discussed the firm's experience with adoption, noting that age has been less of a actor than many might expect. “I’m happily surprised to say the age thing wasn’t as big as what I thought it was going to be,” Angelo said. “Curiosity was a better predictor than practice area or age.” He added that when senior partners embraced AI, adoption accelerated across teams because their use of the technology demonstrated that it was “not a shortcut.”

The article also explores the firm’s training programs supporting responsible AI use, its dual-platform approach with Microsoft Copilot and Harvey, evolving client expectations around AI, and lessons learned for other firms pursuing their own AI initiatives.