We welcome all of you back and hope you had a wonderful holiday season. To start the new year, we’re joined by Ruby Powers, co-vice chair of the 2026 ABA TECHSHOW. Ruby is an immigration law attorney with nearly 20 years of experience, a speaker, and author of Power Up Your Practice. Through Powers Strategy Group LLC, Ruby provides strategic consulting services and hosts the podcast Power Up Your Practice.
In our conversation, Ruby gives us a detailed preview of the ABA TECHSHOW and the range of topics the conference will cover in March. We also dive into the mindset shifts lawyers need in order to embrace legal technology and innovation. Additionally, Ruby shares her career journey and the insights she has gained along the way.
Read the full transcript of today's episode here: https://www.seyfarth.com/dir_docs/podcast_transcripts/Pioneers_RubyPowers.pdf
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We welcome all of you back and hope you had a wonderful holiday season. To start the new year, we’re joined by Ruby Powers, co-vice chair of the 2026 ABA TECHSHOW. Ruby is an immigration law attorney with nearly 20 years of experience, a speaker, and author of Power Up Your Practice. Through Powers Strategy Group LLC, Ruby provides strategic consulting services and hosts the podcast Power Up Your Practice.
In our conversation, Ruby gives us a detailed preview of the ABA TECHSHOW and the range of topics the conference will cover in March. We also dive into the mindset shifts lawyers need in order to embrace legal technology and innovation. Additionally, Ruby shares her career journey and the insights she has gained along the way.
Read the full transcript of today's episode here: https://www.seyfarth.com/dir_docs/podcast_transcripts/Pioneers_RubyPowers.pdf
Our guest this week is Gus Neate. Gus is the CEO and co-founder of WilsonAI. WilsonAI, in turn, is a startup using AI to streamline legal operations for businesses. Gus is an Oxford graduate who began his career as an engineer before pivoting to law, working as a private equity lawyer at Clifford Chance. His diverse background also includes co-founding a tutoring company and working in product management at a legal tech startup. As an in-house lawyer, Gus witnessed firsthand the inefficiencies caused by repetitive legal tasks—an experience that continues to inspire his innovative work at WilsonAI.
Today, Gus shares how his engineering background shaped his approach to legal problem-solving, the journey of building WilsonAI, and his vision for how AI can empower legal teams. He also offers valuable advice for those entering the legal tech space.
Read the full transcript of today's episode here: https://www.seyfarth.com/dir_docs/podcast_transcripts/Pioneers_GusNeate.pdf
Pioneers and Pathfinders
We welcome all of you back and hope you had a wonderful holiday season. To start the new year, we’re joined by Ruby Powers, co-vice chair of the 2026 ABA TECHSHOW. Ruby is an immigration law attorney with nearly 20 years of experience, a speaker, and author of Power Up Your Practice. Through Powers Strategy Group LLC, Ruby provides strategic consulting services and hosts the podcast Power Up Your Practice.
In our conversation, Ruby gives us a detailed preview of the ABA TECHSHOW and the range of topics the conference will cover in March. We also dive into the mindset shifts lawyers need in order to embrace legal technology and innovation. Additionally, Ruby shares her career journey and the insights she has gained along the way.
Read the full transcript of today's episode here: https://www.seyfarth.com/dir_docs/podcast_transcripts/Pioneers_RubyPowers.pdf