Lorie Almon Discusses Embracing Change and Leading Through Innovation on The Future Is Bright Podcast

The Future Is Bright Podcast featured Lorie Almon, chair and managing partner of Seyfarth, in its February 24 episode, “Kintsugi Leadership on AI, Culture, and Client-Centric Innovation by Lorie Almon of Seyfarth Shaw.”

In this engaging conversation hosted by Chris Batz and Howard Rosenberg, Almon discussed Seyfarth’s longstanding commitment to client‑centric innovation and how the firm is embracing generative artificial intelligence to elevate—not replace—the human judgment at the core of legal practice. She explained:

“AI doesn't have judgment… For those people who can embrace what the technology can do, but also lean into what's uniquely human about our profession, I think there will be more jobs for people like that.”

Almon also touched on Seyfarth's kintsugi approach—drawing on the Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery with gold—as a metaphor for rebuilding the legal profession in a way that honors its foundations while embracing transformative tools:

"What we're trying to really do is embrace that we are at a moment where something new can be created. Instead of breaking apart, we're kind of breaking open how you practice law, creating something better out of the important, foundational, beautiful bowl we had in the first place."

When asked to complete the sentence “The future is bright because…,” Lorie answered simply: “Because of our people.”

The full episode is available here.