Two attorneys receive the same deposition transcript on the same Monday morning. The first feeds it to an AI tool and has an accurate summary by lunch. The second spends two days reading, highlighting, and writing by hand. Both produce useful work product. Only one made the right call — and which one depends entirely on a question neither may have asked.

Not "can AI do this?" It almost always can. The question is whether the value of the task lies in the document it produces or in what happens inside the attorney's head while producing it.

That distinction — output value versus process value — should govern every decision about when to use AI in legal practice.

Click here to read the full article written by Michael Ott published in Law.com. Login may be required.