AI Governance for
Lawyers and Accounting Firms
The deliberate definition and documentation of where AI use is acceptable, restricted, or prohibited in work product that carries financial or reputational risk.
In most professional firms, AI is not being adopted through formal strategy. It is entering through tools, defaults, and individual choices - long before leadership defines where it belongs and where it does not.
Professional service firms are being pulled into AI decisions from multiple competing directions.
- Partners have personal preferences.
- Staff are experimenting.
- Clients are asking questions.
- Insurers and professional bodies are issuing guidance.
- AI capabilities are changing faster than firm policies.
Most firms do not lack intelligence or intention.
They lack a single, shared, explicit position on AI use.
My work focuses on helping firms define, document, and govern their use of AI in a way that is:
- aligned with leadership judgment
- consistent with professional obligations
- coherent across staff and work product
- resilient as external conditions change
This is not about speed, tools, or enthusiasm.
It is about intentional use in environments where trust, judgment, and responsibility matter.
As applied to your firm
I work with one firm at a time through a structured, time-bounded process:
- Clarifying how AI is currently being used
- Surfacing competing constraints and expectations
- Helping leadership choose a clear position
- Documenting that position as an AI Use Policy
- Revisiting and adjusting it through quarterly governance conversations
The firm remains in control of its decisions.
My role is to bring structure, perspective, and continuity to the process.
The best AI Use Policy for your firm is one that aligns with your own preferences and tolerance for the use of AI, your industry’s regulatory guidelines and professional standards, your contractual or professional liability insurance obligations, and client expectations or requirements.
I practiced law in Arizona for 30 years and now focus exclusively on AI governance for professional service firms.
Clarity and alignment around how your firm uses AI, before assumptions, drift, or surprises decide for you.
For Managing Partners responsible for financial and reputational risks arising from the use or misuse of AI.
From an experienced lawyer and AI governance advisor.
If your firm wants a clear, durable position on AI use, I work with one firm at a time.
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Industries I Support
- Legal
- Accounting, including tax, audit, advisory
- Financial Advisors / Wealth Management
- Management & Strategy Consulting
- Boutique Advisory Firms, where work product informs client decisions, regulatory filings, design, or representation
These firms operate in environments where financial and reputational risks matter.
I do not work with:
- Medical / Healthcare
- Life Sciences / Pharma / Biotech
- Mental Health / Therapy / Clinical Services
I do not work with enterprise organizations requiring board-level governance structures, formal RFP processes, or multi-layer compliance review.