You ever feel the ground shifting…
But everyone around you is acting like it’s fine?
You’ve felt it with AI.
Both the hype and the hallucinations.
There’s pressure to move faster.
And the fear you’ll get it wrong.
The weird vibes about sanctions and bad briefs.
And now… there’s also cold, hard data on all of it.
A new report dropped earlier this month.
It doesn’t predict the future.
But it does confirm the present.
LawPro.ai surveyed 300+ personal injury firms.
Here are the results:
78% say AI boosts efficiency.
Over half are already using it.
But, the top concern is accuracy and trust.
Because the tools are here.
So are the hallucinations.
And nobody wants to be the lawyer who gets torched for trusting the wrong tech.
The “wait and see” phase of AI is dead.
We’re in the execution era now.
The PI Brief is here to help you see around corners…
Before the bar, your clients, or your competitors do.
And in the next few weeks…
We’ll break down the moves that’ll separate the top firms from the rest.
Until then…
Sleep with one eye open.
And if you're serious about staying ahead…
Here’s the full report based on input from 300+ PI firms:
Future of Legal Tech 2026 – LawPro.ai
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Ryan McKeen on AI, Fear, and the Future of PI
A few weeks ago, Ryan McKeen laid it out plainly:
Personal injury firms that treat AI as a toy — or ignore it altogether — are going to get left behind.
"The most successful firms in the next year are going to be firms that put AI at the center…
Everything else is going to look like hammering in a nail with a screwdriver.”
McKeen, who built a 40-person PI firm before turning to consulting, is blunt about what’s coming:
"You don’t have that many leverage points you can push…
One of the only ways to create leverage — especially in personal injury — is through the use of technology.”
But the reason most firms aren’t moving faster isn't just about tools, it's about identity.
"I think there’s a resistance because people realize [AI is] better than them at a lot of things.
And being a lawyer is identity-driven.”
And that hesitation is costly.
McKeen points to tools like Google’s NotebookLM...
Which he calls “probably the most useful tool for most lawyers."
And how firms can already be using it to audit depo transcripts, surface case weaknesses, and build stronger briefs faster.
But again, it’s not about just “using ChatGPT.”
It’s about rebuilding workflows from the ground up, training your staff, and turning your firm into a systems business that can scale in the AI era.
"This is happening so fast,” he warns.
“AI isn’t going to be a button. It’s just going to be how you work.”
Ryan McKeen laid it all out on the Championing Justice podcast earlier this year.
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-The PI Brief