The Era of the Virtual Legal Co-Worker: Four Trends for 2024

Josh is a Senior Manager with EY Law’s Legal Function Consulting practice based out of Chicago. Josh has provided design and transformation assistance to many clients regarding their processes, team structure and systems to help create relevant data-driven change for legal teams. He has more than 10 years of experience consulting at the intersection of legal processes and technology and was a practicing litigation attorney for several years prior. He has assessed numerous client’s processes, orchestrated change management programs and designed strategic roadmaps for future growth and improvement, all at the intersection of technology and law.

Gregg is the Leader of Legal Operations at Corteva Agriscience. He is responsible for Legal Operations & Technology for the Global Legal Function.

A highly accomplished leader, he has a 25-year track record of building, transforming, and strengthening contracts, purchasing, sourcing, financial and legal operations across the healthcare, financial services, banking and technology sectors.

Gregg earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a Major in Accounting and Minor in Economics followed by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with Concentrations in Accounting, Human Resources, and Economics from Youngstown State University.

Nick Whitehouse constantly pushes the boundaries of innovation, with dedicated experience in artificial intelligence and digital transformation. In his role as General Manager of the Onit AI Center of Excellence, he develops and executes AI strategy and innovation throughout Onit’s platforms and products.

His career to date has won him numerous recognitions, including the title of 2019 IDC DX Leader of the Year and Talent’s Most Disruptive Leader Award, as judged by Sir Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak.

He comes to Onit from the company he co-founded in 2017, McCarthyFinch. The company, acquired by Onit in 2020, developed and launched AI contract management software that helped legal teams automate contract reviews and approvals and streamline intelligent activities such as redlining documents, comparing clauses and defining legal terms.

Prior to that, he held the role of the first chief digital officer in law in the world at Minter, Ellison, Rudd Watts. There, he was responsible for the overall technology environment and led the firm’s digital vision, strategy and innovation. Nick experience has centered on technological transformation, with his earlier jobs focused on digitizing analog broadcasts, putting 4G on buses and WIFIs in stadiums and creating public cloud access in New Zealand. He holds an ITIL V3 Certification.

Jean Yang, vice president of the Onit AI Center of Excellence, has a background in building businesses and solutions that improve how law is practiced and accessed. In her role at Onit, she applies her extensive experience and dedication to innovation to continue the AI evolution of Onit and its products.

She was named Emerging ICT Leader of the Year 2019 and regularly presents on the topics of legal technology and AI. She is also the founding executive of LegalTech NZ, an organization that facilitates the development and adoption of advancing legal technology in New Zealand.

Yang was a solicitor at a commercial law firm, Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, where she started automating repetitive aspects of her own work with code. From there, Jean left the traditional legal career to become the COO and VP of Legal Services at AI contract management software provider McCarthy Finch (acquired by Onit in 2020). She helped build the business from infancy to acquisition and lead product and technology development.

Jean has a bachelor of law and bachelor of commerce from the University of Auckland and is admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.