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Overview

Eric Wood is Chapman’s Practice Innovations and Technology Partner. As a member of Chapman’s Practice Innovations group, Eric works across the firm's offices and practice groups to research, design, develop and implement legal technology systems for Chapman’s attorneys and clients.

Eric has led the design and development of numerous custom software applications, including platforms for transaction management, high-volume contract review, document comparison, multi-document automated drafting and AI-assisted document analysis. His experience also includes coding AI-powered tools for automating contractual review and revision workflows, developing internal- and external-facing document automation systems, building legal expert systems to model legal logic and leading many service design, process optimization and knowledge management initiatives.

Eric draws on significant prior experience in financial transactions, having previously worked as an associate in the Banking and Financial Services Department at Chapman and the Capital Markets group at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP in New York.

Before attending law school, he worked on legal technology and access to justice projects as an AmeriCorps VISTA Volunteer for Wyoming Legal Services.

Admitted

Illinois

New York

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2008

Washington University in St. Louis, B.A., Political Science and Environmental Studies, 2003

Insights

Presentations

  • Panelist, "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Professionals," Thomson Reuters, February 2025
  • "Generative AI and Professional Ethics," Chapman and Cutler's 2024 CLE Marathon, May 2024
  • "What We Talk About When We Talk About AI," Inside Practice’s Legal AI Pathfinder’s Assembly, March 2024
  • "The Ins and Outs of Artificial Intelligence in the Wide Wide World of Legal," Legal Value Network LNVx Conference, September 2023
  • "Competing and Collaborating with the Big 4, Alternative Legal Service Providers (ALSPs) and Legal Process Outsourcing (LPOs)," Ark National Summit, May 2023
  • "Business Intelligence Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic," Ark Group’s Business Intelligence & Analytics in the Legal Profession Conference, June 2022
  • "Automating Transactional Closings," NetDocuments Executive Briefing, March 2022
  • "AI Ethics," Legal Geek's Virtual Thomson Reuters Takeover, March 10, 2021
  • "Insights on Legal in Transition from Tech Experts," International Legal Technology Association Webinar, June 16, 2020
  • "Platforms and Interoperability," Inspire.Legal, February 7, 2020
  • "How Law Firms Can Successfully Create an Innovation Platform," 5th Annual Disruption and Innovation in the Delivery of Legal Services Conference, September 17, 2019
  • "Showcasing Innovation to the Client: Giving Your Firm a Competitive Edge," LegalWeek Strategic Technology Forum, October 10 – 12, 2018
  • "Agents of Change: Profiles in Law Firm Intrapreneurship," 2018 Legal Executive Forum, June 7 – 8, 2018.
  • "Implementing Legal Technology in Transactional Practice," Chapman and Cutler's 2018 CLE Marathon, May 2, 2018
  • "NDA+," 2018 CLOC Corporate Legal Operations Institute, April 22 – 25, 2018
  • "Document Automation—Workflow Strategies for Competitive Firms," Legaltech New York, January 30 – February 1, 2018
  • "Contracts, Code and Automation," 2017 Fin(Legal)Tech Conference, October 19, 2017
  • “Document Automation: Workflow Strategies for Competitive Law Firms,” Legal Executive Institute Webinar, September 12, 2017

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