Richard Robbins, ’91, Joins Reed Smith as Director of Applied AI
Reed Smith welcomes Director of Applied AI Richard Robbins
Reed Smith today welcomed its first director of applied artificial intelligence (AI), Richard Robbins. In this role, Robbins will lead the design and development of generative AI, predictive AI, data science and other disciplines for the delivery of Reed Smith’s legal and business services. He will lead a team of AI engineers and data scientists and work closely with the firm’s existing design and tech transformation resources within its Innovation Lab, strategic client intelligence and financial intelligence teams, and Gravity Stack subsidiary.
Robbins brings unique depth and breadth to this new role. He is a former Am Law 10 partner and Morningstar, Inc.’s first general counsel. He established the knowledge management department at his former law firm and was a senior consultant at Fireman & Company, focusing on law firm data strategy. Most recently, he was the managing director of applied AI at legal services provider Epiq. Robbins holds a B.A. and an M.A. in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. He will receive a master's in data science from UC Berkeley this month. He is a teaching assistant for the program's generative AI class and served in that role for its natural language processing class.
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