Evan Shenkman leads the Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Library functions at the 650+ attorney labor and employment law firm Fisher Phillips, where he helps harness the power of A.I. and data analytics for legal; creates internal and client-facing collaborative tools; and helps make the practice of law far more efficient and predictable for firm attorneys and clients.
Passionate about legal tech and legal innovation, in 2022-23 he and his team helped develop (and were the first firm to deploy) Casetext's CoCounsel, the world's first GPT-4-powered Legal AI Assistant. He’s been honored with ILTA's "Innovative Leader of the Year Award," Litera’s “Legal Innovator of the Year Award”, Law.com’s 2024 Innovations in KM Award, and the American Legal Technology Award's "Law Firm of the Year." He is a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and was named to the 2024 and 2025 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors list, and the "Fastcase 50 List," recognizing “50 of the smartest, most courageous, innovators, techies, visionaries, and leaders in the law.” Evan also is on numerous legal tech companies' advisory boards.
Evan frequently writes and presents on KM and Legal Innovation topics. He has guest lectured at law schools across the United States, and has appeared on/in NPR's Marketplace, The American Lawyer, the ABA Journal, Law.com, the National Law Review, the AALL Spectrum, Knowledge Cast Podcast, The Geek in Review, Legally Disrupted, The Modern Lawyer Podcast, LiteraTV, and the Reinventing Professionals podcast, among others.
Before entering legal innovation in 2011, Evan was an AV-rated law firm partner, litigating labor and employment matters for a decade.
Evan collaborated with Oliver Roberts, Editor-in-Chief of The National Law Review's influential "AI & the Law" newsletter, on the following articles:
What to Expect in 2025: AI Legal Tech and Regulation (65 Expert Predictions)
Driving AI Adoption at Top Law Firms: Candid Insights from Innovation Leaders
