Christie to Present at IDC AI Symposium; Odom Serves on Planning Team

Baker Sterchi Member Bob Christie will present at the Illinois Defense Counsel Artificial Intelligence Symposium on July 17 in Edwardsville, Illinois. Baker Sterchi Member Greg Odom served on the planning team for the event, which will provide defense attorneys with practical strategies for integrating AI into their practices while addressing client expectations, ethical considerations and perspectives from claims professionals, expert witnesses and the judiciary.

Christie’s session, “AI Best Practices In and Out of the Courtroom,” will explore the use of AI in attorney practices, both in and out of the courtroom, including demonstrations of various types of AI software and the benefits they offer to defense counsel.

Based in the firm’s Seattle office, Christie co-chairs the firm’s Trial & Appellate Practice Group and is a member of the Public-Sector Risk Management & Consulting group. He defends professionals, businesses, governmental entities, law enforcement officers and individuals in high-exposure matters. Christie is active in several peer-selected legal organizations, including serving as chair of the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Techniques and Tactics Committee and as secretary of Lawyers for Civil Justice. He is admitted to practice in Washington, Oregon, Idaho and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Based in the firm’s Belleville office and an active IDC member since 2013, Odom currently serves as the organization’s second vice president. He also serves on its Board of Directors and Toxic Torts Committee and writes and edits for IDC’s annual Survey of Law. Odom is a trial attorney focusing on mass toxic tort and commercial litigation in Illinois and Missouri state and federal courts. He co-chairs Baker Sterchi’s Toxic Tort Practice Group.

The IDC is a statewide organization of civil defense attorneys dedicated to supporting the defense bar and improving the civil justice system in Illinois.