9th Annual LF Dealmakers Forum

LF Dealmakers Forum is the leading litigation finance conference in New York, bringing together law firms, litigation funders, litigators, in-house counsel, corporate leaders, and investors. Now in its ninth year, the forum remains the go-to platform for dealmaking, strategic insight, and cross-border litigation finance collaboration.

On September 16, Hausfeld US Managing Partner Melinda R. Coolidge will speak on the panel "In Perspective: View from the Top: Law Firm Leaders on AI, MSOs & the New Business of Law."

This discussion brings together law firm leaders to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping firm operations, decision-making, and client delivery, what growing investor interest and MSO (managed services organization) models mean for ownership, control, and independence, and how firm leaders are adapting their business models for the next era of legal practice. Melinda will be joined by Ed Scanlan, CEO & Founder of Bridge Legal (moderator), Hugh Carlson, CEO of Three Crowns, David Cunningham, Chief Innovation Officer of ReedSmith, and Kiley Grombacher, Founding Partner of Bradley/Grombacher.

The 2026 Forum will take place at the Kimpton Hotel Eventi & SECOND in New York, running September 15-17.