Ernie Svenson sits down with complex litigation attorney Richard Serpe to explore how he went from struggling with AI basics to becoming an advanced user in just 18 months. Richard shares how he uses tools like Claude, Perplexity Computer, NotebookLM, and AI skills to manage complex cases, organize research, prepare witnesses, and build better legal workflows.

They also discuss the real costs of agentic AI, why file structure matters, how lawyers can avoid getting locked into one platform, and why curiosity may be the most important skill for adopting AI in legal practice.

 

Chapters

0:07 Richard's AI Journey
4:26 Early AI Friction
9:25 File Structure And Memory
15:34 Perplexity Computer Costs
26:17 Skills In Claude
35:57 Final AI Adoption Advice

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