Bloomberg Law
Feb. 22, 2018, 2:20 PM UTC

Tech-Savvy Attorneys in Heavy Demand Amid Emerging Tech

Michaela Ross

•Clients involved in blockchain, AI, cybersecurity put pressure on firms’ recruiting

•States, bar associations revise standards to include tech knowledge

Memo to lawyers: free your inner computer nerd if you want to represent today’s clients.

Take Patrick Berarducci, a lawyer whose resume also includes a background in computer science and software engineering. He was quickly snatched up by the blockchain company ConsenSys to make sure the developing technology complies with existing laws and regulations.

“There’s a real shortage” of lawyers like him, John Wolpert, ConsenSys’ product executive, told Bloomberg Law. “We need a lot more code-y lawyers, as I say.” ...

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