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Sep. 4, 2026

Abir sees AI reshaping law firms as industry consolidation accelerates

Danny Abir predicts that attorney shortages, growing competition and rapid advances in artificial intelligence will accelerate consolidation in the plaintiffs' bar, forcing law firms to embrace technology and scale to remain competitive.

The plaintiffs' bar is headed toward significant consolidation, with a relatively small number of large firms increasingly competing for lawyers and clients and smaller practices facing pressure to merge, change direction or disappear, according to attorney Danny Abir.

Artificial intelligence will be an important part of that transformation, Abir said, because firms facing a shortage of attorneys will increasingly need technology to get more work from the people they can hire....

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