E55 - Lawyers Leaving Trad Law for AI-First Firms? Norm Law Partner Batya Nadler

What happens when a veteran Big Law attorney leaves a traditional partnership to help build a law firm from scratch? In this episode, Zach speaks with Batya Nadler, Partner at Norm Law, about her decision to join one of the legal industry's most ambitious AI-native firms. They discuss how Norm combines experienced lawyers with legal engineers and AI agents, why repeatable legal workflows are the ideal starting point for automation, and how AI is changing, not replacing, the role of senior attorneys. The conversation also explores why client relationships remain the foundation of legal practice, what skills lawyers need to thrive in an AI-first world, and why Batya believes the future belongs to firms built around AI from day one.

In this episode:

Why Batya left Big Law to help build an AI-native law firm from the ground up

How legal engineers and AI agents are transforming repeatable legal workflows

Why senior lawyers remain essential, even as AI automates more legal work

How Norm is rethinking the traditional law firm model around AI-native infrastructure

What lawyers can do today to become AI-fluent and prepare for the future of legal practice

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