On LawNext: An Offer She Could Not Turn Down — Bridget McCormack on Joining Clio to Transform Technology for Judges

Clio hired Bridget Mary McCormack, former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and current president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, as general manager, judiciary, starting in October, to lead market and commercial strategy for its judiciary business. McCormack joins Pablo Arredondo, the former Casetext cofounder and CoCounsel developer Clio hired to lead product development for the judiciary initiative. McCormack told LawNext host Bob Ambrogi she considered the role an offer she could not turn down.

Legal tech company Clio has long said that its mission is to transform the legal experience for all. Until now, that “all” has largely focused on law firms and their clients, but recently Clio announced https://www.lawnext.com/2026/08/pablo-arredondo-casetext-cofounder-and-legal-ai-pioneer-joins-clio-to-lead-its-expansion-into-the-judiciary.html a major initiative to develop technology for the judiciary. As part of that initiative, it hired Pablo Arredondo, the former cofounder of Casetext and developer of CoCounsel, one of the first AI legal assistants, to lead product development. Arredondo was on this show on Sept. 1 https://www.lawnext.com/2026/09/on-lawnext-why-legal-ai-pioneer-pablo-arredondo-is-joining-clio-to-build-technology-for-the-courts.html to discuss his new role. Now, Clio has made another major hire https://www.lawnext.com/2026/09/one-plus-one-equals-more-than-two-clio-lands-mccormack-to-join-arredondo-in-judiciary-expansion.html to help lead this project: Bridget Mary McCormack, the innovative former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and current president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, who will join Clio in October as general manager, judiciary, to lead the market and commercial strategy for the judiciary business. On the day her hiring was announced, McCormack sat down with host Bob Ambrogi to discuss why she considered this an offer she could not turn down and how she believes she, Arredondo, and Clio can transform the legal experience for the judiciary. Listen here: Watch here: Thank You To Our Sponsors This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out. - Paradigm https://joinparadigm.com/ , home to the practice management platforms PracticePanther https://www.practicepanther.com/ , Bill4Time https://www.bill4time.com/ , MerusCase https://meruscase.com/ and LollyLaw https://www.lollylaw.com/ ; the e-payments platform Headnote https://headnote.com/ ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks https://trustbooks.com/ . - Briefpoint https://rebrand.ly/briefpoint-lawnext-podcast , eliminating routine discovery response and request drafting tasks so you can focus on drafting what matters or just make it home for dinner . - CosmoLex https://rebrand.ly/CosmoLex-LNP , helping law firms manage their entire practice in one platform, from intake to payment. Try it free. - Ajax https://rebrand.ly/AJAX-LNP , the AI timekeeper lawyers want to use. If you enjoy listening to LawNext, please leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts.