

AI and the Law
AI's rapid adoption is creating a fundamental tension between groundbreaking innovation and established legal safeguards. This topic has dominated conversations in recent days. This expert panel will navigate the critical intersection of responsible AI, exploring emerging frameworks alongside pending legislation and regulatory oversight.
Julia Brickell
Attorney at Law, Lecturer, Consultant
Julia Brickell serves as general counsel for AI advisory services at Workforce Opportunity Services and is a board member of the AI Education Project, nonprofits that serve marginalized populations. She teaches, speaks, and writes about the intersection of data management and security, AI, and legal ethics. Ms. Brickell taught Technology and the Law in executive masters programs at Columbia University for over a decade, and more recently at Northeastern University. Ms. Brickell was general counsel of H5, known for its search technology and measurement expertise, and was formerly associate general counsel of Altria Client Services, vice president and deputy general counsel of Philip Morris USA, and a litigator at Davis, Polk & Wardwell in New York.
David Siffert
Lawyer, Professor, and Democratic Nominee for NY State Assembly
David Siffert is a civil rights lawyer, NYU law professor, and the Democratic Nominee for State Assembly in District 66. They are a community leader and life-long Manhattanite who combines the wonkishness of an academic with the experience of a civil rights advocate and the grounding of a community organizer. David has drafted countless bills related to technology, privacy, and civil rights, negotiated bill language, advocated for and against state legislation, and submitted regulatory comments.
William A. Tanenbaum
Chair of the AI & Data Law Practice, Moses Singer
Bill is Chair of the AI & Data Law Practice (founded in 2020) at Moses & Singer in New York and a Technology, IP, and Cyber partner at the firm. He has a “national reputation” in technology, is a “leading name” in AI, a “Global Elite Thought Leader” in Data (one of only five U.S. lawyers), an “IP Star,” and one of the “Top 10 Pioneering Tech Lawyers Shaping NY’s Legal Landscape.” Bill is a former SIM NY member.
Moderator
Hsing-Hsing Li is a technology executive and transformation leader who modernizes operations and builds enterprise AI capabilities for Fortune 500 companies such as Mercer and Goldman Sachs. She is COO of Aceler8.ai and a NACD Board Leadership Fellow. A CPA and KPMG alumna, she directed the first AI and RPA implementation, governance, and center of excellence at a regulated Fortune 10 company. At Columbia University she teaches AI/ML for Leaders and Finance for Technology, and she serves on the Board of SIM NY Metro.