Keeping Legal AI Real, with Alex Herrity of adidas
February 2, 2026
Everyone’s talking about AI agents, but what if your legal team isn’t actually ready for them? In this episode of Meeting of the Minds - The Legal AI Podcast, hosts Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Alex Herrity, Legal Operations Leader at adidas, to discuss why legal departments must establish foundational processes and data hygiene before deploying AI agents and how this groundwork unlocks transformative capability down the line. The problem isn’t getting the AI agents ready; it’s knowing what you want them to do and getting the data and environment ready so they can do it well.
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What if we’re chasing the wrong problem? As it turns out, it’s not so much about getting agents ready – it’s about getting ourselves ready to benefit from them. In this episode of Meeting of the Minds – The Legal AI Podcast, Hal Marcus and Memme Onwudiwe sit down with Alex Herrity, Legal Operations Leader at adidas, to explore the strategies and frameworks that unlock transformation and capability for legal teams in the long run.
What You'll Learn:
- How to articulate what you actually want an AI agent to do before building or buying one
- Why simplifying processes before automating them is non-negotiable
- The difference between what legal leaders think happens vs. what actually happens operationally
- How to use AI as an intelligence tool to audit your own legal operations
- Why CLMs aren't going away and how they’re evolving
- How to shift from replacing lawyers to leveling up their work
About the Guest
Alex Herrity is a Legal Operations Leader at adidas with a unique background spanning both in-house counsel and legal technology innovation. Transitioning from commercial law into legal ops around 2017, he has become a thought leader on preparing legal departments for AI adoption. Co-hosting the podcast “Law://WhatsNext” alongside Tom Rice, Alex brings practical, grounded perspectives on legal technology implementation.
Episode Resources
- Alex Herrity on LinkedIn: Alex Herrity
- Workday Contract Management: Website
- Hal Marcus on LinkedIn: Hal Marcus
- Memme Onwudiwe on LinkedIn: Memme Onwudiwe
Theme music: "Load" Copyright © 1996 by Hal Marcus.
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