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Merrick J. Benn
Partner, Global Board Member
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP
As vice chair of Womble Bond Dickinson LP, Merrick J. Benn is involved with a firm that equipment finance companies and banks rely on to solve their business challenges.
His practice includes handling all aspects of equipment financing transactions, including structuring, documenting and negotiating lease agreements, among others.
What is the most important thing you do in your job?
I count myself lucky that I have the opportunity to work on some of our clients’ most important transactions that have a tangible impact on their businesses and the U.S. economy as a whole. And while it is great to see the planes, trains and vessels that we help finance in the real world, the most important thing I do is help my colleagues succeed.
What is one aspect of your profession you would like to change?
It’s less about making changes, but I do think the use of artificial intelligence in the legal profession deserves serious thought. As attorneys, we absolutely need to be more receptive to new technologies. Our clients are already using AI, and lawyers and law firms need to be speaking the same language. AI opens tremendous opportunities to get routine work off the plates of attorneys, which in turn allows us to focus our time and attention to high-value work for our clients.
If you weren’t in this industry, what would you be doing?
No doubt: ski instructor in Colorado during the day and electronic disc jockey by night.
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This profile is part of The Daily Record's Business Law Power List for 2024. Information used in this profile was sourced from the honoree. See the full list at thedailyrecord.com. |
