AI in Legal Practice: Verification, Courtroom Admissibility Under the New Rules, and Ethics (2026 Edition)

Greg Siskind, Founding Partner | Siskind Susser, PC

Greg Siskind is the founding partner of Siskind Susser, PC, Immigration Lawyers and has been a leader in the national immigration bar and in legal technology innovation for more than three decades. He began practicing law at age 22, co-founded Siskind Susser in 1994, Visalaw Ventures in 2019, and IMMpact Litigation in 2020. A pioneer in applying technology and artificial intelligence to law practice, Greg launched the first immigration law firm website in the world in 1994, became the first lawyer in the world with a blog in 1998, and in 2016 became one of the first lawyers to publish artificial intelligence tools for both lawyers and consumers. He is the author of seven books and hundreds of articles and book chapters, has authored a number of immigration-related pieces of legislation, and has testified as an expert in front of the U.S. House of Representatives Immigration Subcommittee.

• Education & Credentials

Greg received his Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1990. He was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 1990.

• Recognition & Leadership

Greg’s recognition for his work at the intersection of law, technology, and AI includes the 2024 AILA Technology and Innovation Award and the 2022 American Bar Association James E. Keane Award for e-Lawyering, an honor specifically recognizing leadership in the use of technology to deliver legal services. His broader honors include the 2020 Advocacy Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the 2022 Litigation Award (co-recipient) from the American Immigration Lawyers Association, recognition as a 2023 Who’s Who Legal Global Elite Thought Leader, and recognition as a 2023 Who’s Who Legal Thought Leader – USA – Corporate Immigration. He has been listed in the National Law Journal’s 2023 Immigration Law Trailblazers, Who’s Who in Corporate Immigration Law’s World’s Ten Most Distinguished Immigration Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America® in Immigration Law, Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business Tennessee magazine’s 150 Best Lawyers, and Chambers and Partners’ top 25 Immigration Lawyers, and is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He also received the 2018 International Medical Graduate Taskforce Roberta Freedman Lifetime Achievement Award. Greg was the first immigration lawyer ever photographed for the cover of the American Bar Association Journal.

• Professional Involvement

Greg has served on the American Immigration Lawyers Association Board of Governors from 2010 to present and currently serves as Chairman of the International Bar Association’s Immigration and Nationality Law Committee. He is a past Law Practice Division council member and chair of the Publications Board for the American Bar Association, roles that placed him at the center of national conversations about how attorneys adopt and ethically deploy new technology in their practices. He served as chairman of the IMG Taskforce, the physician immigration bar organization, for more than a decade, founded the immigration section of the Tennessee Bar Association, and is a member of the Memphis Bar Association. He is also one of the founders of Visalaw International, the global alliance of immigration lawyers.

• Experience

Greg co-founded Siskind Susser, PC – Immigration Lawyers in 1994, Visalaw Ventures in 2019, and IMMpact Litigation in 2020, building one of the most technology-forward immigration practices in the country. He has been at the forefront of legal technology and AI adoption for over thirty years: he created visalaw.com, the first immigration law firm website in the world, in 1994; launched Siskind’s Immigration Bulletin, the first electronically distributed law firm newsletter, the same year; became the first lawyer in the world with a blog in 1998; and in 2016 began publishing AI tools for lawyers and consumers, well before generative AI became mainstream. Through Visalaw Ventures, he is a co-founder of Visalaw.ai, a legal AI software company, and of book publisher Alan House, giving him direct, hands-on experience with the operational, ethical, and risk-management questions attorneys face when building or deploying AI in their practices. He is the author of seven books, including The American Immigration Lawyers Association Practice and Procedures Manual (the “AILA Cookbook”), the J-1 Visa Guidebook (published annually by LexisNexis since 1997), the Lawyers Guide to Marketing on the Internet (American Bar Association, three editions), The Employer’s Immigration Compliance Desktop Reference (SHRM), The Medical Waste Handbook (WestGroup, 1994), Immigration for Startups: A Guide for Founders, The Physician’s Immigration Handbook, and The I-9 and E-Verify Handbook, along with chapters in AILA-published volumes on immigration options for physicians, nurses, academics and researchers, religious workers, and investors. As a frequent commentator on legal technology and immigration policy, he is regularly interviewed by publications including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Time, The Washington Post, NPR’s All Things Considered, Forbes, and Bloomberg.

Michael J. Needleman, Partner | Reger Rizzo & Darnall LLP

Michael J. Needleman is a Partner in the Philadelphia office of Reger Rizzo & Darnall, bringing extensive trial experience in state and federal court across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He is appointed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to represent indigent parties. Michael represents domestic and international insurance carriers and their insureds on a third-party basis in premises liability disputes, general liability claims, employment-based litigation, and bad faith claims, and he also represents insurers in pursuing subrogation claims. He approaches litigation as a problem-solving discipline, drawing on his trial experience to achieve excellent results for clients and cost-effective outcomes for insurers while maintaining a strong reputation with the courts. Beyond his practice, he regularly presents to the insurance industry and conducts legal education classes on litigation and litigation-related topics, including CLEs on analyzing and drafting pleadings in insurance coverage disputes, and has led training seminars for employers on maintaining harassment-free workplaces and minimizing claims. Outside the office, Michael is active in his community, having been elected by his neighbors to the school board, and he enjoys time with his family and in the garden.

• Education & Credentials

Michael earned his J.D. from Widener University School of Law in 2001 and his B.A. from American University in 1998. He graduated cum laude and was a member of the law review. Following law school, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Theodore Z. Davis, P.J. Ch., of the New Jersey Superior Court, Camden County. He is admitted to practice in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Recognition & Leadership

Michael was named a 2014 Pennsylvania Rising Star and was selected for inclusion in the 2008, 2010–2016 list of Pennsylvania Rising Stars Super Lawyers®. He has been honored as an attorney on the Civil Rights and Employment Panels of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In a leadership capacity, he serves as Co-Chair of the ADR Committee of the New Jersey Defense Association and as Vice President of the Board of School Directors for the School District of Springfield Township.

• Professional Involvement

Michael is a member of the Civil Rights Panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and serves as Co-Chair of the ADR Committee of the New Jersey Defense Association. He is a member and volunteer with Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, including Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and serves as a member of the Advisory Board to the Board of Directors of the Charcot Marie Tooth Association, where he is also a past Advisory Board member. He has authored numerous articles, including “The Medicare Secondary Payer Act and Distribution of Settlement Funds: Life in the Trenches,” “Forum Non Conveniens in the Keystone State: A Common Sense Approach” (DRI: The Voice), “Out of Joint (and Several Liability)” (New Jersey Defense Association), “Defending Workers’ Compensation Discrimination Claims” (New Jersey Defense Association), and pieces addressing the Family and Medical Leave Act, the SMART Act, and bad faith case law. He has presented on topics including federal court practice, representing clients in federal court, advanced uninsured/underinsured motorist law, and the nuances of federal trial practice and removal procedures for organizations such as LawPractice CLE, The National Business Institute, and The Federal Bar Association.

• Experience

Michael won summary judgment on behalf of Lloyds in a coverage dispute where the demand exceeded $18,000,000. He successfully represented an insurer in a complicated coverage dispute involving firearms and a tragic accident. He tried to a defense verdict a premises liability case in which the plaintiff was injured in a commercial business, and he successfully tried to verdict a premises liability case in which the plaintiff was injured on an exterior walkway.

SESSION 1 – AI and Ethics for Lawyers: Responsible Use Under the Model Rules | 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Practical guidance for meeting professional responsibility obligations when integrating AI into a law practice. Covers competence, confidentiality, and supervision under Model Rules 1.1, 1.6, 5.1, and 5.3, plus verification protocols, vendor due diligence, client disclosure, and recent decisions sanctioning attorneys for improper AI use.

BREAK | 2:00pm – 2:10pm

SESSION 2 – AI Evidence on Trial: Authentication, Daubert, and FRE 707 | 2:10pm – 3:10pm

A working framework for authenticating AI outputs and meeting attorney duties of candor when generative tools touch the record. Covers synthetic media, FRE 901 and the proposed Rule 901(c) deepfake standard, Federal Rule of Evidence 707, Daubert applied to algorithmic tools, and forensic detection of hallucinations and fabricated documents.