Kelsey Kornick Funes represents both plaintiffs and defendants in their disputes involving public and private construction projects. She has represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals in state and federal courts in Louisiana, as well as mediation and arbitration across the Gulf Coast region.
Funes is also one of the featured panelist trainers of our AI Arbitrator. She discusses her experience with the tool.
Q. What surprised you most when you first worked with the AI Arbitrator?
The AI Arbitrator’s ability to organize legal concepts and attach those concepts to a summary of the evidence was surprising and exciting. It creates a nice second look at the evidence and helps to create a framework for me to make my decision.
Q. What do you think people misunderstand most about AI-led arbitration?
I think people might assume that it is AI deciding their case. That is not true. Instead, AI is a tool for human arbitrators, who normally work alone, to review the evidence, summarize it, and apply it to the legal arguments raised by the parties. AI can create a draft award that the arbitrator can edit, like what a young associate might do. That helps make the arbitrator more efficient and makes arbitration more cost-effective.
Q. What role do you see AI-assisted decision-making playing in the future of arbitration and dispute resolution?
I hope it will make arbitration faster, more efficient, and more cost-effective.