TLTF Summit 2026: A Practical Guide for Legal Industry Leaders

TLTF Summit 2026 will bring legal technology leaders to Scottsdale from November 16–18. If you are attending, expect fewer sales pitches and more candid conversations than you would find at a traditional legal technology conference.

That comes from the Summit's unusual mix of law firm leaders, corporate counsel, founders, investors, academics, and public-sector participants. If you are lucky, you might meet your next customer and your next investor within the same hour.

The event has also grown quickly. The first Summit drew roughly 150 people in 2022. By 2025, registration had reached over 620 companies, including more than 175 legal technology startups. This guide uses lessons from the 2025 event to help you plan for a larger, and likely busier, TLTF Summit in 2026.

Know Before You Go

• Dates: November 16–18, 2026

• Location: The Phoenician, 6000 East Camelback Road, Scottsdale, Arizona

• Format: Three-day, in-person, invite-only conference

• Audience: Law firm leaders, corporate legal teams, legal operations professionals, founders, investors, academics, nonprofits, and public-sector leaders

• Programming: Panels, roundtables, educational sessions, structured networking, and company presentations

• Company stages: Startup Showcase, Scale Stage, and Growth Track

• Included: Summit programming, activities, and meals

Registration is available after an invitation is accepted. The Summit is still accepting requests for invitations.

Understand What Makes TLTF Summit Different

TLTF stands for The LegalTech Fund, the venture capital firm focused exclusively on legal technology. Its annual Summit is designed to bring together different areas of the legal market: technology buyers, firm leaders, corporate counsel, founders, and investors.

The selection process is part of that design. For the 2025 Summit, organizers interviewed applicants before extending invitations. The event had no traditional exhibit hall, and its sales-free format was intended to keep the focus on discussion rather than pitching.

The event operates under the Chatham House Rule. Attendees can reference what they learn, but cannot identify a speaker or participant without permission. The purpose is to encourage more direct and honest conversations about adoption problems, pricing, governance, product performance, and firm strategy.

Who Attends TLTF Summit?

The 2025 Summit drew 876 registrants and hundreds of represented companies. The audience included:

• Managing partners and innovation leaders from large and technology-forward law firms

• General counsel, legal operations teams, and corporate innovation leaders

• Founders ranging from early-stage startups to established legal technology companies

• Venture capital, private equity, litigation finance, and strategic investors

• Academics, regulators, nonprofit leaders, and public-sector participants

The event's center of gravity remains BigLaw and corporate legal. The 2025 speaker roster included leaders from firms such as A&O Shearman, Goodwin, K&L Gates, Latham & Watkins, Ogletree Deakins, Orrick, and Skadden.

TLTF Summit 2026 Speakers

The confirmed 2026 speaker community includes law firm innovation leaders, technology executives, legal industry advisers, academics, and investors.

Members of the 2026 Advisory Board include:

• Kristen Baylis, Senior Technology Counsel at Orrick

• Brad Blickstein, CEO of Blickstein Group

• Ilona Logvinova, Chief AI Officer at HSF Kramer

• Keith Maziarek, Principal at Lucratic Method

• Lee Minkoff, Managing Director at Renovus Capital Partners

• Sara Miro, Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Sullivan & Cromwell

• Lucian Pera, Partner at Adams & Reese

• Trisha Rich, Partner and Chair of the Legal Profession Team at Holland & Knight

• Caitlin Vaughn, Managing Director of Learning and Professional Development at Goodwin

• Christina Wojcik, Chief Innovation Officer at Pierson Ferdinand

The 2026 Legal Leaders Forum brings together executives from major legal technology and services companies. Confirmed participants include Jack Newton of Clio, Max Junestrand of Legora, Dan Springer of Ironclad, AJ Shankar of Everlaw, Troy Pospisil of Ontra, Avaneesh Marwaha of Litera, Matt Sunderman of Harbor, Eric Thurston of SurePoint, David McVeigh of Axiom, Andy Macdonald of Consilio, and other industry CEOs.

What to Expect From the TLTF Summit 2026 Agenda

The 2026 agenda is still developing, but the confirmed speaker group and prior-year programming point to several likely areas of focus.

AI adoption and legal work

The 2025 AI programming moved beyond general discussions of generative AI. Sessions examined law firm economics, interoperability between legal AI systems, governance, access to justice, and the wider effects of AI on business and society.

Expect 2026 conversations to focus on how firms and legal departments are moving from pilots to repeatable workflows. The practical questions now concern integration, data access, adoption, review, pricing, and measurement.

Law firm economics and business models

The relationship between AI and the billable hour has been a major recurring theme over the past year. Programming addressed alternative pricing, subscriptions, technology-enabled services, staffing models, timekeeping, and the operational data required to understand cost and profitability.

This remains one of the most important subjects for law firm leaders. Faster work does not automatically improve profitability. Firms need a clear plan for pricing, staffing, capacity, client expectations, and the way saved time will be used.

Finance and operations leaders should listen for concrete examples: how a firm priced a technology-enabled matter, how it measured margin, what changed in the delivery team, and whether the model worked beyond a pilot.

Technology integration and architecture

Legal teams have more specialized solutions than ever. They also just have more tools, in general, than ever before. The problem is that many of those tools still do not talk to one another.

The 2025 program covered interoperability, shared data, open platforms, and the relationship among founders, investors, vendors, and firm innovation teams. In 2026, look for practical examples of how organizations are connecting systems without adding one more place for users to check.

Adoption, governance, and the future legal workforce

Buying technology is the easy part. Getting people to use it well is harder.

Past sessions examined AI training, career development, acceptable-use policies, review procedures, and the difference between real change and “innovation theater.” Those questions are not going away.

Ask other attendees what happened after launch. Who owned adoption? What training worked? Where did users get stuck? What changed six months later?

Legaltech investment and market direction

TLTF Summit also offers a close-up view of where the legal technology market may be headed.

Prior programming has covered funding, private equity, M&A, product-market fit, investor expectations, and the debate between specialized tools and all-in-one platforms.

The 2026 Legal Leaders Forum should add the perspective of executives running established legal technology and services businesses. Together with the three company stages, it will give attendees a view across early-stage innovation, scaling companies, and market leaders.

Understanding the Three Summit Sessions Stages

The Summit Sessions are the conference’s company-presentation program. In 2026, 40 companies are expected to present across three stages.

Startup Showcase

The Startup Showcase features early-stage companies selected by external judges. Presenters may serve consumers, law firms, corporate legal teams, or other parts of the legal market.

For buyers, this is an easy way to gain early access to learn about up-and-coming products and firms. Investors get a concentrated speed round of company pitches, emerging categories, and potential opportunities. Founders should take note of how other companies present their market, product, and growth.

Scale Stage

The Scale Stage focuses on later-stage companies that are growing quickly and developing into larger legal technology businesses. These presentations tend to provide more evidence about customer adoption, market expansion, and the operational demands of scale.

Law firm and legal department leaders can use the stage to assess which sub-markets are gaining traction and which companies are well-positioned to capitalize on that traction.

Growth Track

The Growth Track features leaders of established companies that have moved well beyond initial product-market fit. Discussions focus on company development, market direction, and the next stage of legal technology.

Try to attend at least one presentation from each stage. Together, they show how companies and products evolve from an early problem to broader adoption and sustained growth.

Make “Who Luck” More Likely

TLTF organizers use “who luck” to describe the unexpected value of meeting the right person at the right time. In 2025, cofounder Zach Posner encouraged attendees to skip a session if a promising conversation or walk presented itself.

My advice? Follow Posner's advice.

The 2025 event did not provide an attendee roster, and names and affiliations were difficult to read on some badges. Introduce yourself even if you think you recognize someone. Most importantly, come ready with somewhere to easily note down contact details with context. Phone battery may be a luxury as you often find yourself swept away by post-conference events, so I recommend carrying a portable charger with you. Or if you want to stick to the reliable pen and paper, a small notebook and a pen works too.

Prepare for a Busy Event

With growth comes certain practical challenges. Several program rooms reached standing-room-only capacity, with late arrivals lining the walls or sitting on the floor. If a session is important to you, make sure to arrive early.

The 2025 Summit also relied on a 76-page lookbook and a web agenda rather than a dedicated app. Review the 2026 materials before arriving, save the sessions you care about somewhere easy to access, and take a screenshot of each day's plan.

Two details received consistently positive reviews: food and swag.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks are provided throughout the event. The Summit's swag room was also a destination of its own, with apparel, hats, drinkware, socks, and other items.

What to pack

• Comfortable shoes for the resort and walks between conversations

• A portable charger

• A refillable water bottle

• Sunscreen for outdoor time

• Layers for warm Scottsdale afternoons, cool desert evenings, and aggressively air-conditioned meeting rooms

• A simple way to take notes and save follow-ups

• A little extra suitcase space

Make the Most of TLTF Summit Networking

Networking is central to TLTF Summit. Before the conference, identify the different types of people you want to meet. The 2025 Summit used assigned tables for “Peak at Pathways” networking, placing attendees into groups intended to create new connections and discussion. It also included shared meals, small roundtables, and a “Networking for Good” activity in which attendees participate in a donation activity.

Travel and Venue Information

TLTF Summit 2026 will be held at The Phoenician, a resort at the base of Camelback Mountain in Scottsdale.

The venue address is:

The Phoenician
6000 East Camelback Road
Scottsdale, Arizona 85251

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is the primary airport serving the Scottsdale area. Attendees should allow additional travel time during peak arrival and departure periods and confirm transportation arrangements before leaving for the airport.

Because programming, meals, and networking take place at the resort, staying on-site or nearby can make it easier to participate in early and evening conversations. Confirm the official hotel booking process through your registration materials before reserving a room.

Scottsdale in November can have warm days and much cooler evenings. Pack layers, comfortable shoes, sunscreen, and clothing suitable for both indoor programming and outdoor resort spaces.

PointOne is Going to TLTF

The Summit’s central discussions on AI economics, law firm data, pricing, and technology adoption all connect directly to timekeeping. Firms need a complete record of work to understand where time is spent, price matters accurately, assess capacity, and determine whether a new workflow improves financial performance.

PointOne uses AI to turn work completed across email, documents, meetings, and other systems into detailed time entries for review. For firms examining the economics of AI-assisted work, automated time capture provides a clearer operational record for evaluating adoption, staffing, billing, and realization.