Ally Law held its 2026 Americas Regional Conference October 28–31 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Hosted by Musick Peeler & Garrett LLP, Ally Law’s Southern California-based member firm, the meeting brought together more than 50 delegates and guests from member firms in more than a dozen countries across North, South, and Central America, as well as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and China.

The program took on three questions facing law firm leaders throughout the Americas: how AI is changing the economics of legal work, how compensation models can encourage collaboration rather than undercut it, and how lawyers can keep cross-border matters on track. Two outside advisors to the legal industry led key sessions:

• Nigel Haddon of Haddon Consult returned after his session at Ally Law’s 2026 Global Meeting to lead “The Next Chapter: AI, Efficiency and Pricing.” Working from questions attendees submitted in advance, he covered how firms can communicate value when AI reduces lawyer effort, how AI is reshaping profitability and traditional leverage models, and how firms can demonstrate competitive advantage in a changing market.

• Tim Corcoran of Corcoran Consulting Group presented “From ‘Eat What You Kill’ to Building the Village.” He examined how firms can rethink lawyer remuneration to support shared clients, teamwork, recruitment and retention, and succession planning, rewarding individual contribution while giving lawyers reasons to build the firm together.

Member firms also drew on their own experience. In “Lost in Translation: The Cross-Border Matter,” mixed international teams worked through an evolving simulation covering client communication, KYC and confidentiality, risk, negotiation, and invoicing. Along the way they weighed when lawyers should adapt their approach and when local requirements must prevail

In “Practical AI: What’s Working, What Doesn’t and What We’ve Learned,” Ally firms gave brief reports on their real-world AI use cases and current challenges. Those reports opened a broader conversation about adoption, training, governance, client data, workflow changes, and measuring impact.

Outside the conference room, attendees toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s Hollyhock House, hiked to the Hollywood Sign, and opened the conference at Spire 73, the open-air rooftop bar atop the InterContinental. The closing dinner was held at Gravitas, a private members’ club in Beverly Hills. On Saturday, attendees chose between kayaking among the sea lions of Redondo Beach Harbor and a private tour of the Getty Villa’s collection of ancient Greek and Roman art.

Said Ally Law President Paola Sangiovanni (of Italy member firm Gitti and Partners), “Los Angeles showed once again how much our firms gain from comparing notes face to face. We talked frankly about pricing as AI changes the work, about rewarding lawyers for building the firm and not only their own practices, and about the small misunderstandings that can derail a cross-border matter. And as promised, we wrapped up on Halloween without a single person dressed as their compensation committee.”

The Los Angeles meeting was the second of Ally Law’s three 2026 regional gatherings, following the EMEA Regional Conference in Copenhagen. The series concludes with the Asia Pacific Regional Conference, November 26–29 in Beijing, to be hosted by Chance Bridge Law Firm.