Denise Farmer
General Manager, APAC at Clio
Denise Farmer is General Manager, APAC at Clio. She has more than 15 years of experience in Australia’s legal tech industry, including leadership roles at LexisNexis and as General Manager of Practitioner Services at Sympli. Denise leads Clio's overall regional business strategy, where she drives business and customer development, and nurtures stakeholder relationships including industry bodies and law societies, channel partners, law schools and other strategic partners in the APAC region. Denise has a strong track record of leading teams to help legal professionals harness technologies in their practices. She is driven by the transformative impact of technology adoption in the legal sector, and excited by the outcomes of more accessible legal services.
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In their own words
From How AI is Changing Law Firms Forever (Ft. Denise Farmer, Clio) · In The Blink Of AIAI isn't going to replace lawyers. Lawyers that adopt AI will replace lawyers that don't adopt AI.
Career
- Now General Manager, APAC · Clio
- Until 2022 · Scale-up General Manager, Practitioner Services · Sympli
- From 2005 Executive Manager, Legal Software Solutions · LexisNexis Pacific
Sources: legaltechnology.com, thelawyermag.com
Key moments
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- 2:56 Australia's legal tech future and rapid AI adoption
- 8:41 The shift from hourly billing to AI-driven pricing models
- 12:47 Will AI replace lawyers? Why adopting AI is critical
- 17:58 Moving beyond admin tasks: Focusing lawyers on strategic, high-value work
- 21:00 AI use cases transforming law firms (and pitfalls to avoid)
- 30:16 Predicting AI’s impact on law firms in the next 5 years
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