AI Litigation Consulting
Helping Courts and Legal Teams Understand Artificial Intelligence
AI creates new questions of responsibility and accountability. The legal system is one place where those questions will be resolved. My job is to help courts and legal teams understand the technology, the organizational context, and the role of human judgment.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly involved in decisions, products, services, communications, and organizational processes.
As those systems become more capable—and more autonomous—legal disputes will increasingly raise questions not only about what an AI system did, but also:
How did it work?
How was it used?
What role did human judgment play?
And who was responsible for the consequences?
Understanding these questions requires more than technical expertise alone. It requires understanding how intelligent systems interact with people and organizations—and the ability to explain those interactions clearly and objectively to attorneys, judges, juries, arbitrators, and other decision-makers.
Dr. Mark Salisbury provides expert analysis, litigation consulting, and testimony in selected matters involving artificial intelligence and related technologies.
AI, Accountability, and Human Judgment
Much of today's discussion about artificial intelligence focuses on what AI can do.
In litigation, the more consequential question may be:
Who was responsible for what happened?
AI systems may analyze information, generate content, make recommendations, automate processes, and increasingly take actions on behalf of people and organizations.
But those systems exist within a larger organizational context.
People select them.
Organizations implement them.
Leaders establish—or fail to establish—appropriate oversight.
Professionals decide when and how to rely upon their outputs.
When disputes arise, understanding that relationship between the technology, the organization, and human decision-making can be essential.
This intersection of artificial intelligence, organizational responsibility, governance, and human judgment is a particular focus of Mark's litigation consulting work.
Areas of Expertise
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
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Generative AI and Large Language Models
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Machine Learning Systems
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Intelligent Agents and Autonomous Systems
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Knowledge-Based Systems
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Human-AI Interaction
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Decision Support Systems
Organizational Use of AI
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AI Governance
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Responsible AI Practices
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Human Oversight and Accountability
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Organizational Decision-Making
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AI Adoption and Implementation
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Organizational Intelligence
Educational Technology
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Learning Technologies
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AI in Education
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Computer-Based Learning Systems
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Educational Assessment
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Learning Analytics
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Academic Integrity and AI
Intellectual Property and Technology
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Software and System Architecture
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Knowledge Management Systems
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Information Systems
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Technology Adoption
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Patent and Intellectual Property Matters
Services
Expert Witness Services
Independent expert analysis and testimony regarding artificial intelligence, machine learning, educational technology, organizational use of AI, and related technologies.
Technical Case Review
Evaluation of technical claims, AI systems, architectures, documentation, organizational practices, and other evidence to help legal teams understand complex issues and identify important technical and organizational questions.
Reports and Opinions
Preparation of expert reports and supporting analysis based on technical evidence, relevant research, professional experience, and the facts of the matter.
Deposition and Trial Testimony
Clear and understandable explanation of complex technical and organizational concepts for attorneys, judges, juries, arbitrators, and other decision-makers.
Why Mark Salisbury?
Dr. Mark Salisbury brings together experience in artificial intelligence, computer science, organizational change, education, and public communication.
His background includes:
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More than 35 years working with artificial intelligence, technology, organizational change, and education
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Artificial intelligence and learning-systems work at The Boeing Company
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Founder of a knowledge-management consulting firm serving government and industry
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Professor of Computer Science and Organizational Development & Change at the University of St. Thomas
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Author of Leadership in the Era of AI: How to Grow Organizational Intelligence
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Host of The Professor is Live!, exploring responsible AI and the role of human judgment and accountability as intelligent systems become increasingly capable
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Experience serving as an expert witness in technology-related litigation
This combination of technical depth, organizational understanding, and communication experience enables Mark to examine AI not simply as a technology, but as a system operating within an organizational and human context—and to explain those issues clearly to nontechnical audiences.
Promoting Responsible AI
The same principle connects Mark's litigation consulting, speaking, research, and The Professor is Live!:
The more capable artificial intelligence becomes, the more important human responsibility becomes.
Responsible AI involves more than designing better algorithms.
It also requires organizations to consider governance, oversight, appropriate use, professional judgment, risk, and accountability for the consequences of AI-assisted decisions.
Litigation represents one important mechanism through which those responsibilities may ultimately be examined.
Mark's role is not to advocate for or against artificial intelligence.
It is to help legal teams and decision-makers understand the technology, its organizational context, and the role of human judgment and responsibility.
Inquiries
Mark accepts a limited number of litigation consulting and expert witness engagements each year.
To discuss a potential matter: