Butler Snow attorney Melody McAnally will moderate the panel “How to Leverage and Manage AI” at the American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Cybersecurity and Data Privacy 2026 Biannual Conference on March 5, 2026, at Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. The session will address how attorneys can responsibly use artificial intelligence while considering ethical and legal factors. Panelists from Thomson Reuters, Microsoft, and Litmas Inc. will provide practical guidance for managing AI in a changing regulatory landscape.
The ABA TIPS Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Conference brings together legal, corporate, academic, and technology professionals to discuss emerging challenges in AI governance, cybersecurity, privacy compliance, litigation trends, and regulatory developments.
McAnally serves as Team Leader of Butler Snow’s Data Security and Privacy Team, focusing on a range of privacy and data security matters and commercial litigation. She has extensive experience advising clients on data security and privacy issues, including data breach investigation and notification, data breach litigation, privacy compliance programs, privacy litigation, and cyber insurance policies and coverage issues.
McAnally is AV®-Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® and was recently recognized by BL Rankings, Best Lawyers in America® in Commercial Litigation for the 5th consecutive year (2020-2025). She has previously been recognized by Thomson Reuters Super Lawyers® in Business Litigation and named a Top-Rated Commercial Litigation Lawyer by The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel. McAnally is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and immediate past chair of the ABA TIPS Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee. The Mississippi Bar Association has also recognized McAnally as a recipient of the Curtis E. Coker Access to Justice Award and the Jackson Young Lawyers’ Pro Bono Award.
