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Written for the working CRO, CCO, managing partner, and ethics partner.
No hype, no generic AI commentary. Regulator-grounded, evidence-first, plain English. Each piece protects a specific stakeholder and routes to a specific next step.
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ABA Opinion 512 in practice: the midsize-firm playbook
What ABA Formal Opinion 512 actually requires of a 5–50 attorney firm: engagement-letter language, supervision discipline, malpractice-carrier prep.
AI governance for community banks: what SR 11-7 requires
A working CRO's guide to building an AI governance practice for a $1B–$3B community bank — without copying the $50B playbook or hiring a Chief AI Officer.
AI in community-bank credit and lending: the full picture
Credit memo, SMB decisioning, embedded lending, early-warning monitoring — the full AI landscape for a $1B–$3B community bank's credit function.
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What 8 midsize firms deployed: partnership reactions
Named midsize-firm AI deployments in 2024–2025: what each firm did first, who led, how the partnership voted, and what the 9th firm should learn.
What 12 community banks have actually deployed in 2024–2025
Named community-bank AI deployments at the $500M–$10B tier: what each bank did first, who led, what survived examination, what broke.
What an AI consultant actually costs a community bank
Pricing, scope, and deliverables for each engagement type at a $1B–$3B community bank. Diagnostic, build, full program. Fixed fee, no hourly.
Litigation drafting with AI: verification for standing orders
How to build an AI-assisted litigation drafting workflow your associates use, your partners trust, and federal-district standing orders accept.
BSA/AML alert triage: the community-bank AI playbook
What AI-assisted BSA/AML triage actually requires of a $1B–$3B community bank: governance under SR 21-8, false-positive reduction, SAR quality.
How banks compressed credit-memo time from 25 to 15 hours
What changes when AI lands in the commercial credit-memo workflow at a $1B–$3B community bank: time, governance, analyst capacity.
For community banks
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B1 · 2 articles
Governance & Model Risk
SR 11-7, MRA prevention, board reporting, examiner readiness.
- AI governance for community banks: what SR 11-7 requires
- How to inventory the AI tools your bank already uses
B2 · 3 articles
Compliance Operations
BSA/AML, fair lending, CRA, CIP/KYC, third-party risk.
- BSA/AML alert triage: the community-bank AI playbook
- How to cut BSA false positives by 60% without missing alerts
- AI vendor diligence: the OCC 2023-17 and 2024-11 checklist
B3 · 2 articles
Credit & Lending
Credit memo workflow, SMB underwriting, embedded lending, early warning.
- AI in community-bank credit and lending: the full picture
- How banks compressed credit-memo time from 25 to 15 hours
For midsize law firms
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L1 · 3 articles
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
ABA Opinion 512, Rules 1.1/1.6/5.3, malpractice exposure, ethical walls.
- ABA Opinion 512 in practice: the midsize-firm playbook
- What ABA Opinion 512 actually requires of a midsize firm
- Engagement-letter language for AI: sample clauses
L2 · 1 article
Litigation & Drafting Workflow
Litigation drafting, transactional drafting, contract review, docketing.
- Litigation drafting with AI: verification for standing orders
Method & field notes
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P1 · 1 article
Engagement Method
How the diagnostic works, build vs. buy, vendor-neutrality stance.
- What an AI consultant actually costs a community bank
P2 · 2 articles
Field Notes
Patterns observed across engagements, regulator commentary.
- What 12 community banks have actually deployed in 2024–2025
- What 8 midsize firms deployed: partnership reactions