Mar 4, 2026
8 Top Keynote Speakers for the Legal Industry
The legal industry is facing challenges in all directions. Challenges from AI disruption, cybersecurity risks, workplace culture, government regulations, and economic uncertainty. How can attorneys, legal firms, and the justice system adjust to these new changes?
At BigSpeak Speakers Bureau, we work with some of the top keynote speakers for the legal industry. These keynote speakers are bestselling authors, thought leaders, former tech executives, and successful entrepreneurs who understand the law and the challenges facing the legal system.
Here are 8 great keynote speakers to choose from for law events.
1) Eric O’Neill is a cybersecurity authority, engaging keynote speaker, former FBI counterterrorism and counterintelligence operative, attorney, and national security strategist. He speaks to thousands each year across the globe, inspiring audiences to protect themselves and giving them actionable tools to do so.
2) Michelle K. Lee is an artificial intelligence expert and strategist, a former executive at Google and Amazon, and a former professor at Stanford University, where she taught on disruptive technologies and their implications on our society and policies. She is also a leader with experience at the highest levels in technology, law, business, and government.
3) Ken Sterling is an attorney, entrepreneur, and professor at both USC Annenberg and USC Gould School of Law, with proven expertise in negotiation & persuasion, business growth, and media law.
4) April Rinne is a lawyer and change navigator who helps individuals and organizations rethink and reshape their relationships with change, uncertainty, and a world in flux. She is ranked as one of the 50 leading female futurists in the world, a Harvard Law School graduate, and the author of the international bestseller Flux: 8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change.
5) Kwame Christian is a business attorney, one of the world’s top negotiation experts, a bestselling author of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything, and the host of Negotiate Anything, the #1 negotiation podcast in the world. Kwame has helped thousands, from all walks of life, acquire a negotiation mindset that can be applied to universal situations, conflicts, and difficult conversations.
6) Chris Kelly is a top business keynote speaker, privacy and security expert, employee 25 at Facebook, Sacramento Kings owner, angel tech investor, and intellectual property lawyer. Chris will discuss the delicate balance of safeguarding personal privacy and protecting users.
7) Joey Coleman is an attorney, advisor to Fortune 500 companies, and customer expert who helps organizations retain their best customers and turn them into raving fans via his entertaining and actionable keynotes, workshops, and consulting projects.
8) Megyn Kelly is the founder of Devil May Care Media and currently hosts one of the shows in the country, The Megyn Kelly Show. As a world-renowned journalist with a law background, Kelly can navigate complex topics across the political spectrum, from healthcare reform to foreign policy.
If you need a top keynote speaker for your legal industry event or conference, contact BigSpeak Speaker Bureau today.
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