Three Crowns LLP was proud to help bring Generative Legal‘s inaugural edition to life, together with CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics—a day that convened 125 senior legal leaders at Stanford Law School.
Generative Legal is built on the premise that the best thinking about AI in law will come from legal leaders learning from each other, candidly and independently. That premise is one we as a firm share—innovation is one of our founding principles, and engaging seriously with how generative AI is reshaping legal practice is a natural extension of it. This gathering put both into practice.
Hugh Carlson, Three Crowns CEO, is a co-founder of Generative Legal, together with Robert Mahari. Luke Sobota, Partner in the DC office, delivered the closing remarks.
ABOUT LUKE SOBOTA
A founding partner of Three Crowns, Luke represents private and sovereign clients in some of their largest and most important commercial and investor-State arbitrations, including the successful prosecution of one of the largest ICC cases in history. He also has more than 25 years of experience litigating international issues in US courts. Luke’s cases span a variety of sectors, including, energy, technology, aerospace, financial, and construction. He is active in pro bono matters, including work for Equality Now and the Penobscot Nation.
Luke is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He is also a member of the SIAC Board and a Vice President of the ITA’s Executive Committee. Among other publications, Luke is the co-author with former ICJ President Stephen Schwebel of International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2020), and with Professor Charles Kotuby of General Principles of Law and International Due Process (Oxford University Press 2017).
Luke is ranked by Chambers, which describes him as an “extraordinarily intelligent” attorney who “draws extensive praise for his advocacy skills, with clients affirming that ‘his analysis and strategic view is outstanding.’” Lexology Index has recognised him a “sharp intellectual” who “is praised for his fantastic analytical and writing abilities”. The Legal 500 writes that Luke “is extremely smart and a great strategic thinker” and is “an excellent draftsman”.
Luke previously worked in the Office of Legal Counsel at the US Department of Justice, where he advised and prepared formal legal opinions for executive branch officials on a range of constitutional, international, and administrative law issues. After law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Pamela Ann Rymer of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the US Supreme Court.
ABOUT HUGH CARLSON
Hugh Carlson is the Chief Executive Officer of Three Crowns. Since joining the firm at its launch in 2014, he has helped build it from a small boutique into one of the world’s premier dispute resolution practices – now ranked second in the world. He also serves as the firm’s General Counsel.
Hugh places special emphasis on innovation, informed by his background as a software engineer. Under his leadership, Three Crowns is now widely recognized as a leader in legal AI. Microsoft has described the firm as an “AI-powered company … bending the curve on innovation” for its deployment of AI tools across legal and business functions. With Stanford’s Legal Innovation through Frontier Technology Lab (liftlab), Hugh has co-led the development of Atelier, an AI-powered cross-examination training platform. The tool was awarded the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers award for best training innovation in 2025. Hugh is co-founder of Generative Legal, an invite-only legal AI conference attended by industry leaders.
As counsel, Hugh has represented large multinationals and sovereigns in their complex, high-stakes disputes. He has been described by clients and peers in Lexology Index as “absolutely phenomenal,” “a great strategist,” and “integral to the success of Three Crowns,” and has repeatedly been recognized in Lawdragon’s “Global Litigation 500” and Super Lawyers as a leading litigator. He has taught international arbitration at Harvard Law School since 2019, where he also co-founded the International Arbitration Workshop, and taught at Georgetown Law prior to that.
Hugh advises early-stage legal technology and information security companies on product strategy and market positioning, with this exposure informing his technical leadership at Three Crowns. He regularly speaks about the legal industry, AI, and dispute resolution at leading forums, including The Economist’s General Counsel Summit, London International Disputes Week, Stanford Law School, and Yale Law School.
Hugh holds degrees from Georgetown Law, UCLA, and the University of London, and completed the Wharton Global CEO Program. He is admitted to practice in New York and the District of Columbia. He holds the leading credential in information security, the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).