Katherine Charonko Named a 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisor

Katherine E. Charonko, Bailey & Glasser, LLP’s Electronically Stored Information & Technology Practice Group Leader, has been named to the 2026 Lawdragon 100 Leading AI & Legal Tech Advisors list.

Kate plays a central role in many of Bailey Glasser’s most consequential matters, including on litigation teams taking on the world’s most powerful corporations, including Johnson & Johnson, 3M, Volkswagen, Toyota, Bayer/Monsanto, and major medical device manufacturers. Her assistance is routinely sought by national trial teams, strengthened by her and Bailey Glasser’s strong reputation and her global Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) credential. Ms. Charonko has been appointed to numerous MDL leadership roles, serving as liaison director of e-Discovery and ESI, directing the management and review of billions of documents across multiple parties and jurisdictions. Across every dimension of her work, Kate stands out for her technical brilliance and unwavering commitment to the people she and Bailey Glasser serve. 

Kate leads a team of talented litigators at Bailey Glasser whose focus is ensuring that the strategic use of ESI – and the timing related to when ESI strategies are deployed in pending or threatened litigation – positively impact the flow and cost of our legal proceedings and ensure matters are handled properly, that laws and regulations are properly complied with, and that privileges are protected. Learn more about Bailey Glasser's ESI & Technology Practice Group here. 

As a sought-after speaker and writer, Kate has presented at numerous conferences including the 2025 Trial Lawyers of Mass Torts Conference, HarrisMartin's MDL and Talc Litigation Conferences, and Mass Torts Made Perfect, covering subjects ranging from ESI protocols and technology-assisted review to emerging issues like generative AI's intellectual property implications. Read her most recent client alert, "It Depends: A Comparison of Recent Rulings Regarding AI Use and Privilege," here.

Lawdragon named Kate a 2026 Lawdragon Top 500 Litigator in America, and she was named a 2026 winner of the Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, an award given by ALM / Legaltech News. Kate is nationally ranked by Chambers & Partners in the Product Liability: Plaintiffs category, among other accolades.

In making the announcement of 2026 recipients, Lawdragon stated:

This was a fascinating year for this guide. When we first published it in 2024, ChatGPT had burst onto the market a short year before. With any breakneck technology, regulations tend to lag – and private litigators step in to shape the companies, protect consumers, and guide the bucking horse of the revolution into the new era . . . . We received an astounding number of nominations for the guide this year, reflective of the exponential number of litigators who are shaping the laws of this revolutionary technology, and the dealmakers that are applying the technology in fascinating ways. The guide also honors the legal technologists who are building systems – sometimes anchored in AI, sometimes not – that are making the practice and business of law ever quicker, smarter and more finely attuned.

We warmly congratulate Kate and all lawyers who have been recognized by Lawdragon for their dedicated work.  See the full Lawdragon list at this link.