Matt Scherer is an attorney and legal scholar based in Portland, Oregon who writes and speaks on the intersection of law and artificial intelligence.  He is an associate with the international labor and employment law firm Littler Mendelson P.C., where he is a member of the Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Automation industry group as well as Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and the author of several articles, including Regulating Artificial Intelligence Systems: Risks, Challenges, Competencies, and Strategies.  He previously served for more than two years as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Pontiac, Michigan.  He also completed three judicial clerkships, covering both state and federal courts and courts at the trial court, intermediate appellate court, and supreme court levels.