Thompson Coburn Taps Mayer Brown Veteran Amol Bargaje as CIO

Thompson Coburn LLP has named Amol V. Bargaje as its next chief information officer, recruiting a veteran technology leader from Mayer Brown to anchor the firm's AI and digital transformation agenda. Bargaje, who will be based in Chicago, takes over IT operations across the firm's U.S. offices as Am Law firms accelerate spending on legal technology and AI-enabled workflows.

The hire lands at a moment when chief information officers at major U.S. law firms have shifted from back-office infrastructure managers to board-level strategists. Competition for seasoned legal-tech talent has tightened as firms race to deploy generative AI, automate document review, and modernize data platforms for enterprise clients. Thompson Coburn's selection of a candidate with prior stints at Mayer Brown, Sullivan & Cromwell, and Jenner & Block signals the firm is willing to pay for executives who have already led large-scale transformations at peer institutions, rather than developing that experience in-house.