Charles-Theodore Zerner is a principal attorney in Munck Wilson’s complex commercial litigation group, distinguished by his twenty-year engagement with artificial intelligence. For the past decade, Charles has intertwined his career as a complex commercial litigator with his passion for artificial intelligence, cultivating true cross-domain expertise to accelerate factfinding and help clients navigate the intricate landscape of AI-related legal matters.Charles has helped clients resolve a broad range of high-stakes commercial disputes, including trade secret misappropriation, copyright and patent infringement, contract disputes, antitrust claims under the Sherman Act and related unfair competition, business torts and breach of fiduciary duty claims in corporate, LLC, and trust contexts, securities fraud, RICO, False Claims Act claims, and insurance disputes, in matters ranging from $50,000 to over $1 billion in controversy. Charles also helps clients direct internal and regulatory investigations and has worked with state and federal agencies to successfully resolve high-stakes regulatory disputes.Key litigation and regulatory wins include:Helping secure favorable settlement in litigation over ownership of an NFL football team and NBA basketball team, in high profile case with over $1 billion at issue. Securing dismissal of all federal antitrust and state law tort claims in high-profile case with over $200 million at issue involving the alleged monopolization of market for landfill waste disposal following Hurricane Katrina. Securing the survival of large medical device company accused of submitting over false claims in “bet-the-company” dual-track regulatory and federal court action joined by DOJ. Helping Fortune 500 favorably settle highly technical software copyright dispute.Securing dismissal of all trade secret claims in a case with over $100 million at issue.Charles’ work with AI, and artificial neural networks in particular began in 2000, when he cofounded a neural-network-based company. For over a decade, Charles has applied his passion for data and AI to his legal practice to expedite early case assessment and discovery, enhance internal investigations, reduce costs, and inform strategic decisions. Beyond litigation, Charles is increasingly serving in an advisory role, where his cross-domain experience and understanding of AI technology, safety, and ethics, makes him a trusted resource for clients seeking guidance on AI deployment and emerging issues in a rapidly evolving technological and regulatory landscape.