Bridget Mary McCormack

Bridget M. McCormack is the president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association®–International Centre for Dispute Resolution® (AAA-ICDR®), the preeminent global provider of alternative dispute resolution services. She assumed this role in February 2023, bringing deep experience in judicial leadership, court administration, and legal scholarship, along with a strong record of advocacy for innovation and technology in dispute resolution.

A widely respected thought leader and sought-after speaker on the future of law, McCormack writes and speaks frequently on effective dispute resolution, innovation, AI, and access to justice. Her 2024 essay in the ABA’s AI volume, “Who’s Law Is It Anyway,” reflects her optimistic and pragmatic perspective of GenAI. In 2025, she delivered keynote addresses at the Legal Value Network Annual Conference, Tel Aviv Arbitration Week, and McKinsey’s Americas Data and AI Summit.

Her leadership has been widely recognized, including the 2025 Monica Bay Women of Legal Tech Award, the 2023 Sunshine Award from the Michigan Press Association, the 2023 Rebuilding Justice Award from IAALS, and honors from Michigan Lawyers Weekly and The Detroit News.

Before joining the AAA-ICDR, McCormack was Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, where she led groundbreaking efforts to expand access to justice with technology, including launching the nation’s first statewide online dispute resolution platform and a statewide eviction diversion program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

McCormack serves on the Council of the American Law Institute (ALI) and holds leadership and advisory roles with prominent legal, business, education, and AI organizations and initiatives, including IAALS, University of Michigan’s and Washington University’s AI Initiatives, the American Review of International Arbitration, the AI Council of the National Center for State Courts, and AccessLex Institute. She is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, a special advisor to the ABA Task Force on AI, and a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council.

She recently served as Strategic Advisor to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s Future of the Profession Initiative, Chair of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, and as a founding steering committee of Duke Law School’s Responsible AI in Legal Services (RAILS) initiative, and member of the ABA Center for Innovation’s Governing Board.

She earned her law degree from NYU and previously taught at Yale and the University of Michigan Law Schools. McCormack is married to Steven Croley, Ford Motor Company’s general counsel and chief policy officer. They have four adult children.