Lawyer ♦ Strategist ♦ Storyteller
Keynotes on Exposure, Crisis, and AI Risk
Your audience leaves knowing where they are vulnerable and what to do about it the next Monday morning.
Every leader carries exposure they can’t see. A contract nobody read closely. An AI tool nobody vetted. A post that spreads for the wrong reasons. By the time it shows up in the headlines or a courtroom, the damage is already done.
Andy Contiguglia has spent thirty years working in that moment. He has tried cases in state and federal court, advised founders and executives, and guided companies through public pressure. Today he helps leaders see their exposure early and act before it becomes a crisis.
His talks are direct, practical, and built on real cases.
Signature Talks
Four ways to bring exposure into the room
Flagship Keynote
The Hidden Cost of Exposure
A lawsuit has a price tag. Damage to your reputation often does not, and it can cost far more. Andy breaks down real brand failures, shows what went wrong and how each one could have been avoided, and gives leaders a way to spot exposure before it goes public.
- Why a legal win can still become a public loss
- How small decisions turn into headline risk
- How to check your own company for hidden exposure
How AI Can Expose Your Business
AI helps your team move faster. It also creates new exposure in confidentiality, intellectual property, reputation, and compliance. Andy shows where that risk shows up and how to put guardrails in place without slowing the business down.
- How AI prompts and outputs can end up as evidence in court
- Why conversations with public AI tools may not stay privileged
- Practical guardrails for contracts, hiring, marketing, and customer support
Build Your Crisis Plan Before You Need It
Most companies plan for growth. Few plan for the day everything goes wrong. Andy walks leaders through building a critical response team, making the first decisions under pressure, and keeping legal and communications moving in the same direction.
- Who belongs on your critical response team
- What to do first when a crisis hits
- How to protect trust while the facts are still coming in
What Are You Really Building?
A talk for founders, partners, and leadership teams about purpose, alignment, and the decisions that hold up under pressure. Drawn from Andy’s Lessons from Wrexham series.
- Why most partnerships fail in the middle, not the beginning
- How to tell a lifestyle business from a performance business
- The conversation every partner should have before signing anything
Formats
- Keynote, 45 to 60 minutes
- Half-day workshop
- Fireside chat or panel
- CLE presentations for bar associations and law firms
Who Books Andy
- Industry and trade associations
- CEO and founder peer groups
- Bar associations and law firm retreats
- Corporate leadership teams and boards
- Entrepreneur conferences and accelerators
Listen to Andy
Audio from Andy’s 2026 First Amendment Lawyers Association presentation in Nashville on the legal and business risks of AI.
The Hidden Cost of Exposure, an episode of the Don’t Skip the Legal podcast.
Recent Stages and Appearances
First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) Annual Meeting, Nashville, 2026 ♦ University of Colorado Denver, Department of Political Science, on law and policy ♦ Entrepreneur’s Circle with Paresa Noble ♦ Hustle and Grind Podcast ♦ Lot and Parcel ♦ Time We Discuss ♦ School of Motion with Joey Korenman ♦ Host of Don’t Skip the Legal
About Andy
Andrew Contiguglia is a business lawyer, crisis strategist, and storyteller based in Denver. He is admitted to practice in Colorado, New York, and California and serves as of counsel at Miller & Steiert. He founded Ethia Strategies to help leaders manage exposure and protect their reputations.
Andy hosts the Don’t Skip the Legal podcast, wrote Don’t Skip the Legal, the Startup Guide for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners, and teaches Business Organizations at Arapahoe Community College.
Book Andy for Your Event
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