I left my job as Five Below's top lawyer and started my own practice. I spend around 20 hours a week training AI.

Ron Masciantonio said AI training has been intellectually fulfilling and made him a better lawyer. Ron Masciantonio Ron Masciantonio left the corporate world and started his own law practice. Masciantonio said AI training has been a fulfilling and useful additional revenue stream. He also said AI training has made him a better lawyer. This is an as-told-essay based on a conversation with Ron Masciantonio, who previously was executive vice president and general counsel at Five Below. He founded his own practice, Masciantonio Law, and does specialist AI training through the company Micro1. This story has been edited for length and clarity. I've been practicing law for over 25 years and was most recently the general counsel and executive vice president at Five Below , a retailer with about 2,000 stores nationwide. I left at the end of last year after about seven years.