Practice Innovation Attorney (Litigation)

Overview

This role serves as an innovation partner for the Litigation Practice Specialty Centers (PSC), supporting improved legal service delivery through practice innovation, knowledge management, workflow optimization, and technology adoption. The position is remote.

Working with practice leaders, attorneys, and business teams, the Practice Innovation Attorney identifies and implements innovative approaches that improve legal service delivery, increase scalability, and strengthen client outcomes—while ensuring work remains guided by attorney judgment.

Responsibilities

Practice Partnership

• Serve as the primary Practice Innovation liaison for the Litigation PSC, providing strategic advice on innovation and knowledge management matters.
• Build trusted relationships with attorneys and practice leaders to identify opportunities to improve legal service delivery, knowledge sharing, productivity, and client value.
• Translate practice and client needs into actionable knowledge, innovation, workflow, and technology initiatives.
• Facilitate collaboration between attorneys and business teams to develop and implement practical solutions.

Innovation & Asset Development

• Develop, prototype, test, refine, maintain, and govern practice-specific knowledge assets, including playbooks, knowledge repositories, precedents, databases, workflows, templates, prompts, skills, and other solutions reusable across matters and practice groups.
• Capture attorney experience, institutional knowledge, and best practices, translating them into scalable assets to improve consistency, quality, and client value.
• Analyze legal workflows and deliverables to identify opportunities for automation, AI enablement, workflow improvement, and client-facing solutions, and translate successful practices into scalable workflows and reusable resources.
• Evaluate and pilot legal technology and AI tools, including comparative analyses and recommendations regarding purchase, expansion, and retirement of solutions.
• Coordinate with technology and business teams to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, sustainable, and aligned with firm governance requirements.

Attorney Enablement & Adoption

• Develop and deliver training, workshops, demonstrations, and support materials related to knowledge resources, technology, and innovation initiatives, in coordination with the Learning team.
• Advise attorneys and business professionals on effective use of firm tools, knowledge assets, and workflows.
• Promote adoption through practical use cases, demonstrations, pilot programs, and ongoing engagement with practice groups.
• Gather user feedback and adoption insights to refine solutions and maximize business impact.
• Monitor adoption, usage, feedback, and implementation barriers, and adjust training, communications, and solution design accordingly.

Client Value & Impact

• Lead innovation, knowledge management, and workflow improvement projects for the Litigation PSC from concept through implementation.
• Contribute to the development of client-facing solutions, alternative service delivery models, and other strategic innovation initiatives.
• Support client presentations, demonstrations, feedback sessions, proposals, and business development initiatives that showcase Practice Innovation capabilities.
• Measure, communicate, and continuously improve the impact of Practice Innovation initiatives through adoption metrics, stakeholder feedback, lessons learned, and outcome assessment.
• Capture and share successful use cases, implementation lessons, and innovation success stories to expand impact across PSCs and the broader organization.
• Monitor developments in legal technology, knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and legal service delivery, and participate in relevant firm, client, and industry events.

Position-specific Requirements

• J.D. and a 4-year degree in a relevant field required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a practicing attorney or in knowledge management, innovation, or legal operations.
• Proven experience with legal technology, generative AI, knowledge management principles, and process improvement.
• Demonstrated ability to identify business challenges, develop practical, scalable solutions, and drive organizational change.
• Excellent communication skills, including collaborating with diverse teams and communicating complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Exceptional relationship-building, consulting, and stakeholder management skills, including influencing and driving change without direct authority.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a proactive and innovative mindset.

Compensation & Benefits

Expected Compensation (varies by state/jurisdiction)

• California: $155,000–$317,000
• Cleveland, OH: $149,000–$220,000
• Colorado: $143,000–$225,000
• Connecticut: $124,000–$313,000
• Illinois: $141,000–$273,000
• Maine: $106,000–$244,000
• Maryland: $151,000–$228,000
• Massachusetts: $155,000–$297,000
• Minnesota: $155,000–$257,000
• Jersey City, NJ: $169,000–$306,000
• New York: $145,000–$313,000
• Virginia: $154,000–$295,000
• Vermont: $154,000–$295,000
• Washington: $151,000–$286,000
• Washington, D.C.: $201,000–$295,000

Discretionary bonus is not included in the salary ranges. Bonus opportunities are non-guaranteed and dependent upon individual and firm performance.

Benefits (full-time)

• Medical and dental coverage
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Pre-tax flexible spending account for certain medical and dependent care expenses
• Employee assistance program
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Participation in a retirement plan program after meeting eligibility requirements
• Additional benefits

Location

Remote.

Additional Information

This posting includes general job content and requirements and is not an exhaustive list of essential functions, responsibilities, or requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be provided as necessary for individuals with disabilities.

Cover letter and resume are required.

EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Vet. Principal Applicants Only.