Practice Innovation Attorney – Intellectual Property

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +13 more states.

📋 Description

• Act as the main Practice Innovation representative for the Intellectual Property Practice Specialty Center.

• Offer strategic guidance on matters related to innovation and knowledge management.

• Cultivate relationships with attorneys and practice leaders to discover opportunities for enhancing legal service delivery, knowledge sharing, productivity, and client value.

• Convert practice and client requirements into actionable knowledge, innovation, workflow, and technology initiatives.

• Encourage collaboration between attorneys and business teams.

• Create, prototype, test, refine, maintain, and govern reusable practice-specific knowledge assets, such as playbooks, repositories, precedents, databases, workflows, templates, prompts, and skills.

• Capture attorney experiences, institutional knowledge, and best practices into scalable assets.

• Analyze legal workflows and deliverables for automation, AI integration, workflow enhancement, and client-facing solutions.

• Assess and pilot legal technology and AI tools, recommending purchases, expansions, or retirements of solutions.

• Collaborate with technology and business teams to guarantee secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions that comply with governance requirements.

• Develop and present training sessions, workshops, demonstrations, and support materials.

• Advise attorneys and business professionals on the effective utilization of firm tools, knowledge assets, and workflows.

• Promote adoption through use cases, demonstrations, pilot programs, and continuous engagement with practice groups.

• Track adoption rates, usage, feedback, and implementation challenges, adjusting programs as necessary.

• Lead projects focused on innovation, knowledge management, and workflow enhancement from conception to implementation.

• Contribute to client-facing solutions, alternative service delivery models, and strategic innovation initiatives.

• Assist with client presentations, demonstrations, feedback sessions, proposals, and business development efforts.

• Evaluate and communicate the impact of initiatives using adoption metrics, stakeholder feedback, lessons learned, and outcome assessments.

• Document and disseminate successful use cases and innovation insights across the firm.

• Keep abreast of developments in legal technology, knowledge management, artificial intelligence, and legal service delivery.

• Engage in relevant firm, client, and industry events.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) and a 4-year degree in a relevant field are required.

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a practicing attorney or in knowledge management, innovation, or legal operations is essential.

• Demonstrated experience within the Intellectual Property sector, with a comprehensive understanding of IP concepts and terminology.

• Proven familiarity with legal technology, generative AI, knowledge management principles, and process enhancement.

• Proven ability to identify business challenges, create practical and scalable solutions, and promote organizational change.

• Outstanding communication skills, including the capacity to collaborate with diverse teams and explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Exceptional skills in relationship-building, consulting, and stakeholder management, with the ability to influence and drive change without direct authority.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.

• A cover letter and resume are required.

• Principal applicants only.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical and dental insurance coverage.

• Life insurance protection.

• 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.

• Eligibility to participate in a retirement plan program after meeting qualifications.

• Opportunity for discretionary bonuses, which are non-guaranteed and based on individual and firm performance.

• Reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.