Innovation Attorney & Practice Advisor

San Francisco, CA or New York, NY or Washington, DC

Summary

A premier, global law firm seeks an Innovation Attorney & Practice Advisor to join its Practice Innovation & Technology team. This role serves as a trusted, practice-embedded consultant who works side-by-side with the firm’s attorneys to reimagine how legal services are delivered, bridging the gap between the substantive practice of law and the transformative potential of AI and emerging technologies.

Reporting to the Director of Practice Innovation & Technology, this role requires an experienced attorney who brings genuine credibility and fluency in BigLaw workflows. The Innovation Attorney & Practice Advisor will embed directly with practice groups and leverage legal practice experience to diagnose workflow challenges, identify high-impact opportunities for AI-enabled solutions, and drive adoption from pilot to scale.

This is a strategic advisory role for someone who wants to use their legal training and practice experience to fundamentally change how a leading global law firm operates.

Responsibilities

Practice-Embedded Advisory & Workflow Transformation

• Serve as a consultative partner to practice leaders and attorneys to diagnose substantive legal workflows and identify where AI and technology can deliver measurable value.
• Apply legal practice experience to critically analyze existing workflows in collaboration with attorneys — moving beyond incremental improvements to architect truly reimagined delivery models that leverage AI tools.
• Lead working sessions with client teams and matter teams to surface pain points and co-develop solutions grounded in real-world legal practice.
• Act as a trusted peer to partners and associates, leveraging practice experience to build credibility, navigate firm dynamics, and drive change in a high-stakes professional environment.
• Lead the execution of AI pilots and proof-of-concept programs within practice groups, managing the full lifecycle from use case identification through evaluation and enterprise deployment.

Collaborate on AI Tool Adoption & Enablement

• Collaborate with the Program Manager on the “last mile” of AI adoption within assigned practice groups — from initial awareness through trust-building to habitual, high-quality use of AI tools in daily legal work.
• Collaborate with Technology Trainers to design and deliver tailored training, coaching sessions, and hands-on demonstrations that help attorneys understand how, when, and why to use AI tools.
• Collaborate with the Sr. Product Manager to configure, test, and refine AI tools for practice-specific use cases, translating attorney needs into product requirements and feedback loops.
• Collaborate with the Program Manager to define success metrics, track adoption data, and build compelling business cases for scaling successful pilots.
• Coordinate with the firm’s Knowledge & Practice Intelligence function to ensure that firm precedents, playbooks, and institutional knowledge are structured and accessible to power AI tools effectively.

Market Intelligence & Innovation Scouting

• Maintain a current understanding of the GenAI landscape as it applies to legal practice — continuously evaluating new tools, capabilities, and application patterns (LLMs, RAG, agentic frameworks).
• Contribute to “make vs. buy” assessments and vendor evaluations, bringing the practitioner’s perspective to technology selection decisions.
• Represent the firm’s innovation capabilities in client-facing contexts, supporting business development conversations about AI-enabled service delivery.

Qualifications

• JD required with 3–5 years of practice experience at an AmLaw 100 firm.
• Consultative mindset: a natural advisor who can diagnose a workflow problem, propose a solution, and build consensus without positional authority.
• Deep engagement with the GenAI landscape, including hands-on experience testing tools, experimenting with prompts, and critically evaluating where AI creates real value.
• Exceptional communication skills: able to explain technical concepts such as RAG architecture to senior partners in accessible language, and translate attorney feedback into clear product requirements for engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to drive technology adoption as a fundamentally human challenge, bringing empathy, patience, and persistence to helping people change how they work.

Compensation: $184,000.00-$257,000.00, plus bonus